Did anyone see that 1 foot down TD the Stoolers were rewarded last night?

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(10-03-2016, 09:50 PM)StoneTheCrow Wrote: If every last Bengals fan turned off the Steelers and bought a jersey it wouldn't make a dent. We proud (very) few.

The Bengals fan base is relatively small, but if you can drop ratings by 500k, it's Still significant.  It doesn't cure the problem on it's own, but it's something.

If you could get most fans on the same page and buying the same player's jersey, it would make a difference.  The NFL keeps track of what player jerseys sell the most.  If everyone bought a Dalton jersey and pushed him into the top 5 in jersey sales, the refs are going to let the OL get away with a little more and BS like that no-call on roughing the passer against Pittsburgh doesn't happen, because the refs have to protect a marquee player.  When Luck was in his first two years, if you breathed on him wrong, you got flagged, because he was moving merch.  If everybody buys Green and gets him up there, he'll get more PI calls, get away with more push offs, and get close catch/fumble calls in his favor.