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Jon Heath

Twitter couldn’t believe Courtland Sutton was called for OPI against Chiefs

The Denver Broncos were leading the Kansas City Chiefs 17-13 in the third quarter of Sunday’s game when quarterback Russell Wilson connected on a 44-yard pass to wide receiver Courtland Sutton, setting Denver up in KC territory.

The impressive catch was negated by a highly questionable offensive pass interference penalty, and that call was a turning point in the game.

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After that call, the Broncos were forced to punt and the Chiefs later scored to take a 20-17 lead. KC later got the ball back and scored again to make it 27-17. Denver rallied back and made it close at the end but the Broncos weren’t able to complete a comeback in an eventual 27-24 loss.

Here’s a sampling of how Twitter reacted to the penalty.

After the game, interim head coach Jerry Rosburg said he didn’t want to be fined [for criticizing officials], so he limited his remarks to saying it was “highly unfortunate.”

Sutton and his teammates will aim to bounce back when they host the Los Angeles Chargers in their season finale next week.

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