Trailing in the fourth quarter against the Broncos in the NFL’s season opener Thursday, the Panthers were bailed out on a 4th-and-21 play when cornerback Chris Harris Jr. was penalized for illegal hands to the face.

The penalty kept Carolina’s drive alive, but was it the right call?

No call . Both had each face masks — shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) September 9, 2016

That 4th dwn call hands to the face on Harris was a bs call. — shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) September 9, 2016

Chris Harris gets his head jacked back by Benjamin's stiff arm but he gets the penalty? Cool. #CARvsDEN — Dylan Milner (@DMilner13) September 9, 2016

I'm not a blame-the-refs guy, but that call on CHJr was … um … not what I would have made. — Andrew Mason (@MaseDenver) September 9, 2016

Call against CHJr: WORST I've seen in that situation since @TBBuccaneers' Shawn Lee's phantom hands-to-the-face call on 4th-dn v. GB in 1989 — Andrew Mason (@MaseDenver) September 9, 2016

The Panthers went on to get within range of a 50-yard field goal attempt for kicker Graham Gano. The attempt went wide left and Denver won, 21-20.

After the game, Harris said that he did not grab Kelvin Benjamin’s facemask on the play.

“All I did was try to jam him—I think he knocked my hand up and I probably grazed his mask when he knocked my hand up,” Harris told KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. “I never grabbed his face mask.”

In the end, the penalty did not matter as the resulting field goal attempt failed.

“What do they call it? The ball don’t lie,” Harris told Klis, laughing.