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NFL Fans Ripped NBC’s Rules Analyst for Awful Breakdown of Bad No-Call on Final Play of Giants-Bills

This explanation by former NFL referee Terry McAulay didn’t make any sense.
NFL Fans Ripped NBC’s Rules Analyst for Awful Breakdown of Bad No-Call on Final Play of Giants-Bills
NFL Fans Ripped NBC’s Rules Analyst for Awful Breakdown of Bad No-Call on Final Play of Giants-Bills

The Bills were able to hold on at home Sunday night and beat the Giants, 14-9, in an ugly game that wasn’t decided until the final play with no time left on the clock. 

Fans watching, however, thought there should have been one more play, because it sure looked as if Buffalo cornerback Taron Johnson got away with what looked like an obvious holding call that prevented Giants tight end Darren Waller from catching a possible game-winning touchdown pass from Tyrod Taylor.

NBC rules analyst and former NFL referee Terry McAulay tried his best to explain why a call wasn’t made, but his best wasn’t very good at all. 

Cris Collinsworth’s explanation was a lot better, because it sure looked like holding was an easy call that should have made.

NFL fans were not happy with McAulay and how he handled that final play:


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Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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