NFL Conference Championships Games Discussion

[High 5]

https://www.change.org/p/we-want-nfc-championship-rematch-after-refs-missed-call-and-cost-saints-trip-to-super-bowl-we-want-nfc-championship-rematch-sunday-jan-27-after-refs-missed-call

All football fans should be signing this. No matter what your team, the outcome of the freaking SUPERBOWL matchup was affected. The refs clearly were either paid off or for personal reasons didn't throw the flag. There's literally ZERO other logical explanation. The game would've 99% been over after that. No matter if nothing comes by signing this, the message needs to be sent as loudly as possible.

The NFL needs to do better for sure, but it's hilarious that anyone thinks the Saints deserve a rematch (or thinks it could actually happen). There were missed calls on both sides and there are abysmal calls in every game. Saints fans weren't signing any petitions when Lattimore did the same thing to Julio last season (albeit less violent). The Falcons didn't get a rematch when Sherman blatantly interfered with Julio to actually end a game in 2016. **** happens to every team.

[NO-KG-AI]

I still have flashbacks of the freak Tim Tebow led Broncos beating the Steelers in the playoffs from a few years back...haha truth be told since LA didn't have a team I decided to back the Steelers, cause I didn't get along with the guy who was a Chargers fan, and I freaking hate the Bay I hated the Nines... but I think I found a team to root for in the Rams lol they're back home =D

I'll say this though, as a fan of the Rams ( ) though, the Saints got jobbed. That was clear as a text book definition of PI as you'll ever see and the Rams and everyone else with a brain knows it. They got away with one. It is what it is boys.

You notice it’a mostly Patriots fans that want to be like “every team gets bad calls”, like anything ever goes against them

It is what it is, it’s not a grand conspiracy, or excuses, or an everybody hates us mentality. The Saints were just on the losing end of a horrificly bad pass interference that should have ended the game.

Lol don’t think any of the people telling you guys to get over it has been a Pats fan, except for that laika guy.

EVERYONE can point to bad calls/non-calls that might have cost their team the game. Even Pats fans. The Saints still had multiple chances to end it though, so you can’t keep clinging to excuses.

And the Pats are probably the most screwed over team in the league considering the two witch hunts they went through that robbed them of draft picks. Deflate gate was classic stupid people vs smart people with stupid people winning out.

The Patriots are far and away the biggest beneficiaries of controversial plays going their way in league history, and have been absolutely babied every time they get caught cheating redhanded. Stop it dude. No team has ever been protected like them.

The Saints had plenty of chances to finish a game that got artificially extended. It’s lke giving teams in basketball more shots after the clock expires and being like “WELL THEY SHOULD HAVE JUST DID BETTER”

It’s ridiculous to keep pretending it was a run of the mill missed call, while acting like the Pats are victims in this NFL

[NO-KG-AI]

https://www.change.org/p/we-want-nfc-championship-rematch-after-refs-missed-call-and-cost-saints-trip-to-super-bowl-we-want-nfc-championship-rematch-sunday-jan-27-after-refs-missed-call

All football fans should be signing this. No matter what your team, the outcome of the freaking SUPERBOWL matchup was affected. The refs clearly were either paid off or for personal reasons didn't throw the flag. There's literally ZERO other logical explanation. The game would've 99% been over after that. No matter if nothing comes by signing this, the message needs to be sent as loudly as possible.

The NFL needs to do better for sure, but it's hilarious that anyone thinks the Saints deserve a rematch (or thinks it could actually happen). There were missed calls on both sides and there are abysmal calls in every game. Saints fans weren't signing any petitions when Lattimore did the same thing to Julio last season (albeit less violent). The Falcons didn't get a rematch when Sherman blatantly interfered with Julio to actually end a game in 2016. **** happens to every team.

There isn’t and shouldn’t be a rematch, but Julio or the Falcons have never been robbed to that degree, stop.

These whataboutisms and false equivalences need to stop, that’s why the NFL will just continue to sweep it under the rug and let bull like this fly.

This is why dumbass people think the league is rigged, and it gives conspiracy nuts ammo, because the calls are so horrific that it’s hard to even chalk it up to incompetence at that point.

I’m still mad as hell. Sorry fellas. I’m just so used to the Saints blowing it on their own, we really don’t need stuff like that happening to help it along :nono:

[High 5]

There isn’t and shouldn’t be a rematch, but Julio or the Falcons have never been robbed to that degree, stop.

These whataboutisms and false equivalences need to stop, that’s why the NFL will just continue to sweep it under the rug and let bull like this fly.

This is why dumbass people think the league is rigged, and it gives conspiracy nuts ammo, because the calls are so horrific that it’s hard to even chalk it up to incompetence at that point.

