CBS got Buffalo Bills fans' hopes up on Sunday after Josh Allen's incomplete pass to Dalton Kincaid, with the score bug signaling that a flag had been thrown on the play

For a brief second after Josh Allen's desperate fourth down heave hit the turf at Arrowhead Stadium, the Buffalo Bills had hope. "There is a flag,” CBS play-by-play standby Jim Nantz announced to the masses watching at home.

Interestingly enough, Kevin Harlan and Devin McCourty, calling the game for Westwood One Radio, also said there was a flag on the play, with McCourty speculating that it was for Bills offensive lineman Dion Dawkins taking his helmet off.

The Kansas City Chiefs booked their place in a third consecutive Super Bowl appearance after defeating the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game

For a few seconds Sunday night, Jim Nantz — and the CBS scorebug — gave the Bills some hope during the fourth quarter of their AFC championship clash against the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. Josh Allen’s final heave that went through the hands of a diving Dalton Kincaid had fallen incomplete.

The final minutes of Sunday night's AFC Championship Game featured an atypical mistake from CBS play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz. On the Bills' final offensive snap, an incomplete pass on fourth down by Josh Allen with 1:54 remaining,

Viewers were left confused when the "flag" graphic popped up on the screen following what became the Bills' final offensive play of the contest even though no penalty had been called.