Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was not happy with the officiating after his team dropped a 15-10 decision to the Bengals on Sunday in Cincinnati. “They didn’t earn it,” Lewis said of the Bengals.

Lewis’ biggest complaints had to two with two penalties: a 10-yard tripping penalty on Lewis and a 15-yard roughing-the-passer call on Terrell Suggs. Both penalties led to go-ahead field goals for the Bengals.

“There were six points given off B.S. calls,” said Lewis, who was flagged after quarterback Carson Palmer tripped over the linebacker’s leg while Lewis was on the ground. “You put six points on the [expletive] board by people doing their job. There are so many rules that take away from the game. There’s too much crying in the game. Football is getting hit. You don’t come into a lion’s den and be nice. It’s embarrassing.”

The roughing-the-passer call came with 5:31 left. Suggs did not hit Palmer late, but referee Gene Steratore said he had “driven drove his body weight onto the quarterback as he’s tackling him.”

Said Ravens coach John Harbaugh: “It’s hard for us to determine right now what roughing the passer is. If that’s roughing the passer, I don’t know how you are supposed to bring Carson Palmer or any other 250-pound passer down, other than to tackle him.”

2 Comments for “Ray Lewis: Referees stole game from Ravens”

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   September 20th, 2010 at 1:20 pm

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