Congratulation to the Los Angeles Rams who are now headed to the Super Bowl after a 57-yard field goal in overtime secured a 26-23 win over the New Orleans Saints:
Greg Zuerlein's 57-yard FG in overtime gives Rams a 26-23 victory over the Saints and sends them to the Super Bowl.
— Gary Klein (@LATimesklein) January 20, 2019
WATCH:
Greg Zuerlein sends the @RamsNFL to the @SuperBowl!!!!!#LARams #NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/vJ9goPzit2
— NFL (@NFL) January 20, 2019
But there was a missed pass interference call at the end of the 4th quarter which should have allowed the Saints to run down the clock and kick the winning field goal:
You can't miss a call that badly which is that huge. If Rams win, they were GIVEN the game by a bad officiating call. It should be first down Saints, run down the score, kick chip shot. Win. Does any sport in replay age still allow a SNAFU that awful to happen for such stakes?
— Thomas Boswell (@ThomasBoswellWP) January 20, 2019
Watch for yourself:
How is this not a flag??pic.twitter.com/9eux632JpH
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 20, 2019
Pick a flag, any flag:
Officials missed a call that could have been pass interference, helmet to helmet, unnecessary roughness, face guarding, any of them. Instead it was none of them.
The game, and legacies, were changed.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 20, 2019
From any angle it looks bad for the refs:
Another look at that no-flag callpic.twitter.com/PQIMkvrMHX
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 20, 2019
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That’s one of the worst non-calls we’ve ever seen:
The fact this game is going to overtime instead of a #Saints win right now should be an embarrassment to the NFL https://t.co/YYK5UARvXe
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 20, 2019
Come on, how do the refs miss this?
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) January 20, 2019
Too bad for the Saints:
That blown call is just a travesty. I feel bad for the Saints.
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 20, 2019
And we’ll see how the NFL responds because a response is necessary:
I don’t know how @NFL responds to this. When @Browns robbed by an official the official was fired, but it was early in season, it was @Browns. A real league would call this a travesty, and quickly. Do-over next weekend. That becomes the fail safe weekend. @saints just robbed.
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) January 20, 2019
And here come the conspiracy theories:
#NFL needed the Rams in the Super Bowl remember they're trying to sell it in LA new stadium all that they give a shit about what we think. Cowboys played a home game last week in LA
— Luther Luke Campbell (@unclelukereal1) January 20, 2019
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