Aaand Brees spiked a ball in that series on a WR screen that probably goes to the house if completed.
Nowins Aints CHOKED!!!!!
GAME DAY Rams vs Saints Pre-season game #2
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Nowins Aints CHOKED!!!!!
Sure ... but not my point.
I hate it when the Rams lose a game (especially a big game) on a poorly officiated play ... but it happens.
I am happy and grateful when they win a game, with the help of a poorly officiated play ... IT ALSO HAPPENS.
Like-in-Life ... you deal with Bad Breaks ... Aaaaaaaaaand ... you catch Good Breaks.
It usually balances-out in Life, and in Pro Football.
Not so much with marriage.
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Whenever a bad call changes the outcome of the game, it's usually said "don't put yourself that position, so a bad call doesn't change the outcome of the game". But that's easier said than done. In that CCG the Saints had a 13-0 lead after 1 and it should have been 17-0. They intercepted Goff at the Rams 17 on their first series but only gain 6 yards on 3 plays then kicked the FG. Convert that drive to 7 and the DPI doesn't play as big of a role. At the end, kick the FG to make it a 7 point game instead of 3, and it makes it that much tougher for the Rams to tie it and send it to OT.
But that's revisionist history. It was a bad call and it helped the Rams win. So what? It's not like the Saints weren't shooting themselves in the foot with regularity. Brees throws a pick in OT vs the Rams at the L.A. 46 and Greg the Leg sends them home.
The previous season, Saints leading 24-23 with 10 seconds left and the Vikings on their own 39, Keenum hits Diggs for a 61 yard TD as time expired. Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory for the Saints. The year after the Rams CCG, the Saints were trailing the Vikings by 3 with 4 minutes and change left, 1st and 10 at the Minnesota 20. Brees fumbles the ball away on a sack and Minnesota eats more than 2 minutes off the clock, then punts with the Saints getting the ball on their 30. To their credit they go down and kick the tying FG, but don't touch the ball in OT. The Vikings march 75 yards on 9 plays, including a 43 yard pass to Theilen and 3 plays later a 4 yard pass to Kyle Rudolph to win.
At some point don't they have to admit, they're not as good as some think they are, DPI in the Rams game or not?
Plenty of good stuff here ... but we're talking about different things. I am not focused on the Saints.
I was simply pointing-out that the top-tier teams play in big games and compete for Lomabrdi Trophies; and many of those big games are close games that are impacted by a few critical plays and, sometimes, questionable officiating.
Fans of teams (ALL fans of ALL teams) tend to assume and take-for-granted the wins in these toss-up-games but then take a "woe-is-me, we got screded attitude" in the losses. It's a little silly, in my opinion.
As an example, I offer the last five years for the Rams ...
They won seven playoff games since 2021 ... five were extremely-close, down-to-the-wire, toss-up games.
Thay lost three playoff games since 2021 ... all three were extremely close, down-to-the-wire, toss-ups.
If the Rams have good health in 2026, they Should be a top-tier team, in the playoffs; and, in order to win a Lombardi, they will most-likely NEED to win one or two extremely close, down-to-the-wire, toss-up games.
My topic is different than your topic ... and in an extremely close, down-to-the-wire, toss-up game with a handful of huge plays, some of which were poorly officiated ... Robey-Coleman did commit pass interference
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Saints had so many chances to put that game away, and they didnt/couldnt
Sure the PI call was upsetting, but a CHAMPION takes the lead there and doesnt give it up
Sure the PI call was upsetting, but a CHAMPION takes the lead there and doesnt give it up
I wonder if Saints fans still view us as public enemy number one? Its been what? over 7 years? Have they finally gotten over it? Maybe not. There are some moments I still cringe when I think about. Like when Nolan Cromwell stepped in front of a Terry Bradshaw pass with nothing but grass between him and the endzone. And dropped it.
He makes that play we win the Super Bowl and our history is much different. The moment was too big for him. 2nd tier safety.
I completely agree but those thoughts can also reasonably apply to last year's December loss in Seattle, and the 2021 Divisional Round win in Tampa.
Any opinions on Austin Blaske? Read on a site that he played well against the chefs. Guard/Tackle versatility. Could he be a sleeper?
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We overcame so much in that game. Remember we couldn't even communicate BETWEEN plays? Strongest team went to the bowl.
Yes it was. I would also be butt hurt about it. I would also be very upset with how the Saints handled the aftermath of the call. Sphinkter face never stopped bitching and complaining about and his team reacted in kind. Loosing focus the rest of the game. They earned that loss.
LARAMSinFeb.
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Also in the big showdown Saints-revenge match early the next season, we handed them their @sses.
And now the Saints are mired in quarterback purgatory and high draft picks. While we just keep trucking along with championship aspirations.
That was a fun day at the coliseum. Drew Brees was knocked out of the game after hitting his thumb on ADs hand.
Yeah but if we're being honest, we benefited greatly from a bullshit call when Cam Jordan strip-sacked Goff and it was returned for a touchdown and it was wrongly called dead or something. Different ball game that the Saints could have won then . Got to call it as I see it. I'm going to try to find that play and post it.
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Agree.
Like most of ROD, one of the things I most appreciate and am grateful for about this version of the Rams, is Sean McVay. Obviously a terrific coach but also a really good guy, who seems to improve with time, addressing areas where he can grow and develop.
Outstanding Head Coach ... and NOT an Ass-hole, like a number of excellent, successful coaches.
Yes, his reaction to the Cincy bomb that the refs missed the face mask against Ramsey is the exact opposite from the Saints game and it ended with the Rams winning instead of whining.
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Are plays called dead when a forward pass hits the ground? The final score was 27-9 anyway.
Yeah, but it was 3-3 at the time. Would've been 10-3 Saints. I don't have to tell you, the game could've played out completely differently. No big deal, just how I remember it, and 2019 was a shit season for us anyway. Goff was starting his fade.
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