On a fourth-down play in the closing seconds of Seattle’s 31–25 Week 9 win against Buffalo, Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor escaped from the pocket to his left, looking for a game-tying score. Richard Sherman, defending receiver Walter Powell on the opposite side of the end zone, leveled Powell right in front of an official before the ball was thrown. The contact was clearly made after five yards, and many believed Sherman should have been penalized for illegal contact.
In response to a Deadspin tweet insinuating that he should have been flagged, Sherman shot back,u200b “that’s what happens when the Qb scrambles.