Steelers Typical Dirty Play

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(09-25-2018, 02:58 PM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: To all you whiney Bengal fans who think that the refs favor the Steelers.....

I asked this question last week and am still waiting for an answer. Maybe you missed it last week, so I'll give you another shot. Faulk tried (and failed miserably), so please no replies from you. 

Last week vs KC with 12:02 left and the Steelers down by 12, AB returned a punt to near midfield giving the Steelers valuable field position. The punt was negated by an illegal formation penalty which lead to a rekick and a return to the 30. The penalty cost the Steelers time and nearly 20 valuable yards when they needed it most. The million dollar question is.....IF the refs favor the Steelers, why call the penalty especially given the circumstances? Wouldn't this be the PERFECT time to help them with a missed call? If you can answer me this without another wild conspiracy theory, then I will gladly admit that you are correct. Im not holding my breath.....

Well, your logic is very flawed in thinking that just because the Steelers were not shown bias in this case that they are never shown bias.

In the case of an illegal formation, the foul is apparent and the flag is thrown when the ball is snapped.  The referees have no idea of what the results of the play will be when they throw the flag.  Illegal formation is also a very black and white call and doesn't have any grey area for interpretation.  In this case, the refs would have had to pick up the flag, and the penalty would have been clear when the tv crew reviewed the play to determine what it was originally thrown for.   The bias would have been obvious, and the NFL would be forced to make a statement that the refs botched the call after the KC staff asked for a review of the play.  Even if they hadn't thrown the flag at all, they still would have had to apologise and there is already a lengthy track record of the Steelers getting favorable calls on returns, such as the Trippy Tomlin incident and Huber's broken neck.