Bills owner critical of overturned TD: NFL wasn't watching same game

Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula is upset with the NFL's ruling to overturn wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin's touchdown catch in Sunday's loss to the New England Patriots.

And it's not just because he's a fan of his own team.

"They obviously weren't looking at the same television the rest of the country was looking at, were they?" Pegula said, according to ESPN's Mike Rodak. "You know what, you can probably find somebody in this country that disagrees (with the catch), and I know one guy would be (NFL senior vice president of officiating) Al Riveron sitting in New York City.

"But everybody I talked to - and they're not Bills fans and they're not necessarily anti-Patriots - they're all baffled by that call, which just wasn't consistent with what replay (should be)."

The officials ruled on the field that Benjamin had caught a 4-yard touchdown pass in the corner of the end zone that would have put the Bills ahead 16-13 (before the extra point) entering halftime.

The scoring play was automatically subject to review by the NFL's replay office. It was then ruled that Benjamin had both feet in bounds, but he didn't have definitive control of the ball before stepping out, after appearing to make a one-handed grab.

"I don't know what's going on, but we have to fix it. And I'm not saying that as the owner of the Bills; I'm saying that as a football fan. We can't have stuff like this happening in our league," Pegula said.

The overturned touchdown seemed to be the Bills' undoing in an otherwise excellent first half. The Patriots would outscore them 24-3 in the second stanza and finish with a 37-16 victory.