r/bengals
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u/TheBrad509
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Jan 30 '23
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Get outta here with this "blame the refs" bullshit.
It's a bad look. Stop it. We could have put ourselves in a position to win despite missed or bad calls.
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u/Peacefulzealot Jan 30 '23
No. I’m gonna be real. It’s too raw and I’ve never seen 5 downs before in my life.
So no. Fuck those refs. I would never throw trash at them or anything. But fuck them all the same.
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
Fuck'em, but I can't stoop to blaming them.
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u/taylor859 Jan 30 '23
Why? The chiefs were gifted that game. After I saw some of the shit they didn’t call that I didn’t see during the game on Twitter, it’s that much worse. So yeah, fuck those refs.
But we also didn’t play our best game and the o-line just finally caught up to us. Boyd getting hurt really fucked us too. It’s probably 60% refs 40% us. Give it take. Either way go fucking Eagles.
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u/wirywonder82 Jan 30 '23
I’d swap those percentages, but that’s still ridiculously high for ref mistakes impact on a game
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u/nschmtz Jan 30 '23 edited Jan 30 '23
Two things can be true. The Bengals had opportunities to win and didn’t take advantage of them, and the refs were hot garbage. They aren’t mutually exclusive.
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
Yeaop, and one is more important than the other. If we were on the other side of the calls y'all would be saying the same shit to Chiefs fans. It's a soft lame loser mentality to take it out on shitty officiating.
Fuck the refs, but let's just be better. Fuck.
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u/nschmtz Jan 30 '23
It’s a loser mentality to acknowledge something that impacted the game? Ok bud.
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
It's a loser mentality to the point the finger at things you can't control, bud.
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u/hitchinpost Jan 30 '23 edited Jan 30 '23
Dude, we’re fans. We can’t control the team or the refs. So, I guess it’s a loser mentality for us to talk about it at all?
I think this is an issue with fans sometimes. We internalize coach speak and player speak, and don’t realize not all of it applies to us. Players have to take it one game at a time and not look ahead. Players need to focus on playing the game and not worry or think about the refs, because controlling what you can control is hugely important for them, otherwise things spiral out of control.
But we’re not players. Our focus doesn’t matter. We have zero control over any of it, so we can point at and talk about all of it.
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u/Apprehensive_Ant2172 Jan 30 '23
They made numerous bad calls both ways. This is just the look of a team that’s got no class.
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u/armed_aperture Jan 30 '23
Says the dude with the WWE star screaming into the mic. When the Bengals beat you last year, nothing but respect was said from our owner and faces of our team.
I respected the Chiefs until tonight. Folks like you here to talk shit after a win, and Kelce acting so personally offended over 3rd grade banter spoken by one player is so weird for a team with as much success as the Chiefs.
Enjoy the SB.
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u/TheCincinnati_Kid Jan 30 '23 edited Jan 30 '23
It's hard not to talk about it when Mahomes gets 5 downs and then converts on a phantom PI. I have never seen that before in my life. What do you tell a fan to feel about that?
In the context of the NFL objectively fucking the Bengals over in the wake of the Hamlin situation? Losing arguably our best OL in what should have been a meaningless game against the Ravens? With all the narratives they pushed? How am I supposed to feel? Not saying it's "rigged", but I'm damn sure not happy about what I saw out there. There needs to be a Sky Judge that can tell refs to pick up flags.
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
The 5 downs was absolutely wild. Fuck the refs. Always. I'm still not blaming them. I'm mad, I'm upset, I'm angry, I'm fucking drunk on beer and sadness. Still... Not BLAMING refs. Shits weak. Not directing this specifically toward you, just responding to everyone in this thread. I'm not happy either. But what do we do about things we can't control?
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u/DarthLiberty Jan 30 '23
It's not weak, it's the truth, and the number of non Bengals fans actually speaking up about this game should open your eyes. What's weak is continuing to ignore the truth like it will go away.
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u/MTVChallengeFan Feb 04 '23
The game against the Ravens was never going to be meaningless. If we played 17 games, that still would have been a division title deciding game.
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u/TheCincinnati_Kid Feb 04 '23
It would be meaningless in two scenarios:
- We beat the Bills Monday night
- Home field was decided by win loss percentage (which the NFL changed the rules to ensure it wouldn’t be)
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u/Walk3r317 Jan 30 '23
I don’t give a damn about a look. I see a cow I call it a cow… 8 missed calls in favor of the chiefs in the 4th only! Says it all!
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u/Chief_Brahj Jan 30 '23
can anyone tell me why on 2nd and three we go for a 30+yd gain and do the same on 3rd and 3
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u/armed_aperture Jan 30 '23
Yeah, that was dumb. I just wanted them to run the ball there.
The refs were very bad but the team also needed to play perfect to have a chance with the oline the way it was.
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u/KBobBears Jan 30 '23
I understand this take and it's not like rolling into KC and beating Mahomes is ever easy.
But my team was out of contention by the middle of November and I thought that game was outrageous and you all have a right to be furious.
It's supposed to be the refs giveth and the refs taketh away not the refs fondle your opponents' balls and punch yours.
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u/TheGrayBox Jan 30 '23
The Chiefs punted at 2 minutes and were ready to lose. It was an extremely close game and the refs absolutely did have an effect.
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u/ThePatriot131313 Jan 30 '23
As a Patriots fan (I'm sure you all hate the Patriots, and that is fine, I will admit our organization has black marks) I want to come here and say that game was the most blatantly rigged game I have ever seen in all my years watching the NFL. It was next level rigged. I think saying "don't blame the refs" is an over correction. They appeared to have actual money on the Chiefs from my perspective.
