Anyone who was watching that game last Saturday night could see clearly the NFL rigged the game.
You see, if the Chargers win every game, and KC had lost one of their remaining games, the NFL would have to host a playoff game in the Stubhub Stadium that seats only 27,000.
The Chargers were equal to the task except for one problem. The refs put up a zebra defense.
Every first down by the Chargers was penalized until the game was pretty much decided.
The refs called holding when the Chargers were on offense for the slightest infractions, and they called pass-interference on another play that got them in the red zone.
On the other side it was clear that the Ravens could pretty much do anything they wanted.
After watching bowl games all this week it became obvious that the NFL is over officiated.
I pretty much came to a head when on the final drive the Chargers needed to win the game, a Ravens DLineman damn near took Philip River's head off, which should have been a 15 yd penalty and a first down. Instead they totally ignored it.
While the Ravens were on offense I saw so many blatant holds that I got fed up. A WR for the Ravens damn nearly pulled off a Charger player's jersey and there was no flag. You could see him pulling on his jersey right in front of the ref and he ignored it. Joey Bosa sometimes ends up on the ground and two Ravens linemen HELD him down till the whistle. Thus another hold was ignored.
This kind of biased officiating has a tendency to cause vast differences in time of possession and total yardage. It seemed the refs were strict when they wanted to be, and lenient when it suited them.
The Chargers can score points quickly, and that sort of team gives the Ravens problems. The Ravens cannot maintain a consistent passing game, so the score has to remain close or everything goes to shit. This will become apparent if the Ravens make it to the playoffs. But for now, the Ravens can thank NFL refs for gift-wrapping an early Christmas present in a win against the Chargers. The NFL will not allow the Chargers to host a game in the playoffs till they move into their new state of the art stadium in 2020.
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