Football fans are accusing the NFL refs of “rigging” the Minnesota Vikings-Los Angeles Rams “Thursday Night Football” game after missing an obvious call at the end.
The Vikings were backed up at their five-yard line and trailing 28-20 with 1:42 remaining. Sam Darnold took the snap and looked for an open receiver but was taken down by Byron Young in the end zone for a safety to ice the game. But as you can see in the video below, Young got away with an obvious facemask penalty as he brought Darnold down:
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And from this angle, you’ll see that one of the officials had a clear view on Young committing the blatant facemask infraction on Darnold: