Al Michaels blasts officiating at end of thrilling Ravens-Bengals game: 'Too many games end this way'

Fans were treated to the best Thursday nighttime game successful rather immoderate time, and possibly the champion crippled of the year.

An AFC North conflict came down to a two-point conversion betwixt the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals successful an implicit shootout that the purple and golden squeaked out.

However, it is beauteous evident they got immoderate assistance from the referees connected Cincinnati's last drive.

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Cincinnati Bengals choky extremity Tanner Hudson (87) cannot scope a fourth-quarter two-point conversion effort against the Baltimore Ravens astatine M&T Bank Stadium.  (Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images)

The refs missed a facemask connected the last thrust and different roughing the passer earlier, but it yet didn't matter, arsenic Ja'Marr Chase coiled up scoring his 3rd touchdown of the nighttime to marque it a one-point game.

But connected the two-point conversation, Joe Burrow was deed adjacent the facemask, which has been called roughing the passer plentifulness of times, and Baltimore mightiness person gotten distant with 2 abstracted antiaircraft holdings connected the play. Burrow's walk to Tanner Hudson, who whitethorn person been held, fell incomplete.

Terry McAulay felt that the Ravens had gotten distant with 2 penalties connected the play that yet decided the game, arsenic Cincinnati did not retrieve their onside kick, and play-by-play announcer Al Michaels was not thrilled.

"Too galore games extremity this way. They conscionable do. You miss calls. The full thing. It’s truthful frustrating to the fans. So frustrating," Michaels pleaded.

The crippled was an instant classic, with 34 points scored successful the 4th quarter. Chase had 11 catches for 264 yards and 3 scores successful the pugnacious loss.

The reigning MVP successful Lamar Jackson completed 25 of his 33 passes for 290 yards and 4 touchdowns, each by antithetic receivers.

Baltimore Ravens backmost Lamar Jackson scores a two-point conversion during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Cincinnati Bengals, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, successful Baltimore.  (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

In the teams' archetypal matchup of the season, Baltimore won, 41-38.

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Odafe Oweh, left, pressures Cincinnati Bengals backmost Joe Burrow (9) arsenic helium passes the shot during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, successful Baltimore.  (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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It's present 2 consecutive wins for the 7-3 Ravens aft a pugnacious roadworthy nonaccomplishment to the lowly Cleveland Browns. Meanwhile, Cincy fell to 4-6 with their struggles against contenders inactive here.

Baltimore volition caput to Pittsburgh for different part matchup successful Week 11, portion Cincy volition caput to Los Angeles for a day with the Chargers.

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