Two-time Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon has been fined $25,000 for comments he made about NFL officiating. The only problem is he didn't make that comment.

"Everybody knows how it is playing (in Kansas City)," Joe Mixon said after Saturday's playoff loss. "The whole world sees, man."

In last week’s wild-card round win over the Los Angeles Chargers, Mixon became the first running back since Arian Foster in 2012 to rush for 100 yards in a playoff game. He finished with 106 yards and scored a 17-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to ice the game.

"Everybody knows how it is playing up here," Mixon said after Houston's playoff loss to the Chiefs at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium ... Watt said a team with Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase and ...

Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon responded to the NFL's $25,000 fine. The penalty came after his team's divisional-round playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

HOUSTON – Texans Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon didn’t practice Thursday at the start of the AFC South champions’ final practice of the week before an AFC divisional round playoff road game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.

And Mixon was fined by the league, except with one problem: He did not say the words that the league fined him for. In issuing the fine, the NFL apparently cited a Twitter/X post made by former Bengals star T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who wrote, "Why play the game if every 50/50 call goes with Chiefs. These officials are (trash emojis) & bias."

Mixon presents a difficult look for the Chiefs. He is strong between the tackles but also has the ability to create havoc as a pass catcher. The Texans will be missing slot receiver Tank Dell due to an injury suffered at KC in Week 16 and could rely on Mixon to absorb some of those intermediate routes.

The Houston Texans will likely have Joe Mixon available for their AFC Divisional Round playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Per NFL Network's

Houston Texans Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon (ankle) is active for Saturday's Divisional Round game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

The NFL referees can make or break the game, and they certainly did that on Saturday and Joe Mixon was not happy about it. In the first quarter of Saturday’s playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Will Anderson got called for a controversial roughing the passer penalty on a sack of Patrick Mahomes. It led to three points.

Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon, who played his first seven ... team's playoff loss Saturday to the Chiefs at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium. "Everybody knows how it is playing up here ...