Mike Vrabel was candid on Monday morning when asked about the influence of the officiating during Sunday’s loss to the Buffalo Bills.
Little went right for New England down the stretch in Sunday’s eventual 35-31 loss — be it the Patriots’ defense coughing up five straight touchdown drives, New England’s special-teams unit relinquishing chunk yardage on kickoffs, or Drake Maye and the Patriots’ passing game getting grounded in crunch time.
But, a few costly rulings by John Hussey and his officiating staff loomed large in Sunday’s result, including a pass-interference call against Marcus Jones on a fourth-down play and a DPI against Carlton Davis that extended Buffalo’s eventual game-winning TD drive.