Josh Allen drew a roughing the passer penalty thanks to a wild flop and NFL fans had jokes

Today’s NFL rules are designed to protect the quarterback. After all, injuries to quarterbacks can derail an entire team’s season, so the league doesn’t want its most marketable players getting hurt.

But the best quarterbacks can use those rules to their advantage. We saw exactly that on Sunday.

As a wild game between the Bills and Eagles went into overtime, Josh Allen extended the Bills’ OT drive with an acting job to draw a roughing penalty on Nicholas Morrow. Though replays did show that Morrow was late to Allen, the contact certainly wasn’t enough to force this reaction from Allen.

Another look at Morrow’s roughing pic.twitter.com/LpUhjia238

— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthew_CFB) November 27, 2023

Lol Josh Allen’s highlight flop reel is getting extensive pic.twitter.com/nEctPkOUBB

— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) November 27, 2023

That flop was Oscar-worthy — let’s be honest. He sold it and got the call.

The Bills would have to settle for a field goal on the drive, but the Eagles did respond with a game-winning touchdown run by Jalen Hurts.

Still, fans had plenty of jokes about the flop because it was that outrageous.