Its rigged

[swagron]

Officiating is bad, but bad across the board in the league. To imply this game was decided by bad officiating is quite a reach.

 

[Totally_Red]

The unsportsmanlike on Trey was ridiculous! That happens several times a game in every NFL game. That official definitely had an agenda.

 

[az jam]

Yep many bad calls but being at the game and watching our wonderful coach JG who just stood there and never complained on any of the calls.

 

[football karma]

Yep many bad calls but being at the game and watching our wonderful coach JG who just stood there and never complained any of the calls.

I get why a HC has to remain composed

but at some point, he has to let the head referee have it

simply by pointing out he disparity in calls he makes the crew sensitive to it

 

[football karma]

to be clear: the bad calls wasnt why they lost that game

I think the TV crew looked at 6 calls after the fact: pass interference on Melton, two pass pro holding calls, two illegal shift, and the hold on the 4th down TD run

Jennings literally runs over Melton. Call on Melton.

the illegal shift calls were sooooooo tight. Video showed everyone was set, but.....set for a full second? And with all the multiple shifts SF runs, I find it hard to believe that they didnt have one of those during the game.

the pass pro holding calls were terrible. Finally, the hold on the run looked like a hold.

so 5/6 looked sketchy and so it makes you question the remainder.

 

[Cardinal88]

During this game, there were several calls following a positive play by the Cardinals or gave 49ers new life after a call against the Cardinals. Was the game decided by the refs? Who knows for sure but the game would have been a lot closer.

After watching the NFL for years ver 40 years, I’ll say what I always say about refs…. There is holding on EVERY play and PI can be called at will (both ways). It’s about perspective so you tell me if it’s rigged???

 

[BurqueCardFan]

It’s not just the calls but also the timing. Momentum is a powerful thing. Lots of the flags seemed late or delayed. Every time we had a big play or momentum changing play, a flag would come in late.
Just seemed like a clear bias by the refs in this game based on the penalty discrepancy on both teams.

 

[PJ1]

The discrepancy said it all. The timing seemed cruel and it appeared the officials relished making the calls. I have never seen anything like it.

 

[Mulli]

opinion: not rigged

 

[jf-08]

opinion: not rigged

That seals it for me = Rigged.

 

[Harry]

The officials may be bad, but it’s not rigged. Why bother when the Cards couldn’t beat an egg?

 

[CFLredzoned]

What got me was the blatant hold against Nolan they didn't call. The guy was close lining Nolan trying to get through and the ref was staring right at it.

 

[Finito]

I freaking hate AZ sports. My beloved Coyotes are gone but finally looking like a solid well-built team elsewhere. The Suns are just good enough to not hate them. The Diamondbacks are the Dodgers whipping boy. And the Cardinals. Lol.

Why are Boston, LA, etc so lucky and we are in eternal misery?

So ridiculously pathetic.

We play the Dodgers pretty damn even and have for a few years, it the injuries that kill the DBacks

 

[speedy]

I know it's probably a long shot but I have to question the potential effect that betting is having on the NFL.

Why not? Look at other sports

 

[jf-08]

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[dreamcastrocks]

Officiating is bad, but bad across the board in the league. To imply this game was decided by bad officiating is quite a reach.

No way. I watch a lot of games, and this is one of the worst I have ever seen, across many different sports.

It obviously didn't matter at all in the end. If this crap happened to Dallas, or KC, or even NE, national media would be up in arms.

 

[imaCafan]

Nobody (but the fans) care about the Arizona Cardinals, not even the owner…

 

[Cardsfanstl]

Two straight holding calls that were not holding

Even the announcers on Fox were saying those were bogus calls