For a third-straight season, Joe Burrow is not leading his team in the NFL playoffs. But he still has an eye on the action.Monday afternoon, Burrow lit social media on fire, posting from his X account for the first time since July 2025, and posting in his own words for the first time since April 2024.He logged back on to chime in on a couple of controversial plays that happened in the NFL postseason’s divisional round.”The amount of ppl that don’t understand what a catch is in the rule book flabbergasts me,” the Cincinnati Bengals’ franchise player said. “And it’s not the officials. The two plays yesterday were not difficult calls, and they got them both right.”Burrow was referring to a pair of late-game plays in Saturday’s game between Buffalo and Denver and in Sunday night’s contest between Los Angeles and Chicago.The first play in question ended up deciding the matchup between the Broncos and Bills.With less than eight minutes to play in overtime, Josh Allen threw a pass deep to Brandin Cooks, who leapt to haul it in, but Broncos’ defensive back Ja’Quan McMillian got a hand on the ball as the pair went to the ground.McMillian rolled over top of Cooks and ripped the ball out of his hands in the process. Officials ruled the play an interception and, six plays later, Denver hit a game winning field goal to win the game, 33-30.In a pool report following the game, referee Carl Chaffers said Cooks “was going to the ground as part of the process of the catch and he lost possession of the ball when he hit the ground.The defender gained possession of it at that point. The defender is the one that completed the process of the catch, so the defender was awarded the ball.”A play that normally would have been challenged, the now-former Bills head coach Sean McDermott was unable to throw the red flag due to the league’s review rules, which are initiated from the league’s office in New York during overtime.Sunday, another controversial play happened, when Los Angeles’ Matthew Stafford hit Davante Adams across the middle, where he was immediately sandwiched by a pair of Bear defenders.As Adams was going to the ground, Chicago’s Tyrique Stevenson was fighting Adams for the ball and seemed to pry it free from his grasp. However, the play was ruled a completion, with Adams ruled down by contact.Five plays later, LA scored to take a 17-10 lead.”The ruling on the field is the runner down by contact,” referee Shawn Hochuli said from the field after the play.Despite having the ability to, Chicago did not challenge the play. Later in the game, NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay said he agreed with the call on the field, saying it was “clearly,” a catch.The two plays happening on the same weekend riled a lot of feathers. Burrow, however, seems to think the officials, in both instances, got it right.

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For a third-straight season, Joe Burrow is not leading his team in the NFL playoffs. But he still has an eye on the action.

Monday afternoon, Burrow lit social media on fire, posting from his X account for the first time since July 2025, and posting in his own words for the first time since April 2024.

He logged back on to chime in on a couple of controversial plays that happened in the NFL postseason’s divisional round.

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The amount of ppl that don’t understand what a catch is in the rule book flabbergasts me. And it’s not the officials. The two plays yesterday were not difficult calls, and they got them both right.

— Joey Burrow (@JoeyB) January 19, 2026

“The amount of ppl that don’t understand what a catch is in the rule book flabbergasts me,” the Cincinnati Bengals’ franchise player said. “And it’s not the officials. The two plays yesterday were not difficult calls, and they got them both right.”

Burrow was referring to a pair of late-game plays in Saturday’s game between Buffalo and Denver and in Sunday night’s contest between Los Angeles and Chicago.

The first play in question ended up deciding the matchup between the Broncos and Bills.

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With less than eight minutes to play in overtime, Josh Allen threw a pass deep to Brandin Cooks, who leapt to haul it in, but Broncos’ defensive back Ja’Quan McMillian got a hand on the ball as the pair went to the ground.

McMillian rolled over top of Cooks and ripped the ball out of his hands in the process. Officials ruled the play an interception and, six plays later, Denver hit a game winning field goal to win the game, 33-30.

In a pool report following the game, referee Carl Chaffers said Cooks “was going to the ground as part of the process of the catch and he lost possession of the ball when he hit the ground.

The defender gained possession of it at that point. The defender is the one that completed the process of the catch, so the defender was awarded the ball.”

A play that normally would have been challenged, the now-former Bills head coach Sean McDermott was unable to throw the red flag due to the league’s review rules, which are initiated from the league’s office in New York during overtime.

Sunday, another controversial play happened, when Los Angeles’ Matthew Stafford hit Davante Adams across the middle, where he was immediately sandwiched by a pair of Bear defenders.

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As Adams was going to the ground, Chicago’s Tyrique Stevenson was fighting Adams for the ball and seemed to pry it free from his grasp. However, the play was ruled a completion, with Adams ruled down by contact.

Five plays later, LA scored to take a 17-10 lead.

“The ruling on the field is the runner down by contact,” referee Shawn Hochuli said from the field after the play.

Despite having the ability to, Chicago did not challenge the play. Later in the game, NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay said he agreed with the call on the field, saying it was “clearly,” a catch.

The two plays happening on the same weekend riled a lot of feathers. Burrow, however, seems to think the officials, in both instances, got it right.