PFWA Pool Reporter Aaron Wilson Interview with Referee Clay Martin
Houston Texans vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Question: There was a roughing the passer call on Will Anderson, No. 51. Can you just take me through the call and what in your mind constituted the foul (1st quarter, 7:00, 3rd-and-8, Kansas City 33)?
Martin: “I had forcible contact to the facemask area and so I went with roughing the passer on that play.”
Question: Later in the game, there was a situation where it appeared, when you slow it down, two Texans players collide and it didn’t look like they made any sort of contact with Patrick Mahomes. What was your perspective on it? I know it was a bang-bang play and it is going fast but what did you see on that play (3rd quarter, 1:52, 1st-and-10, Kansas City 35)?
Martin: “Yes, absolutely. So, he slid, obviously, and when he slides, he is considered defenseless. The onus is on the defender. I had forcible contact there to the hairline, to the helmet.”
