Playing Devil's Advocate...

[Pezmerga]

(02-15-2022, 09:39 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Here is the thing.  Rams fans could probably point to quite a few call or non-calls that went in the Bengals favor.

EVERY team thinks the calls go against them.

Very true. That game was winnable for us, we just could not make the plays in the second half. We had plenty of chances.

[Science Friction]

Lined going up offfsides. Offsides...offsidess . Saw it . Refused to call it.

That's not THINKING the calls are against you. That's the officiating crew seeing an infraction and refusing to call it. WHY?

Name one case of officials clearly seeing a Bengals' infraction but refusing to call it.

[Headless Horseman]

Playing Devil's Advocate...

Under Roger Goodell:

- New England "wins" 6 Super Bowls as controversy after controversy is covered up. We have them caught multiple times with spies on the opposing teams side of the field filming their plays and walk through practices. We have an employee nicknamed "The Deflator" caught deflating footballs for their QB. Several teams leak that they suspect the locker rooms of being bugged. Nothing is done about it and conveniently the calls by the Zebras go New England way every game. We have an owner who was caught not only buying prostitutes but before that violating labor laws by hiring illegal aliens to work as stadium crew mbers under deplorable conditions. Nothing is ever done. Certainly a coincidence Bob Kraft was one of the three owners who handpicked Roger Goodell. The other two? Let's talk about them as well.

New York Giants- Mara being owner #2. Not a ton here outside of how interesting the calls went the Giants way for several years and two Super Bowls. The other big thing being Mara filing a complaint against Dallas and Washington the year the NFL's salary cap had expired. Despite both teams following the rules that season they were still heavily fined for zero reason other than Mara spoke and demanded action.

Onto owner #3....

- Pittsburgh. QB gets in trouble for raping two women, slap in the wrist. Team Physician gets caught shipping $250,000 per month in HGH and Anabolic Steroids to his team office and it is quietly swept under the rug. Hines Ward brags they were coached to head hunt and nothing is done about it, meanwhile us and the Ravens regularly got suspensions and fines for defending ourselves. Again, one of the biggest beneficiary of the Zebras calling everything in their favor. One ref from the Seattle Super Bowl admitted they threw the game for Pitt.

- Cardinals get a new stadium with no fanbase, conveniently soon as they had their new stadium they benefitted from questionable calls walking them into the Super Bowl to build the brand.

- Raiders. When Al Davis died Goodell approached Mark Davis wanting him to sell the team to a group that was to move the Raiders to San Antonio. Davis said no. Davis tries negotiating with LA about relocating back and is blocked by Goodell. Davis then opens negotiations with Las Vegas. He was explicitly told no to Vegas by Goodell but like his father told the NFL to get bent and moved to Las Vegas anyways. This infuriates Goodell. Vegas is supposed to be part of the LA Rams market. As we saw last year, Goodell leaks decade old emails against Gruden to attempt to bury Mark Davis and again tries pushing him to sell, sell, sell.

- Dolphins, just caught paying their HC to throw football games. This could very well open a can of worms.

- Rams. All yes, the Rams. The team who violated multiple laws and contracts in St. Louis to move to LA, Goodells wet dream. We already saw a few years ago how the calls all seemed to go the Rams way putting them into one Super Bowl and again this year. Like I said the NFL is desperate after 10 billion dollars invested to grow a brand in LA. A few interesting things about the Rams this year...

It was telling how the Pre-Game was bragging about how Von Miller and Odell Beckham were in contact about building a dream team together and how Miller was bragging about telling Beckham to force a trade to the Rams. That is tampering and yet Goodell is silent.

We also have the fact the entire Super Bowl pre party and during the Super Bowl was one nonstop massive circlejerk for the homeless capital of the World, L.A.

Goodell wanted the Rams to win. Needed the Rams to win. The easiest way for that to happen was what happened, the ge staying a close game. That's why the refs were staying hands off, there was no need. However the NFL tipped their hand. That missed call on Higgens. I knew something was up with how they kept replaying it and drilling it into everyone's mind how the Bengals "got away with one." It was obvious then the fix was in.

It wasn't coincidence in the last minute the refs start throwing flag after flag on the Bengals to put the Rams at first and goal. It wasn't something in the refs eye when theassively overrated Aaron Donald lined up offsides. The NFL and Goodell needed the Rams to win to try and create a bandwagon fanbase in LA.

The NFL and Goodell have a long history of corruption, I am not sure why it is so surprising they threw the Super Bowl to benefit a 10 billion dollar investment.

[PocketAces32]

(02-15-2022, 11:34 AM)Science Friction Wrote: Lined going up offfsides. Offsides...offsidess . Saw it . Refused to call it.

That's not THINKING the calls are against you. That's the officiating crew seeing an infraction and refusing to call it. WHY?

Name one case of officials clearly seeing a Bengals' infraction but refusing to call it.

Don’t be one of those guys