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Payton: NFL admits they blew the call, costing Saints possible Super Bowl
4 WWL ^ | 1/20/19 | WWL Staff

Posted on 01/20/2019 5:22:45 PM PST by OddLane

A crucial non-interference, non-helmet-to-helmet call cost the Saints a spot in the Super Bowl and provided a crushing loss to end the season for a second straight year as the Rams won with a field goal in overtime 26-23.

After the game, Saints head coach Sean Payton said the NFL head of officials admitted they had missed the call, saying that it was not only pass interference, but a helmet to helmet hit. If the call had been made, the Saints could have killed the clock and tried a chip shot field goal...

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: anothernflthread; blmsignaling; california; coulda; gillette; losangeles; losangelesrams; louisiana; neworleans; neworleanssaints; nfl; notforlong; rams; saints; seanpayton; shoulda; woulda
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To: OddLane
If the call had been made, the Saints could have killed the clock and tried a chip shot field goal...

They could have done that BEFORE the non-call play! Instead Payton ran 3 pass plays in a row and only ran off 8 seconds from the clock.

Also they made the FG. They then failed to stop the Rams receivers from making catch after amazing catch to tie it. And then Brees got picked, and Goff made an amazing throw to set up the looonnng FG to win it.

Ridiculous whining from the 'Aints. Suck it up.

41 posted on 01/20/2019 5:47:14 PM PST by montag813
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To: OddLane

You don’t “miss” calls like that. So obvious. Reminds once again of the corruption of professional sports.


42 posted on 01/20/2019 5:47:26 PM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: OddLane

43 posted on 01/20/2019 5:47:51 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: OddLane

I personally could not care less about this or any other NFL game.

JoMa


44 posted on 01/20/2019 5:48:48 PM PST by joma89
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To: Mr.Unique
I wouldn't be surprised if there were NBA games with point-shaving, a la Boston College and Henry Hill.

Bill Burr: NBA Officials

45 posted on 01/20/2019 5:48:53 PM PST by OddLane
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To: Daniel Ramsey; All

Agree. And to all those who say ‘well the Saints could have won it in overtime? They wouldn’t have had overtime if that call hadn’t been blown. The Refs wanted LA. The Refs in the AFC game want KC. The first time I’ve watched ANY NFL this year. Won’t care about the Super Bowl this year. either. May as well call it the Refs Bowl.


46 posted on 01/20/2019 5:48:55 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: dfwgator

I wouldn’t mind. Since Detroit doesn’t have a team that plays pro football I only watch the division champion and SB. /S


47 posted on 01/20/2019 5:49:04 PM PST by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag
First time in 2 years I’ve watched even “part” of a game.

Me too. Won't bother with watching the SB, I just hope New England or KC crushes the Rams*.

48 posted on 01/20/2019 5:49:09 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: OddLane
With all the video technology we have today that can show picture perfect replays from all angles, I wonder why the umpire can't just sit in the booth and make the calls from there (after seeing the replays). Have umpires on the field to spot the balls and all that but any questionable plays should go right to the booth where they can do a proper review and make the proper call.

It also shouldn't take that long. When I was watching the games, I usually knew on the first replay if it was a bad call or not.

49 posted on 01/20/2019 5:50:16 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: VRWCarea51

50 posted on 01/20/2019 5:51:25 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: OddLane

Respect the refs. Lol


51 posted on 01/20/2019 5:51:32 PM PST by inchworm
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To: OddLane

Respect the refs. Lol


52 posted on 01/20/2019 5:51:34 PM PST by inchworm
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To: hole_n_one

If it were college, the defender would have been tossed for “targeting”.


53 posted on 01/20/2019 5:52:44 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: hole_n_one

I would sue class action for my money back. This was a fraud!!!


54 posted on 01/20/2019 5:54:30 PM PST by Mikemurphy
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To: OddLane

Fans lose focus and think teams are opposing each other. In reality, each team, and the officials are employees of the same organization, the NFL. Employees of the league does what the league wants.


55 posted on 01/20/2019 5:54:37 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: david1292

This will be changed next season.

This case was a blatant no call of both PI and helmet to helmet. Many other games have been decided by phantom PI or no PI calls.

Rams “championship” deserves an asterisk.


56 posted on 01/20/2019 5:55:35 PM PST by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdzcm,.dadfjl,dz)
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To: VRWCarea51

This calls for the COURTS!!


57 posted on 01/20/2019 5:55:46 PM PST by Mikemurphy
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Ultimately, bad calls are also part of the game, the ridiculously overpaid game. If the helmet-to-helmet / pass interference had been called, the Saints would have had a shot at winning it with a field goal after running the clock down to near-zero, but then had he missed the kick, they'd have had to go into overtime anyway. Early in the season it looked like the Rams-Chiefs Super Bowl was probable, but the Chiefs will have to do a little better from her on out to make that happen.

58 posted on 01/20/2019 5:56:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and the synonym for Neocon is Conservative, you Paleolib drones)
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To: 1L

Darn right. Football has good and bad calls. It’s part of the game.


59 posted on 01/20/2019 5:56:27 PM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism: intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
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To: Vince Ferrer

I finally decide to watch the second half of a game, and this happens.

Guess I know now that I wasn’t missing much by not watching the NFL this year.


60 posted on 01/20/2019 5:56:31 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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