Buffalo Payments defensive finish Joey Bosa was not hiding his feelings after the workforce’s heartbreaking extra time loss within the NFL playoffs.
Whereas strolling again to the locker room after the 33-30 loss to the Denver Broncos on Saturday, January 18, at Mile Excessive Stadium, Bosa slammed his helmet towards the wall in an act of pure frustration after the workforce’s season got here to a screeching halt.
Reporter James Palmer, from The Athletic, posted a video of the second by way of social media after the sport.
After falling behind 20-10 at halftime, the Payments got here out swinging within the second half (and within the fourth quarter significantly), ultimately forcing extra time after a 50-yard area objective from Matt Prater with 5 seconds left in regulation tied the sport.
Of their first drive of the additional interval, the Payments had what an extended completion down the sector to place the workforce in a very good place to win the sport, however the catch was contested between the large receiver and the Broncos defender. The play was ultimately dominated an interception by the Broncos, flipping possession in favor of the house workforce.
Denver subsequently drove down the sector and kicked a 23-yard area objective for the win.
Bosa, 30, was flagged for roughing the passer after hitting Broncos quarterback Bo Nix on that last drive, pushing Denver nearer to in the end hitting that area objective.
Nix was later dominated out for the remainder of the playoffs with a damaged ankle (the Broncos don’t consider the damage occurred on that play).
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Payments head coach Sean McDermott mentioned the controversial interception name that turned the tide on the workforce’s season, saying he couldn’t “perceive” the ruling.
“It’s arduous for me to grasp why it was dominated the way in which it was dominated,” McDermott informed the media after the sport. “Whether it is dominated that approach, then why wasn’t it slowed down simply to guarantee that now we have this proper. That may have made lots of sense to me. … As a result of that’s a pivotal play within the sport. [We’d] have the ball on the 20 and could also be kicking a game-winning area objective proper there.”
He continued, “However I’m saying it as a result of I’m standing up for Buffalo, dammit. I’m standing up for us. As a result of what went on just isn’t the way it ought to go down, in my estimation. These guys spend three hours on the market enjoying soccer, pouring their guts out. To not even say, ‘Hey, let’s simply sluggish this factor down.’”
Referee Carl Cheffers clarified the choice after the sport throughout the pool report, saying that the defender “accomplished the method of the catch” whereas the ball by no means hit the bottom.
Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix suffered a surprising, season-ending ankle damage moments earlier than his workforce defeated the Buffalo Payments within the divisional spherical of the NFL playoffs on Saturday, January 17. “Not excellent news … Bo fractured a bone in his proper ankle,” Broncos head coach Sean Payton informed reporters after the sport. “He’s scheduled […]
“The receiver has to finish the method of a catch,” Cheffers stated. “He was going to the bottom as a part of the method of the catch, and he misplaced possession of the ball when he hit the bottom. The defender gained possession of it at that time. The defender is the one which accomplished the method of the catch, so the defender was awarded the ball.”
After the emotional loss, Payments quarterback Josh Allen was in tears throughout the postgame press convention, taking the autumn for the loss during which he threw for 283 yards and three touchdowns, but additionally threw two essential interceptions, together with the one in extra time, and misplaced two fumbles.
“It’s extraordinarily tough,” Allen, 29, stated. “I really feel like I let my teammates down tonight.”
He continued, “It’s been an extended season. I hate the way it ended. It’s going to stay with me for a very long time.”
