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Originally Posted by transplant99
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There's little doubt the officials messed up that call. The Raiders DB stopped after the whistle. What bothers me is the official the blew the whistle should have admitted to Boger that he blew it before the catch. Boger and his crew were horrible and the NFL has to look in the mirror because if that crew is one best they can provide for a wildcard weekend, they clearly have a problem as that was CFLesque officiating.
All of that said the Bengals were the better team and deserved the win. The Raiders just weren't sharp enough and made way too many mistakes. The offensive line in particular was a disaster as they put themselves in rare air yesterday. It's a miracle the game was that close given how bad the offensive line was.
https://www.espn.com/blog/las-vegas-...-in-cincinnati
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The Raiders' rebuilt offensive line, which improved as it seemed to find its identity down the stretch, took many steps back against the Bengals. Every starting member of the line -- left tackle Kolton Miller, left guard John Simpson, center Andre James, right guard Alex Leatherwood, right tackle Brandon Parker -- picked up a penalty on Saturday. In fact, in a fourth-quarter scoring drive, they had three holding penalties, becoming just the second team in the past 20 seasons to have that many on a single drive of a playoff game, joining the 2014 Carolina Panthers.
Las Vegas also pulled off that trifecta once in the regular season, getting flagged three times for the same penalty on a drive against the Chicago Bears in Week 5. All other teams did it three times combined, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Talk about growing pains.
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