I’m still mad as hell. Sorry fellas. I’m just so used to the Saints blowing it on their own, we really don’t need stuff like that happening to help it along :nono:

I would be mad too. But people calling for a rematch are acting silly. And it's funny that before the game Rams fans were passing around a petition to change the officiating crew because they were 0-8 or something with that one. Now Saints fans are passing around a petition saying that crew robbed the game for the Rams.

[wco81]

ESPN alert says NFL will look again at reviewing PI calls.

But would they review a non-call which should have been called?

And if they allow reviews of PI and PI not called, then what about the other “judgmental calls?”

So many things messed up about the NFL these days ...

[Cactus Jack]

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[Dr Positivity]

I'm just confused about how plays like this and the Durant out of bounds can happen with a dude staring straight at it and other refs on the field who are supposed to be backing it up. You would think they could avoid being that wrong

But WTH is Payton thinking to call a pass on first down inside 2 minutes with the Rams only having 2 timeouts? Run the ball, force them to use both of their timeouts. Yes, it's conservative, and yes, the Rams offense is good enough to get in FG range with an explosive play or 2, but having to go that distance with zero TO's and under a minute still has some level of difficulty. That was a time management blunder by a HC who has been around way too long to make that mistake.

I can see the argument for going for the 1st down especially considering the Rams were expecting the run. If Brees makes the easy pass it's a great play, they're a couple yards away and the clock is running. They put the ball in the hands one of the best players of all time and he **** it up. C'est la vie. That pass and yesterday overall was maybe the single best example of why Brees is not in the Brady conversation for GOAT. In some ways the Saints running on 2nd down was as bad as either of the other two plays. If they threw on the first one I almost fee like they should have gone all in on trying to get the 1st down with the Rams defense being more exposed preparing for the run

[Dr Positivity]

How did the Saints and Falcons fans become the rivalry that hated each other the most in all major sports except Red Sox and Yankees? The bad blood is immense

[Mamba Mentality]

Saints are suing the NFL

According to the New Orleans Advocate, Saints season ticket holders Tommy Badeaux and Candis Lambert hired a local personal injury lawyer to file a lawsuit against the NFL and Goodell on their behalf, and on behalf of the entire “Who Dat Nation.” The suit claims that Saints fans suffered incredible damages from the missed call, including mental anguish, emotional trauma, loss of enjoyment of life, and more — including a loss of faith in the NFL. Here’s a snippet of the damages section of the suit, via the Advocate:

“As a direct result of the said incident, plaintiffs herein have been left bereft and with no faith in the National Football league for fairness despite the league’s own rules to correct such errors, along with emotional anguish, monetary loss for ticket holders, who purchases tickets with the presumption of integrity and fairness.”

God I wish the Saints win this lawsuit. They can replay the end of the game two years from now.

[bmurph128]

https://www.change.org/p/we-want-nfc-championship-rematch-after-refs-missed-call-and-cost-saints-trip-to-super-bowl-we-want-nfc-championship-rematch-sunday-jan-27-after-refs-missed-call

All football fans should be signing this. No matter what your team, the outcome of the freaking SUPERBOWL matchup was affected. The refs clearly were either paid off or for personal reasons didn't throw the flag. There's literally ZERO other logical explanation. The game would've 99% been over after that. No matter if nothing comes by signing this, the message needs to be sent as loudly as possible.

The NFL needs to do better for sure, but it's hilarious that anyone thinks the Saints deserve a rematch (or thinks it could actually happen). There were missed calls on both sides and there are abysmal calls in every game. Saints fans weren't signing any petitions when Lattimore did the same thing to Julio last season (albeit less violent). The Falcons didn't get a rematch when Sherman blatantly interfered with Julio to actually end a game in 2016. **** happens to every team.

This is what I don't understand. We can sue the NFL until they restart the entire game. There was a missed facemask on Goff the drive before that likely results in us getting a TD. Countless other missed calls on both teams. And the end of the day, the Saints only had three penalties called on them the whole game.

People are focusing on that one play too much. And a Rams fan noticed that on the play in question, Donald is having his facemask grabbed by a Saints OL. For whatever reason, people are acting like this missed call is more relevant than other missed calls that happened on the SAME play. Makes no sense.

And if we replayed the entire game.....I mean the Saints had a 78% chance to win after going up 3 - why the hell would the NFL replay the whole game when they had better odds and still lost?

[bmurph128]

ESPN alert says NFL will look again at reviewing PI calls.

But would they review a non-call which should have been called?

And if they allow reviews of PI and PI not called, then what about the other “judgmental calls?”

So many things messed up about the NFL these days ...

The irony. If they reviewed that play, the NFL sees hands to face on the OL blocking Aaron Donald as well as the PI. Calls offset. Replay the down. Rams stop them, kick a FG, Rams still win.