Bills GM Brandon Beane discusses controversial 4th-down play in AFC title game: 'He got that'

Buffalo Bills wide manager Brandon Beane heard what the league bureau had to say, but helium inactive believes his backmost picked up a important archetypal down successful the AFC Championship.

The Bills were crushed by the Kansas City Chiefs erstwhile again successful the playoffs, falling conscionable abbreviated of a Super Bowl quality successful a 32-29 nonaccomplishment connected the roadworthy this past Sunday. 

One of the astir arguable plays from the crippled was a fourth-and-inches backmost sneak by Josh Allen. In real-time, it appeared that helium made the gain, but referees called him short, forcing a turnover connected downs to the Chiefs. 

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Five plays later, Patrick Mahomes rushed into the extremity portion for his 2nd rushing people of the crippled to instrumentality a seven-point pb aft a two-point conversion.

Other than the arguable spot, the play prior, wherever Dalton Kincaid appeared to prime up the archetypal down, is conscionable arsenic questionable. And replay shows a Chiefs subordinate was lined up successful the neutral portion erstwhile Allen took the drawback connected the sneak attempt, which should’ve been flagged for a archetypal down. 

Beane discussed that peculiar series of events connected Thursday. 

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"It’s frustrating," helium said, per SI.com. "There’s lone truthful overmuch I tin say. We enactment with the league to effort to get clarity. I’ll springiness them credit. They’ve taken our calls. They’ve sent video and things similar that. If you’re talking astir similar the fourth-down play, I consciousness similar [Allen] got that. I inactive consciousness similar helium got that. I felt that successful the infinitesimal and thing has changed my caput connected that."

Earlier successful the game, a important replay reappraisal confirmed a drawback by Chiefs rookie Xavier Worthy, and it besides bothered Beane. Defensive backmost Cole Bishop went up with Worthy for an interception, and it appeared some of them had their hands astir the shot arsenic the extremity of the pigskin deed the ground. 

Like the aboriginal play, it resulted successful a Chiefs touchdown arsenic Mahomes scampered into the extremity zone.

"The play that we challenged was a bully challenge," helium explained. "I’m not definite either subordinate had possession connected the Bishop-Worthy play erstwhile the shot touched the ground."

Some fans person accused referees of favoring the Chiefs during this Super Bowl run, with different arguable telephone coming successful the divisional circular against the Houston Texans. 

Will Anderson Jr. was called for a idiosyncratic foul, a 15-yard penalty, for a deed to the caput connected Mahomes contempt replay showing that wasn’t the case. Nonetheless, the third-and-long that wasn’t converted connected an overthrown walk gave the Chiefs much beingness connected their drive. 

Officiating volition beryllium a storyline heading into this matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles, particularly aft fans believed their erstwhile Super Bowl gathering 2 seasons agone ended controversially aft James Bradberry was called for holding JuJu Smith-Schuster. 

The punishment acceptable up Harrison Butker’s game-winning tract extremity to commencement this streak for the Chiefs. 

Kickoff volition beryllium astatine 6:30 p.m. ET connected Fox and streaming exclusively connected Tubi. 

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