The NFL has taken a mulligan. After issuing a $25,000 fine to Texans running back Joe Mixon for something he didn’t say about the officiating in Saturday's playoff game against the Chiefs, the NFL has re-issued the fine with his actual words in its place.

Joe Mixon was punished by the NFL for words he never even said. The Texans running back was fined $25,000 for what the NFL believed to be Mixon’s criticism of the officials after Houston’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Division game.

In a recent conversation, former New England Patriots QB Tom Bray touched on how NFL referees’ adjudication of defenders’ contact on quarterbacks who are running, like the recent controversy surrounding Patrick Mahomes,