The “rigged” accusations were loud and clear during the Baltimore Ravens’ home game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night.
The Ravens benefited from several controversial calls in the ‘TNF’ matchup as they clawed back from a 21-7 deficit. A late hit on Bengals QB Joe Burrow was overlooked, and a false start by Baltimore went uncalled.
Check out the hit on Burrow in the video below:
🚨🚨🚨THIS IS CRAZY🚨🚨🚨
JOE BURROW GETS CHRUSHED ON A VERY VERY LATE BY A #RAVENS DEFENDER, NO CALL FROM THE REFS….
INSANE. EVERY OTHER QB IN THE LEAGUE THIS IS CALLED.
😳😳😳
One of the most blatant roughing the passer calls you’ll ever seen, WOW. pic.twitter.com/zU49tCVA9P
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) November 8, 2024
“If it was Mahomes, dude would’ve been suspended from the NFL,” one fan argued.
“If that was Mahomes, dude would be on his way to jail right now,” another echoed.
“No lie, that should’ve been a flag. Incredibly late,” said a third.
Fans Accuse Refs of Either Incompetence or Rigging the Game Against Bengals in Matchup with Ravens
Outrage grew even louder when a blatant false start by the Ravens went completely uncalled.
Take a look at it here:
🚨🚨AWFUL REFEREEING🚨🚨
The refs missed an obvious false start call on #Ravens tackle Ronnie Stanley on Baltimore 84 yard touchdown play.
😱😱😱
Stanley was two steps early… Cincinnati has been messed over by the refs majorly multiple times tonight
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) November 8, 2024
“Dude was out of bounds too, lmao 😭😭,” one fan commented.
“Nothing but Foot Locker employees with whistles…” added another.
“Goodell is clearly rigging this thing to keep Lamar Jackson in it for ratings. Pathetic!” a third fan raged.
The drama intensified as Joe Burrow got grabbed by the facemask with under two minutes left in the fourth quarter, yet no flag was thrown.
Then, after the Bengals narrowed the score to 35-34 with under a minute left, they decided to go for a game-winning 2-point conversion. On that play, not one but two obvious penalties went uncalled, including a clear defensive hold on Mike Gesicki.
The Ravens got away with a holding AND a roughing the passer on that fourth down play.
Refereeing continues to be a massive issue.pic.twitter.com/3DfES4o2NO
— JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) November 8, 2024
And on top of that, there was a brutal hit to the head that Joe Burrow took during the play:
ANOTHER one? Just how blind are the officials? pic.twitter.com/yKZqZqcGMu
— Sam Monson (@SamMonsonNFL) November 8, 2024
When it was all said and done, the Bengals found themselves on the losing side of both the officiating and the scoreboard.
