American Football
Refs botch 2 penalties on Bengals’ final 2-point conversion attempt in Ravens win
The refs missed two blatant calls on the final two-point conversion in Ravens vs Bengals.
The final play the Cincinnati Bengals offense ran Thursday night was marred by penalties. Only the referees didn’t call any of them.
The Baltimore Ravens were able to run out the clock and the rest is history.
After scoring to bring the tally to 35-34, the Bengals decided to go for two. They hadn’t stopped the Ravens on four straight possessions and they saw an opportunity to win the game. The decision was the right call.
After the snap, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was struck in the face by a Ravens defender as he threw the ball. Terry McAulay, the Amazon Prime officiating analyst, was critical of the no-call as was Al Michaels.
Terry McAulay felt the Ravens got away with 2 penalties on the game-deciding 2-point attempt.
“It was clearly defensive holding…and that does look like forceable contact to the head of the quarterback,” McAulay.
“Too many games end this way. They just do,” Al Michaels. pic.twitter.com/Pl7WqjdWr6
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 8, 2024
To make matters worse, the Ravens also got away with a defensive holding call.
Either penalty would have given the Bengals another chance from the one-yard line instead of the two.