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NFL Slammed with ‘Rigging’ Accusations, League Under Fire for ‘Fixing’ Two Massive Sunday Games

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This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.

Shawn Hochuli, one of the more polarizing NFL refs.
Shawn Hochuli (Credit: Scott Galvin-Imagn Images)

Angry fans believe that NFL refs “rigged” two pivotal games on Sunday following several head-scratching calls.

During any given NFL Sunday, there’s always one guarantee: The NFL refs stealing the show with controversial calls that lead to outrage from fans, coaches and players. That’s just how it works.

In the second quarter of Sunday’s clash between the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers at Soldier Field, D’Andre Swift lost the ball on a running play. The Steelers recovered, but the refs should have ruled forward progress here:

The controversial officiating in that game led to accusations that the NFL refs wanted the Steelers to win, though it was the Bears who held on for a 31-28 victory.

“Refs bailing out Steelers like usual. Terrible taunting on DJ but Steelers can keep hitting out of bounds,” one fan said.

“totally opposite… refs are bailing the steelers,” a user wrote.

“LMAO REFS NEED THE STEELERS TO WIN SO BAD LMAOO,” said another.

And, surprise, surprise. The fans also thought that the NFL refs fixed the Kansas City Chiefs-Indianapolis Colts game after Patrick Mahomes drew a questionable “roughing the passer” penalty.

“Sorry, but nothing he accomplishes impresses me when he has gotten calls like this his entire career,” one fan said.

“Flopping like a fish In what world is that roughing the passer?” asked a user.

“Happy to see the refs got their Holiday Bonus from the Chiefs today,” wrote another.

Just your typical NFL Sunday, folks.

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