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DENVER – Denver Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders saw a finger – his index finger to be exact – costing the Broncos four points on Sunday in a 23-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
Sanders said his first-quarter taunting penalty "cost my team," but he added that it was also a sign that "the league is starting to falter".
While the Rams were leading 6-0 at the end of the first quarter on Sunday and the Broncos were second on the 44-yard Los Angeles line, Broncos quarterback Case Keenum hit Sanders for Sanders thought to be a 44-yard touchdown.
As soon as Sanders came out of a tackle, he pointed a finger at the face of Rams' corner-half Troy Hill, who pulled the flag to make a mockery.
"For me, honestly, I feel the league is starting to falter," said Sanders. "I'm having fun, I have not done anything crazy to the guy, other than to say to him," I put you on this piece, "pointing at him. [The official] I've launched the flag, which is crazy because I've felt like I've been in the league for nine years and that I've pinpointed the guys, come back back and watch my movie, I've always pointed at the guys and said: I got you on this piece.
"It was a good throw from Case, I fell down with a big game, the emotions are big, it's not like I walked to him and gave him a whim or something crazy, but it cost my team. "
As a touchdown, the penalty would have been inflicted on the kickoff. However, as a scoring game, the game was reviewed with a cover and it was determined that Sanders was at the edge of the Rams' 1 yard line.
The penalty was added and the ball was moved to a 16-yard line. The Broncos won just six yards on the next three games combined and Brandon McManus was forced to score the first goal.
It was a game that gained importance after the afternoon, the Broncos returning from a deficit of 20-3 to bring the score to 23-20 in the final minutes before the failure of the kick opposing.
"There is no moral victory, our guys have played hard, it's obvious, but we have to play a better football mark when it comes to penalties," he said. Broncos coach, Vance Joseph. "… he knows better, he knows better, I have not seen what happened … He can not do that, he knows it." ;
Sanders said: "When I look at the dashboard – we lost by three points – I feel we could easily get that ball back, got four [more] points. I do not see the pain in that. … I will learn. … I will continue to entertain. & # 39; & # 39;
The Broncos lost another potential of three points in the second quarter due to penalties. After moving the ball up to the 35-yard line, with the Rams holding a 13-3 lead, the Broncos had two calls held in the space of three games to bring the ball back to the line 35 yards from Denver.
They did not convert a third and 30 and instead of a potential field placement attempt, they were forced to beat balls.
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