Football is poetic. It is a story written as if the heartstrings had hands. UCLA's Troy Aikman, a man who found his rightful home in Westwood after an ill-fate

These days, most people know Troy Aikman as ESPN’s lead NFL color commentator, one half of a stellar duo with play-by-play person Joe Buck. But once upon a time, Aikman was a Dallas Cowboys legend, winning three Super Bowls with the franchise in the 1990s as their starting quarterback.

"Troy has won, lost, bled, sweated, and he's earned his opinion," Buck said. "That's what makes for great, honest TV."

Troy Aikman did not sound like his usual self while calling Monday night's NFC Wild Card playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams,

Football fans noticed the same concerning-looking thing about Troy Aikman during the Texans-Chiefs playoff game.

The trainer of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, has reacted to the flop from his client in the fourth quarter against the Houston Texans.

It has become a pastime for NFL fans to complain that the Kansas City Chiefs get all the calls. And NFL officials keep giving them reasons to complain. On Saturday it wasn't just disgruntled non-Chiefs fans sounding off.

Troy Aikman was clearly unhappy with the performance from Clay Martin in the Chiefs-Texans division round game.

Owner and general manager Jerry Jones has called Sanders about the job, but no formal interview has been set up. Even so, on Friday, Dallas-based NFL insider Ed Werder reported that those around Sanders believe that he would take the job if offered.

Houston's Henry To'oTo'o was called for an unnecessary roughness penalty after hitting a sliding Mahomes at the end of a play — a hit the officials deemed to be to the head and neck area of the Chiefs star.

With 1:41 left in the third quarter of the Chiefs' divisional-round rendezvous with the Houston Texans, a slide by Mahomes caused two Texans defenders to run into each other. The play drew a flag for unnecessary roughness, which Aikman criticized on air after rebuking a similar marginal moment earlier.