Week 14 between the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans turned into one of those games that lingered after the final whistle. There were moments on the field where Kansas City appeared to benefit from calls, fairly or not. But when the league office weighed in days later, the pendulum swung the other way, starting with Mario Edwards Jr. walking away without a fine for a facemask on Patrick Mahomes.

It happened with 3:24 left in the first half. Mahomes rolled right, buying time the way he does, and dumped a short completion to JuJu Smith-Schuster that moved the chains. As Mahomes let the ball go, Edwards reached up and grabbed the quarterback’s facemask. The flag came out immediately. Fifteen yards, automatic first down. No argument there.

But when the NFL released its weekly discipline

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