Because they sure as **** seemed hellbent on letting Cincy get all the calls. We recovered AJ Green's fumble, Dalton clearly fumbled the ball(and we recovered)when he was sacked early on but the refs blew the whistle too early. We should have had Cincy pinned within the 5 at one point, as it looked like the gunner touched the chalk.
And the fumble they recovered on the punt, he clearly didn't have possession before he went out of bounds. So frustrating.
I would have held a bigger grudge if we lost in a close game with those calls. Honestly right now I am just happy we won and am looking towards next week
Questionable? If the announcers pointed them out on instant replay they were pretty clear, I want them to bring back the replacement refs they do a better job.
I agree, but literally ALL those questionable calls went against us. I was yelling at the screen at one point. I like Philbin but I wish he would eat those refs *******s when they were effing us so hard, especially both reviews.
And the ball being downed by Cinci on our 3 where the players foot was clearly on the goalline prior to touching the ball meaning it should have been a touchback. I mean, really, how the heck do you look at ALL of those replays and still don't get the call right?! frustrating to say the least.
We had the infamous tuck rule ref. Does it surprise anyone he made terrible calls? The league had to implement an entire new rule to make up for his ineptitude
It is frustrating when it seems most of the calls go in the other teams favor.As bad as the calls went I still feel the replacement refs were worse.
Someone needs to explain the rules to me here on that play. Not about the foot on the line, but when the play is ruled dead. The first Bengal player tries to down it at the 4 but muffs the catch and knocks it forward. The next guy scoops it up and throws it back to between the 5 and 6 yard line. Another guy then dives/kicks the ball foward to the 3 and lands on it, where they mark it down. Now if the rule is that the play is dead when the ball stops moving, what's to stop your guys "accidentally" trying to scoop up a ball that's bobbling on the ground all the way down to the goal line when the opponent doesn't fair catch it and lets it hit the ground? That's what basically happened here. I would have expected the ball to be placed on the 5 yard line instead of the 3.
Oddly enough the Bengal fans are complaining because some calls went against them .Fans have selective blindness .They see what they want to see and dont see what they dont want to see.
What's as upsetting as the call themselves are where the ball is being spotted. Lane clearly had a first down on a short yardage situation but wasn't given forward progress.
Those calls were all pretty frustrating. It's not that they were obvious in real time, but on replay they were all obvious with a simple freeze frame. If you have a snapshot of Burfict out of bounds with the ball not in his possession the call is clear. If you have a snapshot of the punt coverage guy stepping on the goal line before touching the ball the call is clear. When you have a snapshot of Green without possession of the ball as he touches down it is an easy call. I don't understand it.
I said before keep the temp refs they let the players play more. Don't forget the foot on the endzone and they give them the downed ball inside the 1yd line also. The ruling on the field stands because we look better that way.
