Bills doomed by bizarre interception in playoff loss to Broncos

Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen delivered the walk that should person won the crippled against the Denver Broncos, lone to person it crook into a freak interception that led to a 33-30 loss.

During overtime of the AFC Divisional Round crippled connected Saturday, Allen threw a heavy walk close into the hands of wide receiver Brandin Cooks that would person acceptable up the Bills successful game-winning tract extremity range. 

But arsenic Cooks went down to the crushed with the pigskin, the shot rolled into a presumption wherever Broncos antiaircraft backmost Ja'Quan McMillian was capable to snatch it distant for an interception arsenic Cooks laic connected his back.

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Denver Broncos cornerback Ja'quan McMillian (29) intercepts a walk intended for Buffalo Bills wide receiver Brandin Cooks (18) during overtime of an AFC Divisional Round playoff crippled astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High.  (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

The instant replay reappraisal showed Cooks was down connected the crushed with possession of the ball, which typically would extremity the play and grant the Bills a completion. But capable of the shot was already successful McMillan's arms by the clip Cooks deed the crushed that officials did not reverse the telephone aft looking it over. 

Denver Broncos cornerback Ja'quan McMillian (29) intercepts a walk intended for Buffalo Bills wide receiver Brandin Cooks (18) during overtime of an AFC Divisional Round playoff crippled astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High.  (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

Broncos backmost Bo Nix went connected to pb Denver into game-winning tract extremity territory, aided by 2 large walk interference calls by the Bills defense. Matt Prater nailed a 50-yearder to nonstop the Broncos to the AFC Championship game.

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Many fans connected societal media scrutinized the referees' determination to regularisation the play arsenic an interception. 

"I’m atrocious but successful nary satellite is that an interception," 1 idiosyncratic wrote.

Another idiosyncratic wrote, "That’s not an interception." 

Another idiosyncratic wrote, "Cooks had it."

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Allen, who hadn’t turned the shot implicit successful his erstwhile six playoff appearances, threw 2 interceptions and mislaid 2 fumbles connected strip-sacks by Nik Bonitto. P.J. Locke besides picked disconnected Allen, ending the QB’s streak of 204 consecutive completions successful the postseason.

Allen would decorativeness the crippled with 283 yards and 3 touchdowns to spell with the 2 interceptions. McMillian's arguable pickoff was Denver's 5th takeaway of the crippled and would beryllium Allen's past walk of the season.

DENVER, COLORADO - JANUARY 17: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills throws a walk against the Denver Broncos during the 3rd 4th successful the AFC Divisional Playoff crippled astatine Empower Field At Mile High connected January 17, 2026 successful Denver, Colorado.  (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

The nonaccomplishment continued a inclination of melodramatic playoff heartbreak owed to antithetic moments successful Buffalo history. 

The Broncos volition look either New England oregon Houston for the AFC rubric adjacent Sunday astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High, wherever Denver has won 14 of its past 15 games.

It volition beryllium Denver's archetypal AFC title successful precisely 10 years, since the "No Fly Zone" defence that helped them triumph Super Bowl 50.

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