Football fans are calling the Kansas City Chiefs–Baltimore Ravens game rigged after the officials missed several obvious penalties against Patrick Mahomes’ team.
During the first half of the Chiefs-Ravens NFL Kickoff Game, the NFL refs called a whopping four illegal formation penalties against Baltimore, including three on the game’s opening drive.
Even if you agree that all four of those infractions against the Ravens were correctly called, one can’t possibly overlook the officials’ failure to call it both ways. For example, take these, clear-as-day “false start and illegal formation penalties against Kansas City’s Jawaan Taylor that went uncalled:
I see we’re still doing this pic.twitter.com/WH0gI16Tuv
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) September 6, 2024
THE REFS APPEAR TO MISS ANOTHER FALSE START BY THE #CHIEFS TACKLE…
This has become a common theme.
(h/t @_iiito)pic.twitter.com/B9fOYPzaNP
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) September 6, 2024
Meanwhile here is Jawaan Taylor https://t.co/4gjcWONR24 pic.twitter.com/Jmk2NJJgz0
— Danny Heifetz (@Danny_Heifetz) September 6, 2024
This is ridiculous.
This is not an illegal formation. pic.twitter.com/02x8jmB1tB
— Coach Dan Casey (@CoachDanCasey) September 6, 2024
And so, football fans are naturally ripping on the NFL refs and accusing them of “rigging” the game in favor of Kansas City:
So, Taylor is in illegal formation and false start mode (as done in SB and never called) and NEITHER has been called BUT Ravens called for illegal formation. Like @NFL already rigging this for KC only three-peat in years? #NFL #notsorry #TruthBeTold pic.twitter.com/Mix88FpEAC
— (sportsnut72) finally football season then hockey (@sportsnut72) September 6, 2024
I love how refs didn’t call Taylor for offsides I mean… Refs are cheating for @Chiefs it’s a good thing Roger Goodell is doing what’s good for himself not for the @NFL fixed games. @NBCSports
— Laffy Taffy (@winggirle) September 6, 2024
The fact that the RT from @Chiefs false starts on every play and does not get called unless it’s three steps shows some really interesting bias. Great job in keeping it fair @NFL
— Pat Aldrich (@PWAENT) September 6, 2024
