Joey Bosa

It was a night to forget for the Chargers pass rusher, whose penalty changed how Jacksonville approached the end of Saturday night's wild-card game.

Jaguars coach Doug Pederson elected to move the ball from the 2-yard line to the 1-yard line and attempt a 2-point conversion. Bosa felt Jaguars offensive lineman Jawaan Taylor should have been called for a false start on a Jacksonville touchdown in the fourth quarter, and he threw his helmet in disgust twice. That made all the difference in strategy for the remainder of the game. An offside penalty led to a Jaguars touchdown, and he was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct in the third quarter. The LA pass rusher had a night to forget. [finished off a miraculous 31-30 comeback victory](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/chargers-jaguars-live-score-highlights-nfl-playoffs/ws2tyw8kvpyco23aamh4incl) over the Chargers to advance to the AFC divisional round, and they had help from Bosa in the late stages of the game.

Joey Bosa was one of the culprits in the Los Angeles Chargers' brutal collapse in the playoffs with his penalty for a helmet throw.

Without his penalty, the Jags probably would have kicked the extra point to make it 30-27. The penalty brought a potential 2-point conversion attempt to the 1-yard line, which Doug Pederson decided to try. He ended up being called for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that was enforced on the kickoff.

Chargers edge rusher Joey Bosa recovered a fumble in the first half, but he had a costly unsportsmanlike conduct penalty late in the fourth quarter.

He sat on the bench and watched as the officials gathered to discuss the sequence and called the penalty against him. He played in just five regular-season games this season because of a Four minutes later, after Jacksonville got the ball back, Bosa’s costly penalty flipped the game in the Jaguars’ favor for good.