The Joe Mixon fine saga has reached its apparent conclusion. It's done so in favor of the Houston Texans running back. NFL hearing officer Chris Palmer wrote Tuesday that he has overturned a $25,000 fine of Mixon issued by the NFL,

Texans running back Joe Mixon will not have to pay a $25,000 fine for something he did not say. Nor will he have to pay a fine for what he did say. Mixon won his appeal of the fin

Mixon's agent Peter Schaffer vowed to fight the fine, and on Tuesday the Texans running back won an appeal. “During the appeal hearing, you stated what you meant by your statements referring to the officials,” hearing officer Chris Palmer, a longtime former NFL assistant coach, wrote in his decision per ProFootballTalk.