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Yes, all the fourth quarter calls went the Saints way last week. This week, all the fourth quarter calls went the Panthers way. Setting up for a winner take all in two weeks. Drag the playoff hunt until the last Sunday of the season in the entire league. Not just the NFC South. 

 

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Last 2 weeks, aren’t rigged.   Our opponents could cry just as loud as we are about it being fixed against them.  It’s just refs being refs.

Tampa had more penalties called on them this week.  More penalty yardage.  Refs didn’t call clear holding on the Saunders TD and ignored running into the kicker. 

the flawed ref work is by default going to lean one way.  Thats just football.   Can’t leave it up to the refs.  You got 4 quarters 

 

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20 minutes ago, Hogan said:

Yes, all the fourth quarter calls went the Saints way last week. This week, all the fourth quarter calls went the Panthers way. Setting up for a winner take all in two weeks. Drag the playoff hunt until the last Sunday of the season in the entire league. Not just the NFC South. 

 

Not all penalties are the same, and it’s also about the penalties not called. Tmac gets held on back to back plays both could have extended our drives none are called, meanwhile Evans gets the flag on 2nd and goal which led the bucs to a TD.

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13 minutes ago, CRA said:

Last 2 weeks, aren’t rigged.   Our opponents could cry just as loud as we are about it being fixed against them.  It’s just refs being refs.

Tampa had more penalties called on them this week.  More penalty yardage.  Refs didn’t call clear holding on the Saunders TD and ignored running into the kicker. 

the flawed ref work is by default going to lean one way.  Thats just football.   Can’t leave it up to the refs.  You got 4 quarters 

 

They didn’t ignore that running into the kicker flag. They talked about it for what seemed like 10 minutes before someone upstairs must have told him that our player was pushed into the kicker, which he was. Had they called it running into the kicker it would have been another bad call. Brother I was at the game. There was a clear bias against the panthers early in the game. You can thank the fans for getting on their asses to call a clean game. You’re welcome.

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9 minutes ago, countryboi said:

football is not fixed, They are just bad at a very tough job. people always think things are a conspiracy that can be easily explained by incompetence  

Some things can be explained by incompetence but other things make no sense. Random calls from NY to change calls with no explanation. Plays reviewed with the wrong call made the league apologizes for later. While it's difficult to outright rig, it's not difficult to influence outcomes. A few key calls at pivotal times. It's an entertainment business for a reason. 

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12 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

They didn’t ignore that running into the kicker flag. They talked about it for what seemed like 10 minutes before someone upstairs must have told him that our player was pushed into the kicker, which he was. Had they called it running into the kicker it would have been another bad call. Brother I was at the game. There was a clear bias against the panthers early in the game. You can thank the fans for getting on their asses to call a clean game. You’re welcome.

It went against us early and against them late.  It’s just refs being refs in most cases. Every fanbase for the most part claims the refs are against them 

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2 minutes ago, CRA said:

It went against us early and against them late.  It’s just refs being refs in most cases. Every fanbase for the most part claims the refs are against them 

The eagles fan sitting next to me would have disagreed with you today. Had the fans not lost it over the early calls I think it’s a different game. I’m not saying rigged but for a while there I would have sworn the Bucs brought the refs with them. But we beat both of them so it’s all good.

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56 minutes ago, AggieLean said:

That’s the next piece. This offseason should be focused on bringing in legit pass rushers. That and a speedy guy on the outside for the offense. I had my doubts about Bryce being able to get a guy like that the ball. Bryce has eased them worries a bit 

We need to draft an offensive lineman too. Taylor Moton contract through 2027. We need to develop a lineman. Injuries have made our OL a revolving door. If Bryce was not a mobile quarterback with the ability to extend plays it would be bad news. 

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11 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

The eagles fan sitting next to me would have disagreed with you today. Had the fans not lost it over the early calls I think it’s a different game. I’m not saying rigged but for a while there I would have sworn the Bucs brought the refs with them. But we beat both of them so it’s all good.

I think refs sort of get caught up in momentum.  Which is why you sort of see calls in waves that seem to be favoring a teams.  
 

https://x.com/sst_sports1/status/2002842018633179328?s=46&t=f55N0zsNFevD-XGJBWj1-A

I don’t see where you are finding a push into the kicker. We got lucky.  Just like on that TD where they ignored the hold. That’s football though.  We got screwed earlier in the game.  But everyone gets screwed by the refs 

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