Houston Texans RB Joe Mixon had a fine applied by the NFL lifted only to be fined again for a quote he did say after the game against the Chiefs.

A week later, former Bengals running back Joe Mixon is in hot water with the NFL and fined — for comments he didn’t say. As it turns out, the comments were actually said by former Bengals wideout T.J. Houshmandzadeh.

Two-time Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon has been fined $25,000 for comments he made about NFL officiating. The only problem is he didn't make that comment.

After the NFL hit the Houston Texans' Joe Mixon with a fine for comments it attributed to him incorrectly, the league then issued the running back another fine for what he actually said, per his agent Peter Schaffer.

According to Pro Football Talk, the league has fined Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon $25,000 for criticizing the officials. The problem is, he never said what the league claims he did. According to Mixon and his agent,

Texans running back Joe Mixon has been handed a reissued $25,000 fine by the NFL, in this instance for his actual comments about the officiating in the divisional round matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Texans.

Joe Mixon and his agent are claiming the NFL fined the Houston Texans running back $25,000 for comments he did not make following the AFC divisional round defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday.

The NFL has taken a mulligan. After issuing a $25,000 fine to Texans running back Joe Mixon for something he didn’t say about the officiating in Saturday's playoff game against the Chiefs, the NFL has re-issued the fine with his actual words in its place.

The NFL apparently takes criticism of its referees so seriously that you can get fined for criticizing remarks you didn’t actually say. Texans running back Joe Mixon learned that lesson the hard way when the NFL issued him a $25,

The NFL fined Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon for comments he never made, then re-issued the fine with comments he did make amid controversy.

Mixon's agent said the NFL improperly fined Mixon for remarks to the media about the officiating in the Texans' loss to the Chiefs.