The Los Angeles Chargers surrender a 27-0 lead and are eliminated from the Wild Card Round of the NFL playoffs against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Linebacker Joey Bosa, who started the downfall with a fatal penalty, gave a good account of himself against the referees after the game.

rage. The word best describes Joey Bosa’s state of mind after his Los Angeles Chargers’ loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The linebacker felt he had been wronged. With the Chargers leading 27-0, the referees overlooked a false start by the Jaguars. A touchdown then ensued. Bosa got upset several times, lamented, thundered his helmet to the ground twice and received several penalties, including one for “Unsportsmanlike Conduct.”

One brought the Jaguars to within a yard of the end zone on a two-point conversion, and the Jags didn’t let the chance go. The two points brought Jacksonville to within 28-30 and they capped a sensational comeback with a field goal a short time later. The Jaguars won by one point and knocked the Chargers out of the playoffs. The costly penalty against Bosa was game-changing for many.

NFL referee performance: Joey Bosa scolds and gets clear

“They’re probably back in the locker room after the game, like, ‘Ha, got that asshole. You know, yeah, got him. Fifteen yards. What a loser.’ I guarantee you that’s what they’re fucking talking back in the back.”

– Chargers Joey Bosa on NFL officials
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In the dressing room after the game, Bosa vented his frustration: “The referees must also be held accountable. If I tell them something, I have to pay $40,000. But if they get a call wrong or miss something that destroys a team’s entire season, they’re in their booth afterwards saying something like, ‘Haha, we got the ar***hole.’ Yeah, we got him, 15-yard penalty, what a loser.’ I guarantee they’re talking like that behind our backs. I’m sick of these fucking people. “

In one situation, Bosa collected a flag on the field after he loudly grumbled following a referee decision: “Obviously I don’t have to yell in that situation, but how is it fair when I’m playing my ass off and I know they’re doing something wrong and then I complain and then one of them runs right in front of my face and tells me, ‘Oh, what did you just say? What did you say?’ Like it makes me his enemy. And then he’s like, ‘Oh, he said something. Here we go.'”

Chargers out: Bosa criticizes himself and team

Besides that, Bosa wasn’t about to blame it all on the referees, saying, “We just f*cking blew it in the second half.” Still, Bosa backed criticised head coach Brandon Staley: “He got us into the playoffs against all betting odds. Despite all the injuries.”

When Bosa threw his helmet to the ground, Staley picked it up for Bosa and handed it back, whereupon Bosa threw it to the ground again. On social media, Staley was taunted for this. But Bosa clarified, “He tried to calm me down, why should this be his fault? What did he do wrong? It’s my fault. “