Sean Payton Call Proves The NFL Is Biased

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(12-11-2017, 05:02 PM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: Question....If the Steelers are the league darlings and the refs favor them while hating and working against the Bengals, then why is the league always changing the rules to protect the Bengals from the Steelers? 

.......I was just making a point that the team isn't as pristine as some would have us believe......


The narrative you refer to comes from the fact that a lot of these things weren't flagged on the field.  The officiating is inconsistent to poor at times, as are league rulings.  I won't go as far as to say they are the league darlings, but the Rooneys WERE instrumental in the hiring of ol Rog, and Dan Rooney personally notified him of his hire in Rog's hotel room, were they hugged and even shed a tear.  Google it.

That said, like or lump it, when you're a perennial loser, you don't get calls on the field a lot of times vs established teams.  That's just the way it is. There have been some pretty egregious no-calls though, and a TD that never was in the 2015 playoff game allowed to stand. Where I take issue is with the rescinding of fines and suspensions.....Munchak, Jerry Porter, etc.  The officials did their job on Munchak, not so much on Porter, and then good ol Rog let 'em off the hook, much like Mitchell in KC.  The Bengals got a suspension overturned this year, even though Iloka may have deserved it, but that hasn't been the norm.

TLDR; make no mistake, the team plays dirty, and has since Knoll was around.