Football fans are accusing the NFL refs of “rigging” the Philadelphia Eagles-Washington Commanders NFC Championship Game after a strange detail about head official Shawn Hochuli came to light.
Hochuli and his crew were assigned the NFC Championship Game between the two NFC East rivals. The Eagles cruised to a 55-23 victory, punching their third ticket to the Super Bowl in eight seasons.
After the game, David Chabot and the popular ML Football X/Twitter account noted that the Eagles have improved to 7-0 in games officiated by Hochuli:
🚨BREAKING: THE #EAGLES ARE UNDEFEATED WITH SHAWN HOCHULI REFFING THEIR GAMES.
PHILLY IS NOW 7 AND 0, with Nick Sirianni as the head coach and Hochuli.
UNREAL STAT 🤯
(📸: @Dav1dChabot) pic.twitter.com/gjvkFCb4al
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) January 26, 2025
After this tweet was posted, fans accused the NFL refs of rigging the game in favor of Saquon Barkley and the Eagles.
“Postgame celebration leaked,” a fan wrote with a photoshopped image of the Eagles hugging one of the NFL refs.
“Well yea he tried to get eagles a free score for bad behavior,” wrote another.
“NFL should be ashamed of itself! That was BAD,” said a fan.
“Rigged,” wrote another fan.
“@Chiefs2.0,” quipped one user.
“Officials favoring the Eagles the whole game,” said a fan.
The Eagles will face the winner of the Buffalo Bills-Kansas City Chiefs AFC Championship Game in Super Bowl 59.
Commanders Can Blame The NFL Refs, But They Beat Themselves
The Commanders were indeed on the wrong end of several calls, but the defense was a no-show for practically the entire game. They also lost the turnover battle 4-0, and that proved to be the real difference.
