Officials fail to see Bills defense had 12 men on the field during goal line play

[petegz28]

Sorry if Q....

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/o...aBeGPpbytMi7oE

Officials fail to see Bills defense had 12 men on the field during goal line play vs. Vikings in overtime

Minnesota got the ball first to start the extra period, and Kirk Cousins marched the offense down to the Buffalo two-yard line. On first-and-goal, Dalvin Cook rushed right for a loss of three yards. However, the Bills had 12 defenders on the field -- which went unnoticed by the officials.

"I know it's moving pretty fast out there sometimes," Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell said after the game, via ESPN.

Instead of the Vikings getting a first-and-goal from the one-yard line due to the penalty, they had a second-and-goal from the five-yard line. On second down, Cousins was sacked, and he then failed to connect with Adam Thielen on third-and-goal from the Bills' 15-yard line. Greg Joseph was forced to come on and kick a 33-yard field goal, which then gave the Bills a chance to end the game with a touchdown.

The officials also refused to review what was an incomplete pass on the tying drive by Buffalo as well. I don't understand why Coaches cannot challenge under 2 mins.

[Chief Pagan]

I know people are sensitive to any sort of rule change. But maybe the booth needs to be able to stop the game for 20 seconds or something while they decided whether a full review is needed or not.

[Graystoke]

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[SuperBowl4]

"officials" ONLY see what they want to see

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by SuperBowl4

"officials" ONLY see what they want to see

Must be why the Vikings won.

[cabletech94]

Same reason the buff/browns game is moving. Only benefits the bills.

/S

[SuperBowl4]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Must be why the Vikings won.

The script changes constantly

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by SuperBowl4

The script changes constantly

Oh I know, ironic to say it's someone else who only sees what they want to see when it's actually the rigiots story constantly changing or suddenly quiet when it doesn't go the "right" way.

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by cabletech94

Same reason the buff/browns game is moving. Only benefits the bills.

/S

Buffalo may have to spend the week in Detroit.

Is that better or worse than Buffalo?

[cabletech94]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

Buffalo may have to spend the week in Detroit.

Is that better or worse than Buffalo?

Ha Ha!! Great point!!

/**** ‘em!!

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Must be why the Vikings won.

I would say the Vikes won despite a couple of bad calls/no calls.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

or suddenly quiet when it doesn't go the "right" way.

This is the part that always bothers me. When a call goes against us it gets talked about for a while in the game thread. Sometimes even for months or longer. When we get a call it isn't acknowledged or is explained away as a makeup call or "finally we get one". We had a two point conversion in the colts game go our way that I bet Colts fans flipped out about. It's never mentioned on here when talking about getting/not getting calls. If the colts had gotten that call scoring a two point conversion it would still be cited to this day as a reason we lost. With that attitude it's not shocking that people always think things are unbalanced.

In this case there were 2 horribly unacceptable missed calls against the Vikings. I'm sure bills fans can tell you of missed calls against them in that game as well. Who we are rooting for affects our vision. In this game it's pretty easy to be pissed at the refs though if you are rooting for Minnesota. Those two calls simply can't be missed and even I would be citing the refs as a reason had they lost. Your point still stands though.

[Rainbarrel]

Once in a blue moon, calm down

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

This is the part that always bothers me. When a call goes against us it gets talked about for a while in the game thread. Sometimes even for months or longer. When we get a call it isn't acknowledged or is explained away as a makeup call or "finally we get one". We had a two point conversion in the colts game go our way that I bet Colts fans flipped out about. It's never mentioned on here when talking about getting/not getting calls. If the colts had gotten that call scoring a two point conversion it would still be cited to this day as a reason we lost. With that attitude it's not shocking that people always think things are unbalanced.

In this case there were 2 horribly unacceptable missed calls against the Vikings. I'm sure bills fans can tell you of missed calls against them in that game as well. Who we are rooting for affects our vision. In this game it's pretty easy to be pissed at the refs though if you are rooting for Minnesota. Those two calls simply can't be missed and even I would be citing the refs as a reason had they lost. Your point still stands though.

Yeah, the bias is absurd.

And I've always said if the refs are supposed to have one team win, they're often really bad at it.

People will look at one or two bad plays and say "it's obviously rigged for them to win!", but..... if that doesn't happen, the refs were suddenly powerless to do anything about it?

Take the Bills/Vikings game.... yeah, that pass on the sidelines absolutely should have been reviewed, and they obviously missed the 12 men on the field. So, if both of those things are on purpose, they clearly don't care how blatant they are with rigging stuff..... yet, no DPI in the Bills' favor in OT? No phantom penalty of Josh Allen's fumble? No phantom holding on the interception?

They could have made it SSSSOOOO much easier for the Bills to win that game in regulation if they were wanting to do so intentionally.