The Buffalo Bills are moving on in the NFL playoffs.
The AFC East champs downed the Indianapolis Colts, 27-24, on Saturday in Orchard Park, N.Y.
And the win wasn’t without the usual controversial play and review.
Phillip Rivers threw a pass that Zach Pascal received. He was not touched and appeared to get up and continue the play.
Pascal then fumbled and the Bills appeared to recover.
Game over, right?
That's a fumble. #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/5NSjASSDkz
— Here's Your Replay ⬇️ (@HeresYourReplay) January 9, 2021
Not with NFL officiating. They spotted the ball and gave it to Indy. Only a head’s-up move by Sean McDermott to call a timeout allowed time for a review.
After what seemed like an eternity, the play was ruled that Pascal was down and the Colts kept the ball. Their last-ditch drive failed when a Rivers Hail Mary! was knocked away.
But the folks on Twitter were aghast — correctly — by the call not being ruled a fumble.
This was not ruled a fumble by the Colts' Zach Pascal. pic.twitter.com/Viihte89ci
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 9, 2021
That's a fumble. And the Colts deserve to lose how they've handled this game regardless.
— Jim Murray (@bigjimmurray) January 9, 2021
Okay. Bills may not have played well enough to win, and Colts did, but that was a horrible non-reversal on that Pascal catch and fumble. HORR-IH-BULL. Again, why bother with replay? Clear evidence of ball being live, and fumble. CAH-LEER. #BillsMafia
— Matt Hicks (@radiohicksie) January 9, 2021
I mean, let’s be honest. That was a fumble so the Colts winning would’ve been really controversial.
— Matt Barnes (@Matt_NBC4) January 9, 2021
WOW.
— Judy Battista (@judybattista) January 9, 2021
I was watching that play here in the studios and to me that was a fumble and should’ve been a recovery by Buffalo.
— Mike Pereira (@MikePereira) January 9, 2021
🤬
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 9, 2021
Omg. That’s obscene.
— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dieter) January 9, 2021
