09-26-2018, 04:12 AM
(09-25-2018, 04:21 PM)Whatever Wrote: 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.Nice effort but it falls short.
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.
If the refs are as deep in the bag for the Steelers as a great many of your fellow Bengal fans suggest, they would be aware of the situation and see that Brown is back returning the punt (a rarity), and simply not throw the flag and let the play go on.
And there would not have to be an apology either since, again as many as your fellow Bengal fans suggest, Roger Goodell is a Steeler fan and is loyal to the Rooney’s. Video evidence wouldn’t matter either as there is already a web page created by that God awful homer announcer Dave Lampham that has a dozen or so gifs of the Steelers holding the Bengals, and yet Good Ol Rog has completely ignored it.
Better than Faulk, but still missed the mark.
