I doubt any Bills fan disagrees with the call, but I bring it up based on the outcome of the play. While it was not a violent hit, it was long after the quarterback released the ball. In a similar play to the one that injured QB Lamar Jackson in Buffalo’s 2020 Divisional Round game, Tagovailoa hit his head hard on the ground.Ĭorrectly, the officials flagged Milano for roughing the passer. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa completed an eight-yard pass, but was pushed by LB Matt Milano long after releasing the ball. On the play immediately preceding the two-minute warning, the Dolphins had a 3 rd and 3 from their own 21.
Perhaps he simply didn’t see the leg kick - there’s a good chance he was blocked out from where he was standing. Given the penalty on Howard on the first drive, perhaps this was in the back of the umpire’s mind. With unsportsmanlike conduct, officials have to judge the intent of the player were their actions unsportsmanlike or not? With unnecessary roughness, all an official has to judge is whether the play was unnecessary and needlessly physical in nature.īy definition, this play fits the bill for unnecessary roughness. Did he trying to injure? Was he a little off-balance and tried to right himself? Was he simply trying to impact the throw by any means necessary? Intent doesn’t matter with respect to unnecessary roughness, only unsportsmanlike conduct. It’s impossible to gauge Ingram’s intent here. Originally tweeted by Luke Murphy ( on September 25, 2022. But at the same time, Ingram stuck his left leg in the air and appeared to kick Allen in the chest, which also impacted the throw. Just as Allen was releasing the ball, Dawkins’s back contacted Allen’s back, which impacted the throw. On a 2 nd and 9, DE Melvin Ingram rushed against LT Dion Dawkins and tried to push the left tackle into the quarterback. This was a weird play that you really only noticed on replay. It often indicates that the rest of the game might get chippy, and it forces an official to be keenly aware of similar place and ensure not to miss one. It’s never fun as an official to have to get an unsportsmanlike play that early in a game. Due to the placement of the ball, the penalty was half the distance to the goal, but gave the Bills a first down. The officials correctly penalized Howard for unnecessary roughness. Predictably, the wide receiver got right in Howard’s face and a scrum ensued. However, the players kept fighting after the whistle, and CB Xavien Howard body-slammed Diggs. QB Josh Allen got the ball out quickly to WR Stefon Diggs, but the play got blown up behind the line of scrimmage.Ĭorrectly, the officials blew the play dead for forward progress. Having faced significant pressure all drive, OC Ken Dorsey called a wide receiver screen. On Buffalo’s opening drive, they faced a 2 nd and 2 from Miami’s four-yard line. Here are the five I’d like to talk about the most. The Bills were sloppy and they know it, but that’s not to say that there were a few interesting rulings that happened on Sunday.
The Bills have ten other reasons why they lost the game beyond Kemp and his crew. Honestly, I thought they had a fine game. Plainly, the NFL thinks he’s a solid official. This is his fifth year as a referee and he was assigned playoff games in his third and fourth seasons, his first years of playoff eligibility. Kemp was not assigned a Buffalo Bills game in the 2021 season, but did call two Bills home games in 2020, both of which were wins. They only had four penalties for 20 yards - two on offense and two on defense, each for a measly ten yards.Īlex Kemp was the referee for Sunday’s game. Miami played, at least in the eyes of the officials, a comparably cleaner game. Of them, three were on offense for 30 yards, and four were on defense for 22. Buffalo still had only seven penalties for 52 yards, each number lower than last year’s average. The Buffalo Bills committed more penalties for more yardage than the Miami Dolphins did, which can happen when a team must play their backups. It’s difficult to place significant blame on the officials when the Bills blew seemingly every clutch opportunity they had, but nevertheless, there are a few calls to discuss from Sunday’s game. Buffalo played well enough to win but failed to make the crucial plays when they needed them most. The Bills suffered their first loss of the season, dropping a weird game 21-19. The weather was unbearably warm, the team was uncommonly thin with injuries, and the Dolphins happen to be a pretty good football team. After two thoroughly dominant performances, the Buffalo Bills travelled into the South Florida heat to take on the Miami Dolphins.
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