The 3rd down where the Bengals got called for defensive holding. Two of the Ram's OL's false started. Should have been a dead ball foul. In other words, the defensive holding would have never happened.
I remember thinking false start. I watched replay today and it was pretty clear.
Anyway, the fix was in. The Shield needed a championship for LA. Much sexier than Cincinnati.
The defensive holding was--at best--a marginal call. Interestingly, it was made by the same official that blew the blatant OPI on the Bengals long TD pass. The defender had both hands riding the receiver's waist, though he didn't appear to grab. Makeup call? Who knows.
I didn't really see any kind of fix (not like, say, the Steelers-Seahawks Super Bowl). No one made the Bengals repeatedly call straight drop back passes when it was clear the OL had the consistency of wet tp. Seriously--no screens or other misdirection plays? Two straight passes on 3rd and 1 and 4th and 1?
It was a game between two teams with substantial flaws. And we ended up with a weird, but hardly suspicious finish.