Two penalties in favor of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes throughout Saturday’s divisional-round recreation towards the Houston Texans reignited debate on how the officers shield quarterbacks. From ESPN’s commentators to the Texans’ coaches, there have been questions on whether or not the referees made the suitable calls, however in keeping with the NFL, they have been right.
On Sunday, NFL guidelines analyst Walt Anderson appeared on NFL Community’s “Gameday Morning” to clarify why the roughing the passer and pointless roughness calls have been the suitable ones. Primarily based on the outline of the rule e-book, each calls needed to be made, even when ESPN guidelines analyst Russell Yurk disagreed.
