After my second rewatch of The Sopranos during quarantine, I recognized two things. One, TV shows have the worst sports logic of all time, and two, The Sopranos provided the worst bad beat of all time.

I would post the YouTube video but it’s probably not acceptable to have on this blog since it has some R-rated scenes (editor’s note: it absolutely is). Just look up “The Sopranos Buffalo Bills” and click the first link, because I definitely won’t post the link here.

Anyway, let me set the scene. The Buffalo Bills are playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It’s the final second of the game and Tampa Bay is winning.

Tony says the line is three so he will settle for a push. He never states if Tampa Bay is getting or giving three so it adds a little more confusion. This is where things get unbelievably unrealistic.

Buffalo is at Tampa Bay’s 10-yard line, J.P. Losman (remember that guy?) hands the ball off? The ball is fumbled on the hand-off and none of the gang respond to the fumble for some reason; they all just stare at the television with nervous looks on their faces.

Here’s where it gets more ridiculous: Buffalo recovers their own fumble and then fumbles again, and then they pick up that fumble and run the ball into the end zone to win with no time left.

Once again, it gets weirder. As they show Buffalo scoring, it says the score is 24-22, Tampa Bay. So why wouldn’t the Bills just kick the chip-shot field goal to win the game? Well, this means that Tony had Tampa Bay +3 and that touchdown made him lose the spread in unbelievably devastating fashion.

But if Tony is settling for a push, then Tampa would need to somehow get a miraculous one-point safety? If Tampa stops the Bills on the play, he wins. Instead, this asshole won $35 down there.