OUDNA letting everybody down, much surprise
also officiating conspiracy theories are always dumb, I admit, but at the same time the SHIELD has a massive incentive to get people interested in two LA transplant teams. Rams success is on borrowed time with all those random free agents while the Bungles presumably are going to have a 10 year window or so.
I mean...
Basketball players don't throw games by going 0-12 from 3 (Russ does this but it's not intentional). They miss a late free throw or commit a sorta dubious 5th/6th foul. Other than leaks, it wouldn't be hard at all for NFL officials to significantly influence the likelihood of some outcome, at the very least.
Considering they missed that blatant facemask on a touchdown and also refused to call Floyd's NZ infractions or any of the times Whitworth moved a half second early, I'm happy to chalk this up to professional incompetence (though given the most popular league in the country in the biggest game of the season, that's still fucking pathetic).