Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd took it upon himself to say what any Super Bowl LVI onlooker was probably thinking about the officiating after Sunday’s game.
Simply put…let ’em play.
Officials opted not to call ticky-tack stuff for most of the eventual 23-20 Los Angeles Rams win. And then when Matthew Stafford and Co. got the ball back with a little more than six minutes left in the game and drove down into the redzone, flags suddenly littered the field.
On one notable play, Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson was hit with a penalty that gave the Rams a new set of downs.
After the game, Boyd hit on the big theme, as captured by The Athletic’s Jay Morrison:
Boyd on all the late flags: They wasn’t throwin’ flags the whole game. They shoulda let it play out pic.twitter.com/F5gaL6coAF
— Jay Morrison (@JayMorrisonATH) February 14, 2022
Boyd, along with head coach Zac Taylor and others, weren’t pointing the finger directly at officials as the reason for the loss. But when the officiating calls nothing all game and then quite a bit with just minutes left, it’s worth pointing out and discussing.
