Did the refs rob the Bengals on TNF? | Insider reporting

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, senior NFL reporter Charles Robinson and senior NFL writer Frank Schwab join TNF to discuss the Ravens’ 35-34 win over the Bengals and whether two missed penalties cost the Bengals the win. Listen to the full Inside Coverage conversation—and subscribe at , , or

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The first half was a snooze.

The second half was wonderful.

We get, you know, a dramatic ending.

The Ravens defeated the Bengals by 3,534.

Look, Rob, can we carry Cincinnati offensively, even without T. Higgins, you have a chance to win this game.

If you choose two, you won’t understand.

I didn’t like that.

Burrow said nothing to officers as he was struck in the face.

Um, I didn’t like that two-point conversion.

Before the pass was thrown on the two-point conversion, there was clearly a defensive stance.

I know it wasn’t where Burrough was, but he was traveling with the ball.

But one thing I did enjoy was Al telling Michael straight up that too many games end like that, and he’s right, that was a ridiculous moment.

That’s not possible, I know people will say, “Oh, it wasn’t that bad.”

In any case, it wasn’t that outrageous.

It doesn’t matter.

The rules are the rules.

It was literally a play that determined the outcome of the game and you had, you know, hands in the face or hands on the quarterback’s head and you had defensive holding on the exact same play, neither of them were called and it and it shifts, at least it shifts the possibility that the ending of this game, um, could have ended.

I think it must be frustrating for Burrough to be as strong as he is offensively.

When the game is on the line, you don’t catch breaks with calls and then the defense is just on the right track.

Terrible.

I, I don’t know, I don’t know how the Bengals are going to handle this defensively.

Maybe they should have actually added on time.

Um, but I think you hope Higgins comes back and you score 40 points a game and maybe try to get enough wins.

Joe Burrow has thrown nine touchdowns, I believe, no interceptions in two games against the Ravens this year and he has, oh, and two against the Ravens.

What are we doing here?

I wonder what really happened to Lou Anna Romo’s defense.

I remember a few years ago we thought this guy was going to get a coaching job.

He is a mastermind.

We talked about him like we’re talking about Spagnolo now, and it’s just gone.

Like the Bengals defense, they played well in the first half, I’ll give him that, and then they just fell apart in the second half.

I think we need to talk about the calls.

We’re talking about a two-point conversion that goes from the two-yard line to the one-yard line, which is even better than a 5050 play where the Bengals probably win the game if those decisions are made become.

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