Baker Mayfield Rips Referees For Making ‘Questionable’ Calls, Not Being ‘Fair’

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00:00Baker Mayfield rips referees for making questionable calls, not being fair.

00:05Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield was not happy after his team's 24-9 loss to the Detroit Lions on Monday night.

00:14And he was especially not happy with the referees, who left him confused after some of their calls.

00:20Third down defensive holding call that wasn't called, also still pretty damn confused about the double review,

00:25Baker Mayfield told the media after the game while discussing the officiating.

00:30A lot of things in that game that were a little questionable.

00:34Mayfield was referring to the referees initially ruling that Cade Otten had made a first down on 4th and 4,

00:40then confirmed it after Lions head coach Dan Campbell challenged whether Otten had actually completed the reception.

00:47Then, however, the referees conducted a second review and determined that Otten hadn't made the first down,

00:52giving Detroit the ball in Buccaneers territory.

00:55A lot of frustration at the end of that might be displaced onto referee John Hussey in the moment,

01:01but I work my A off and put a lot into this game, so when things that I don't seem are deemed fair,

01:07I'm going to let somebody know.

01:10And that's good, bad, indifferent, Mayfield continued, surely knowing that he would be fined for his remarks.

01:17None other than Pat McAfee appeared to agree with Baker Mayfield's assessment of the officiating during Monday night's NFL game,

01:25writing on X at one point,

01:26On the other hand, Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles told the media after the game,

01:34referring to the so-called double review, that it was an interesting call after they made it,

01:40but at the same time, we got the ball back, so it didn't cost us anything,

01:44but it did cost us time on the clock, but that didn't win or lose the game.

01:49Bowles is not wrong there.

01:51The play did indirectly lead to a 58-yard field goal by Lions kicker Jake Bates.

01:56However, that only made the game 24-9 in the Lions' favor, as opposed to 21-9,

02:03and the Buccaneers never did score another point, so it didn't really matter.