The Buffalo Bills season is over and many are talking about the Brandin Cooks "no catch" that was ultimately ruled an interception without video review.
The Buffalo Bills' season is over after a 33-30 loss to the Denver Broncos. And while you can easily point to the five turnovers being the reason for the loss, most aren't talking about that at all. Right now, everyone's talking about the controversial Brandin Cooks catch that wasn't.
To set the stage, the Bills were facing 3rd and 11 at their 36 in overtime. Josh Allen took a shot deep to Cooks that saw both Cooks and Denver defensive back Ja'Quan McMillian go down fighting for the ball.
In the end, the officials somehow ruled that McMillian came away with the ball, giving the Broncos possession on the interception. Denver would take that turnover and move down the field---thanks to a couple ticky-tack penalty calles---and kick the game winning field goal to move on to the AFC Championship.
Again, however, rather than celebrate what the Broncos accomplished, many were more focused on the call and the lack of further review by the NFL on the play.
Sean McDermott Wasn't Happy
Before getting into the reactions from elsewhere, head coach Sean McDermott spoke about the play after the game. And to say he wasn't happy would be an understatement.
"Obviously I don't have the power to challenge," he said. "So, I called a timeout to try and get the process to slow down."
He continued: "It would seem logical to me that it would make a lot of sense that the head official would walk over and want to go and take a look at it just to make sure that everybody from here, who's in the stadium, to there (New York) are on the same page. That's too big of a play, and a play that decided the game, potentially as well, to not even slow it down."
He added that had it been the other way around, the Bills would have had the ball around the 20 and could be set up for a game-winning field goal. He then went into why he was making the comments.
"I'm saying it because I'm standing up for Buffalo, dammit. I'm standing up for us," McDermott said. "Because what went on is not how it should go down."
As far as what Cooks thought himself, he believed he caught the ball.
"I think we all feel that way," he said.,
The NFL Community Reacts
From fellow media to former players and everyone in between, it seemed like no one was happy with how the league handled the situation.
At the end of the day, what's done is done. The Bills have lost and now head to an offseason with far more questions than answers.