[OutsiderFan]

What do you think the Rams had to pay more for, the free agents or the BS defensive holding call?

By far, the worst officiating of the game was the non-call when the Bengals' WR caught a 75 yard TD pass after grabbing the defender's face mask and flinging him to the ground. The Bengals have no business complaining about the refs.

Not possible for me to disagree more.  Here's the thing.  Ramsey held a WR on the Bengals first scoring drive. He clearly grabbed the undershirt on 3rd down at the goal line and was not called for PI.  OK, we aren't calling it tight in the Super Bowl, fine. Higgins pulls Ramsey's facemask and disorients him to allow TD pass. OK, we aren't calling it tight in the Super Bowl, fine.

Fast Forward to 4th Quarter under two minutes left with Rams inside the Bengals 10 up  4...  Great coverage with no discernible grabbing by LB on Cooper Kupp is flagged for holding on 3rd down and Goal from Bengals 8 yard line.  This holding call on Bengals #55 was absolutely awful. There was no grabbing by him at all. In fact, based on what I saw, it was TEXTBOOK coverage of a LB on a WR. Just a brilliant play by him. Not only are they throwing a flag on the second most crucial play of the game (4th down would have been most critical at that point), and deciding not to let some contact go, they are throwing a flag when there was no violation of the rules committed.  I guarantee you if the Bengals could challenge that flag like NBA coaches can challenge foul calls once per game, it would have been overturned as no penalty.

OK fine, one bad call. Bengals still up 4 and now Rams are 1st and Goal from the 4. Bengals can still hold them out of EZ. On first down, Rams RT is holding and Cooper Kupp gets blasted by a LEGAL hit in the EZ as he caught TD pass were it not for the hold. Yet, the official calls unnecessary roughness for basically hitting Kupp too hard.  This is the f*cking Super Bowl!!! The defender's job is to hit Kupp as hard as possible to knock the ball out! It wasn't a helmet to helmet hit.  The defender crossed his arms and hit Kupp in the chest. In the NFC Championship game, Deebo Samuel was hit by a Rams player that looked worse, and the flag came out. But the officials talked it over and ruled it was a legal hit.  It was the proper decision because it was a legal hit. They didn't do this on the biggest play of the season. Just terrible.

So instead of it being 1st and Goal from the 14 after the RT holding, it's now replay 1st and Goal from the 4. Bengals get flagged for legit holding on that down. So it's now 1st and Goal from 2.  Stafford sneaks on first down, and they score TD on 2nd to take lead.

That's two calls that DETERMINED the outcome of the game, both called against the Bengals, and neither was an actual violation of the rules. 

The Bengals were absolutely robbed.

[OutsiderFan]

What do you think the Rams had to pay more for, the free agents or the BS defensive holding call?

By far, the worst officiating of the game was the non-call when the Bengals' WR caught a 75 yard TD pass after grabbing the defender's face mask and flinging him to the ground. The Bengals have no business complaining about the refs.

Not possible for me to disagree more.  Here's the thing.  Ramsey held a WR on the Bengals first scoring drive. He clearly grabbed the undershirt on 3rd down at the goal line and was not called for PI.  OK, we aren't calling it tight in the Super Bowl, fine. Higgins pulls Ramsey's facemask and disorients him to allow TD pass. OK, we aren't calling it tight in the Super Bowl, fine.

Fast Forward to 4th Quarter under two minutes left with Rams inside the Bengals 10 up  4...  Great coverage with no discernible grabbing by LB on Cooper Kupp is flagged for holding on 3rd down and Goal from Bengals 8 yard line.  This holding call on Bengals #55 was absolutely awful. There was no grabbing by him at all. In fact, based on what I saw, it was TEXTBOOK coverage of a LB on a WR. Just a brilliant play by him. Not only are they throwing a flag on the second most crucial play of the game (4th down would have been most critical at that point), and deciding not to let some contact go, they are throwing a flag when there was no violation of the rules committed.  I guarantee you if the Bengals could challenge that flag like NBA coaches can challenge foul calls once per game, it would have been overturned as no penalty.

OK fine, one bad call. Bengals still up 4 and now Rams are 1st and Goal from the 4. Bengals can still hold them out of EZ. On first down, Rams RT is holding and Cooper Kupp gets blasted by a LEGAL hit in the EZ as he caught TD pass were it not for the hold. Yet, the official calls unnecessary roughness for basically hitting Kupp too hard.  This is the f*cking Super Bowl!!! The defender's job is to hit Kupp as hard as possible to knock the ball out! It wasn't a helmet to helmet hit.  The defender crossed his arms and hit Kupp in the chest. In the NFC Championship game, Deebo Samuel was hit by a Rams player that looked worse, and the flag came out. But the officials talked it over and ruled it was a legal hit.  It was the proper decision because it was a legal hit. They didn't do this on the biggest play of the season. Just terrible.

So instead of it being 1st and Goal from the 14 after the RT holding, it's now replay 1st and Goal from the 4. Bengals get flagged for legit holding on that down. So it's now 1st and Goal from 2.  Stafford sneaks on first down, and they score TD on 2nd to take lead.

That's two calls that DETERMINED the outcome of the game, both called against the Bengals, and neither was an actual violation of the rules. 

The Bengals were absolutely robbed.