Texans’ DeMeco Ryans on controversial flags: ‘It was us vs. everybody’
New York TimesHouston Texans coach DeMeco Ryans was asked about a couple controversial calls that went against his team in Saturday’s AFC divisional round loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and seemingly hinted that the Texans expected that to be the case. Stroud added that “it’s one of those things you know what’s up before you even walk in the arena.” The two particular calls involved hits against Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The ensuing 15-yard roughing the passer penalty extended Kansas City’s drive, which ended with a Harrison Butker field goal to give the Chiefs a 6-3 lead. Anderson more directly questioned the officiating after the game, saying: “We knew it was going to be us versus the refs going into this game.” Referee Clay Martin told the pool reporter that on the Anderson play, “I had forcible contact to the facemark area and so I went with roughing the passer on that play.” The second was an unnecessary roughness penalty called against Texans linebacker Henry To’oTo’o, who appeared to hit Mahomes as he was giving himself up after a 9-yard gain at the end of a scramble in the third quarter.
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