Why the NFL’s roughing the passer rule is under fire again after Mahomes hit
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What happened
Chop Robinson did almost everything right. He beat his blocker, hit Patrick Mahomes square in the chest and forced an incompletion on a critical third down. Then he landed, and a yellow flag reopened one of the NFL’s oldest arguments. The roughing-the-passer call in Kansas City’s 24-10 win at Miami on Sunday has former players,…
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