NFL fans are convinced the referees were looking for a Buffalo Bills win after a bizarre interaction featuring Josh Allen on Sunday.
The Bills advanced to the Divisional Round with a 31-7 win over the Denver Broncos in the Wild Card Round. Social media felt this was all by design, given something that happened in the second half.
Buffalo was up 13-7 early in the third quarter when Denver got away with a blatant hold in the end zone on a fourth-down play.
Bad miss by the officiating here—clear holding on Denver, with the official standing right there. pic.twitter.com/aVeZ343Vin
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) January 12, 2025
Allen was understandably unhappy with the no-call and must have cut a frustrated figure on the bench.
Officials miss obvious penalties all the time, but it isn’t often that you see one trotting over to the bench to apologize to the quarterback for it.
Well, that’s exactly what happened…
Check out the video below:
Social Media Unloaded On The Refs After One Of Them Apologized To Josh Allen
Fans on social media felt like this was too much from the ref and suggested that he was apologizing for failing to play his part.
“Rigged,” someone commented, with another user echoing.
“That just confirms what we already knew about the NFL. Thanks Ref,” another comment read.
“COLLUSION!” someone declared.
“Roger called and said I f**ked up the script, please forgive me so I can continue to work in the criminal racket ran by the mafia in Vegas,” a user wrote.
Of course, refs speaking to QBs and coaches during games is commonplace, but you hardly ever see one going to a team’s bench to explain himself.
