Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Cody Ford took an illegal blindside block penalty against the Houston Texans. The call was met a lot of question.
Was it a bad call? Was it a penalty? The NFL deemed it certainly one since he was actually fined for it now.
According to NFL Network‘s Ian Rapoport, Ford’s penalty, which took the Bills out of field-goal range in overtime against the Texans, earned him an even more questionable $28,075 fine.
Here’s the play in question:
I understand the rules but it's still crazy that the first play in this clip resulted in a penalty and $28,075 fine and the second play resulted in no fine or penalty. pic.twitter.com/ZRq3A8D9rE
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 11, 2020
ESPN reports that Ford is going to appeal the fine. Makes sense since plenty of folks questioned the play. Fans? Yes. But even FOX NFL rules analyst and former VP of officiating, Mike Pereira, said he believed it was a bad call.
The fine is really just rubbing salt in the wound for the Bills, because Buffalo eventually punted and the Texans marched down the field to win the game, 22-19.
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