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Chiefs DB Seemed to Get Away With Illegal Move Against Texans

Andy Nesbitt

This sure looked like an illegal tackle by Chiefs safety Bryan Cook.
This sure looked like an illegal tackle by Chiefs safety Bryan Cook. / @ESPN
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The Kansas City Chiefs are heading back to the AFC championship game for a seventh straight year after beating the Houston Texans 23-14 at home on Saturday. They will host the winner of Sunday's Ravens-Bills divisional playoff game next Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

While Patrick Mahomes benefited from not one, but two very questionable calls, Chiefs safety Bryan Cook seemed to get away with what should have been an easy penalty call on Houston's first possession.

In case you missed it, Texans tight end Dalton Schultz hauled in a 34-yard pass from C.J. Stroud that got Houston into Chiefs territory. Cook brought Schultz to the ground, but seemed to do so with a blatant hip drop tackle, which the NFL made illegal before the start of the season.

The refs didn't throw a flag on this:

Refs haven't made a lot of calls on that this season, but since the NFL changed the rule to protect players, it seems like that would have been a great moment to throw a flag.

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ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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