Is the NFL rigged or are the refs blatantly siding with the Kansas City Chiefs? The game against the Atlanta Falcons saw Kirk Cousins throwing a pass to Kyle Pitts in the fleeting moments of the game, only for it to be deemed a non-call for pass interference. At the same time, the Commanders get called out for DPI against Andrei Iosivas in the last quarter after the Bengals lost 38-33.

Does that sound like a disparity to you? Well, a whole bunch of Bengals fans and football fans in general have seen enough of this officiating hypocrisy. Now, they are taking to X and expressing their discontent by calling the refs out. Let’s look at some of those comments.

One fan pointed out how the pass interference in the Commanders-Bengals was awfully similar to what Kyle Pitts had to go through and said, “That’s looked exactly like the PI on Pitts that wasn’t called.” Imagine how mad the fans would be if something like this happened in the Chiefs-Bengals game that ended with KC winning 26-25.

To that end, another fan pointed out: “Lol really, Iosivas gets a PI call in the end zone but Pitts can’t get the exact same call.. Wait nvm, Bengals aren’t playing the Chiefs.” Another fan pointed out how the NFL is rigged to favor the Kansas City Chiefs and wrote on X: “Bengals get a PI call on a less egregious play than the Chiefs last night,” as he used the hashtag, “RIGGED” in the post.

A football fan also took to social media and questioned the officiating and pointed out a similar thing that happened in the Eagles-Saints game. “@NFLOfficiating What’s going on with the lack of PI’s being called? @Bengalsgame tonight @AtlantaFalcons yesterday? Hit on @DeVontaSmith_6yesterday by @Saints?”

One thing is for sure, people are not divided on the fact that the Chiefs got away with the pass interference in the Falcons game. Let’s look at what happened in both scenarios.

How the Kansas City Chiefs got away with a win against the Atlanta Falcons

The last-quarter showdown saw a blatant pass interference after Kyle Pitts literally got bear-hugged before catching the ball in the end zone. Pitts jumped high to the ball but catch Bryan Cooks stopped him short, illegally. Alas, no flag was thrown. So, what’s the ref’s explanation for all this? Well, check out what Tom Pelissero posted on X about the debacle.

Per the ESPN journalist, “Referee Tra Blake to pool reporter @DOrlandoAJCon the no-call for pass interference on the #Falcons’ fourth-quarter pass to Kyle Pitts last night: ‘From the angle that they had at the time, they did not feel that there was a foul committed.’”

But coming back to the game against the Bengals, there was another DPI, but this time too, it wasn’t called. After Ja’Marr Chase’s second touchdown, Burrow tried to put some more points on the board and this time, he threw a pass to Tee Higgins, who was already in the end zone. But, to Burrow’s dismay, no penalty was given to the defensive player.

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This happened to Joe Burrow in the tight game against the Chiefs as well. The refs ignored a DPI on Daijahn Anthony in week 2 against the Chiefs and it ended up hurting the Cincinnati team. Nobody’s happy with how the officiating is influencing the outcome of some really crucial matchups. You don’t even have to be a fan of a particular team to point out these egregious plays.

Do you think that the Chiefs always get the benefit of the doubt? Let us know in the comments.