NFL Wild Card After Further Review Parts Three And Four...

First:  Joey Bosa is trying to tell you something here.

After a no-call on a Jacksonville false start, Bosa was flagged for one of two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties he received in the game.

(To note:  The ONLY reason he was not ejected was that foul was for removing his helmet -- not one of the three unsportsmanlike conduct actions in the rulebook which is supposed to be two and gone:  Involvement in a skirmish which does not result in ejection, abusive language and conduct to officials, abusive language and conduct to players...  In this case, I think Bosa SHOULD have been ejected because the helmet was removed in context to the bad call.)

"If I say something to them I get a $40,000 fine, but if they blow a call that ruins an entire team's season... they'll probably be back in the locker room after the game like, 'Haha, got that a--hole, oh yeah, got him 15 yards what a loser,'" Bosa said."

There's only one feasible way you can interpret that, people.  The game was scripted for the massive comeback win, and Bosa didn't like the league orders to that effect.

Second, the NFL world is having a problem with another Roughing The Passer call.

This one was on the final Vikings drive, down 7, 2:33 to go, 2nd and 4 from the Minnesota 18...

This was called Roughing The Passer on the Giants' Dexter Lawrence.

Sorry, NFL Nation.  The answer to that one is a clear YES.

That IS Roughing The Passer, all day and every day.

Before Lawrence is able to get in on the tackle of Kirk Cousins, the first swipe is a forcible (not intentional, but still forcible) swipe at the helmet of Cousins, which connects on the facemask and helmet.

Rule 12, Section 2, Article 11, part (c), emphasis mine from the 2022 NFL Rulebook on NFL.com:

In covering the passer position, Referees will be particularly alert to fouls in which defenders impermissibly use the helmet and/or facemask to hit the passer, or use hands, arms, or other parts of the body to hit the passer forcibly in the head or neck area (see also the other unnecessary roughness rules covering these subjects). A defensive player must not use his helmet against a passer who is in a defenseless posture—for example, (1) forcibly hitting the passer’s head or neck area with the helmet or facemask, even if the initial contact of the defender’s helmet or facemask is lower than the passer’s neck, and regardless of whether the defensive player also uses his arms to tackle the passer by encircling or grasping him; or (2) lowering the head and making forcible contact with any part of the helmet against any part of the passer’s body. This rule does not prohibit incidental contact by the mask or the helmet in the course of a conventional tackle on a passer.

Not only was that Roughing the Passer, but had this been a college game, Lawrence would've been ejected for targeting!  Maybe the referee would do better to do what refs used to do in the NFL and call "Roughing The Passer, blow to the head".

I give the NFL a lot of grief in using the capricious application of the rules to their advantage.  In this case, however:  Correct is correct, and that play is 15 all day every day.