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Texans fear ‘face of the league’ tax against Patrick Mahomes

Will Anderson Jr. in January lamented it was “us against the refs” in the Houston Texans' 23-14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC divisional round. Anderson’s co-star on the edge wasn’t quite conspiratorial Wednesday. He still noted an accepted truth across the NFL when playing against Chiefs quarterback and league superstar Patrick Mahomes.

“With any quarterback that’s well known, you gotta watch how you take them down,” Texans edge rusher Danielle Hunter told Chron. “There’s a big emphasis on dudes that are the face of the league and how you hit them.