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

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

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 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,

Fame quarterback-turned broadcaster expressed immense displeasure with penalties assessed to players who try to play defense against Patrick Mahomes

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.

With the Houston Texans trailing the Kansas City Chiefs 13–6 in the third quarter of Saturday's AFC divisional round playoff game, Houston running back Joe Mixon was on a mission to pull his team even in the biggest game of the season.

On Saturday it wasn't just disgruntled non-Chiefs fans sounding off. ESPN's Troy Aikman was not happy at all over an unnecessary roughness call on Patrick Mahomes that cost the Houston Texans 15 yards in an AFC divisional-round game at Arrowhead Stadium.

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.

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.