Texan PUSHES coach in penalty rage! | 01:28
Daniel Nuttall from Fox Sports
January 19th, 2025 12:54 pm
An NFL player was captured sensationally shoving one of his own coaches in the opening minute of the Kansas City Chiefs’ divisional round win over the Houston Texans.
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The 23-14 win means the Chiefs will feature in the AFC Championship game for the seventh consecutive year.
QB Patrick Mahomes is now a staggering 7-0 in divisional games. Kansas City will play the winner of Baltimore and Buffalo in next weekend’s AFC title game.
This Chiefs are hoping to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowls.
The shoving incident occcured after the opening kick-off, which was returned for a long gain by Chiefs receiver Nikko Remigio.
Remigio then fumbled the ball a he was being tackled, but the Chiefs were able to recover the ball and retain possession.
Texans special teamer Kris Boyd forced the fumble and before looking to see if it was even recovered by his own team, he ran towards the sideline to celebrate.
Boyd tossed his helmet off in excitement, which incurred a unsportsmanlike penalty.
Given Boyd celebrated early even though his team didn’t recover the ball and earned a penalty, Texans special teams coach Frank Ross gave his player a serve.
Boyd didn’t respond to kindly to that, pushing Ross, with the two having to be separated.
Many on social media were shocked by Boyd’s actions.
The Texans outgained the Chiefs by over 100 yards and didn’t turn the ball over once. They are the first team to do this in a playoff game and lose.
While Houston may have outgained the Chiefs and led in mutliple other categories, their offensive line, which has been a weak link this season, was no match for a dominant Kansas City pass rush.
The Chiefs brought the pressure all day, with Texans QB CJ Stroud sacked eight times.
As per ESPN, Stroud was pressured on a career-high 23 dropbacks. His pressure rate of 56% is the second-highest in an NFL playoff game since ESPN began tracking pressure in 2009 trailing only QB Tim Tebow (63%) in 2011.
Stroud limped off late in the fourth quarter after taking a heavy hit on one of those sacks, but he did return to take a QB knee on the final play to end the game.