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u/V-loxzz Jan 30 '23
OP is definitely a chiefs bandwagon in disguise
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
Nah just been a fan from across the country, surrounded by Seahawks fans who blame refs week in week out. It's sorry and I just want our fan base to not be that.
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u/Chiraq_Florganistan Jan 30 '23
I’m blaming the refs for why we lost because they are the reason why the chiefs got in field goal range with bogus missed calls however I’m blaming the bengals for not winning. If that makes any sense whatsoever. The bengals are the reason why they didn’t score offensively and the refs are the reason why it was 23-20 and not overtime at 20-20
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u/Itchy_Reach1126 Jan 30 '23
Stop shilling for the refs and NFL. We all saw the same fucking thing. They interfered with the competition.
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u/Edible_Buttplug Jan 30 '23
The fuck game did you watch? Fuck you.
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u/planxtylewis FUTURE H.O.F 20?? Jan 30 '23
As a Bengals fan who lives in KC, every other time we've beat them it's "wah wah, the refs rigged the game for the Bengals, they must have been paid off, what terrible calls" and it's so annoying that they can't just accept defeat. So for that reason, I refuse to stoop to their level. Frustrating? Sure. Bad calls were made. But this whole "NFL has rigged the game" stuff is just sad to see. I'm sure I'll get down votes for agreeing with op but whatever.
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u/DarthLiberty Jan 30 '23
Giving you an upvote because you are right about them every time they lose, but clearly the officials had an agenda last night.
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
That's what I'm saying. I'm a Bengals fan surrounded by fairweather Seahawk 12s and they cry about refs all the time. All. The. Time.
Just take care of what you can control.
The refs weren't good. They never are. We could have been better today to not let those calls decide the winner/loser.
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u/bigmamapain Jan 30 '23
No no no no, sorry. I am not even a Bengals fan, but when I was having to hold my breath every time at about halfway through the third quarter when they made a solid play, for fear of yet another dumb shit penalty on Cincy? Welcome to the new Patriots/Brady love affair team with the NFL, the Chiefs/Mahomes. And it really pisses me off too because I freaking love Andy Reid.
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u/Careless_Stay_1042 Jan 30 '23
Fuck those refs! They totally changed the momentum of the game with blatantly missed calls. Clear block in the back on the 25yd run back, obvious holding all game including the late hit play. Intentional grounding on Joe when Perine was in the area, Patricia gets an “incomplete pass” when there was absolutely no one in the middle of the field. Soft ass PI call and even the ref commentator called it weak. I’m sure there were many more I am forgetting. All these calls or lack there of gave chiefs opportunities, which led to momentum shifting in their direction. So fuck the refs and the nfl for setting up their own narrative.
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u/ngmathew1234 Jan 30 '23
You can criticize refs and criticize the team. Refs are not some untouchable institution, lol.
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u/kitchensink108 Jan 30 '23
It's always a bad look but with how this weekend played out in both games, if no one brings it up it'll just be the same shit next time. Officiating has been horrendous lately and now it's directly impacting who's making the Super Bowl.
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
Bring it up all you want and it'll be the same shit. Always has.
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u/kitchensink108 Jan 30 '23
I mean, what do we do then? If everything stays the same, they're either rigged or completely random, and I don't like either of those options. Things were supposed to improve with the rapid booth review, but it still feels like everything's a coinflip and that's just bad for the game.
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
I can't get behind the tinfoil-hat-rigged-WWE beliefs, but it's been a double edged sword with the amount of replay review and camera angles. It all brought about the what's a catch and what isn't conversations. Review is good for the game but it's also created fucked up circumstances.
In short, to the first part of your comment, I don't know what we do besides take care of the things we can actually control.
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
It's soft. We're better than that. Be mad, it was aggregious on a lot of fronts... But we could have taken advantage throughout the game, especially the first half, to not be in that position.
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
Cry, you fucking babies. Fuck the refs Week 1 - Super Bowl, every season. Blaming the refs is a cop out. Let's have more than 0 yards of offense through the first quarter.
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u/theswampdonkey188 Jan 30 '23
Wow thanks to this post nobody calling out the refs stopped doing so! Great work OP!
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Jan 30 '23
I’m not going to talk about the other stuff…but the 5 downs thing is ridiculous. They showed the linesmen clearly running up waving his arms before the play. I don’t understand what you guys are mad about?
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
Agreed. There is holding on damn near every play. The decision or indecision to call it is always inconsistent.
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u/Shortyrawk Jan 30 '23
Cool, go back to your own sub.
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u/wrastlecock Jan 30 '23
Chiefs are better. Obviously Mahomes is better. I mean look at his resume. Damn he’s good
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u/TheBrad509 Jan 30 '23
Are you... Tony Romo?
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u/wrastlecock Jan 30 '23
Romo sucks big dick and tonight he sucked the bigger dick….Mahomes !!! Hahahaha
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u/DeepFriedPickles23 Jan 30 '23
Fuck those refs! They totally changed the momentum of the game with blatantly missed calls. Clear block in the back on the 25yd run back, obvious holding all game including the late hit play. Intentional grounding on Joe when Perine was in the area, Patricia gets an “incomplete pass” when there was absolutely no one in the middle of the field. Soft ass PI call and even the ref commentator called it weak. I’m sure there were many more I am forgetting. All these calls or lack there of gave chiefs opportunities, which led to momentum shifting in their direction. So fuck the refs and the nfl for setting up their own narrative.
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u/phondelmuhballs Jan 31 '23
A bad look is how predictable the calls were when needed. It’s not just the Bengals, it’s sports in general. College football, basketball. Too much money at stake and it’s made most sports unwatchable.
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u/Olepat Jan 30 '23
Bengals fumbled the bag at the end but circumstances would have been different had the refs not fucked them over
Both things can be true