The NFL doesn’t have rigged games. The fix isn’t in.
But games like what took place on Thursday night are why the conspiracy theories are never-ending.
Unlike some contests, the tilt between the Seahawks and Cowboys at AT&T Stadium wasn’t one-sided in terms of flags. Dallas won 41–35 in a wildly entertaining back-and-forth affair without a single punt, and yet the discourse on social media was overwhelmingly about the frustration over an unending parade of yellow laundry littering the field.