Russell Wilson throws wild 50-yard Hail Mary on final play only for Broncos to suffer controversial loss

If the NFL passed out an award for the wildest end of Week 2, that honor would nearly undoubtedly pass to the Commanders and Broncos with the best way issues ended on Sunday in Denver. 

With 3 seconds left within the sport, the Broncos had been trailing 35-27 with the ball on the 50-yard line. At that time, Denver only had one choice: Russell Wilson was once going to have to throw a Hail Mary after which everybody in Denver was once going to have to pray that any person stuck it. 

In what grew to become out to be probably the most wildest performs you’ll be able to ever see on the finish of a sport, the Broncos did catch the Hail Mary. Wilson’s go were given tipped THREE instances sooner than falling into the arms of Brandon Johnson, who come what may controlled to make a fantastic catch. 

Although the play despatched Broncos’ enthusiasts right into a frenzy, the issue for Denver is that the Hail Mary did not tie the sport. Since the Commanders had been main 35-27, the landing only reduce the rating to 35-33. 

To tie the sport, the Broncos additionally wanted to convert a two-pointer, however that did not occur. On the two-point try, Benjamin St-Juste broke up the go, which was once meant for Courtland Sutton. However, the play got here with some controversy and that is the reason as a result of St-Juste seemed to intervene with Sutton. 

CBS regulations analyst Gene Steratore idea there was once sufficient touch sooner than the ball arrived to justify throwing a go interference flag. Unfortunately for the Broncos regardless that, there was once no flag thrown on the play. 

The loss was once much more painful as it got here in a sport the place the Broncos blew a 21-3 lead. 

The go interference no-call is most definitely going to really feel like dangerous deja vu for Sean Payton. No one is aware of greater than him about shedding on a controversial go interference no-call, so you’ll wager he will have some phrases with the league place of job. Payton was once the trainer of the Saints right through the 2018 NFC name sport when his group misplaced to the Rams following a controversial no-call within the fourth quarter. 

The Broncos are actually 0-2 on the season with their losses coming by means of a mean of one.5 issues. With the loss, Payton was the primary trainer since 1933 to lose every of his first two video games with a brand new group by means of two issues or much less. 

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