[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.

"disorients him?" well there's the understatement of the week. i, too, thought the db threw ramsay to the ground by the face mask. as did the announcers.

Ramsey didn't fall because his facemark was grabbed. He fell because he was trying to draw a penalty. No way a little tug on the mask is sending him flying to ground. The word I used was the most charitable one available.

[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.

"disorients him?" well there's the understatement of the week. i, too, thought the db threw ramsay to the ground by the face mask. as did the announcers.

Ramsey didn't fall because his facemark was grabbed. He fell because he was trying to draw a penalty. No way a little tug on the mask is sending him flying to ground. The word I used was the most charitable one available.