nfc championship 2018

By AP - Louisiana News | KATC.comTwo Lafayette attorneys sent a letter Monday to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, calling on him to enforce the rules.The lawyers also want Goodell to enforce Rule 17, which has been brought up because some believe it would allow the NFL commissioner to reverse...

Saints fans aren't happy with the NFL after a controversial no-call in Sunday's NFC championship game. One fan took out several billboards around Atlanta with his message for the league. John Bazemore/APBy Laurel Wamsley | NPRIt's a meeting of two truly American pastimes...

By Kirstie Chiappelli | Omnisport | Sporting NewsSaints fans were out for blood after Sunday's infamous no-call against the Rams that likely cost the team a trip to Atlanta for Super Bowl 53.According to the Toronto Sun, the NFL officiating crew from the NFC championship game was forced to...

By Nick Underhill | The AdvocateRevisiting a few talking points remaining from the Saints' loss to the Rams in the NFC championship game. 'The Saints should have run three times to kill the clock'There is a growing contingent that believes New Orleans should have run the ball three...

Charles Curtis, For The Win | USA TodayYes, the officials at the NFC Championship game whiffed on what should have been pass interference on Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman after he rammed into New Orleans Saints wide receiver Tommylee Lewis.But no, there is NO WAY Roger...

Advocate PhotoAdvocate Staff ReportThe officials who didn't call a blatant pass interference penalty late in the Saints' loss to the Rams were met with outrage -- as was one official who was nowhere near the field.Phil McKinnely, a regular on referee Bill Vinovich's crew, was wrongly...

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert)By James Kratch | NJ Advance Media for NJ.comThere will be no justice for the New Orleans Saints.But for those who may have bet on them? One New Jersey sports book is doing its part to make things right.PointsBet Sportsbook, the latest entrant...

By NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneThe New Orleans Saints lost a heartbreaker Sunday in the NFC Championship Game as the Los Angeles Rams rallied from a 13-0 deficit to force overtime in their 26-23 victory at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.Before players cleaned out their lockers at the team's...

BY GIL LeBRETON | Special to The AdvocateThey say confession is good for the soul, but Nickell Robey-Coleman, giddy and unremorseful, seemed to be enjoying his time in the postgame confessional far too much.Did the Los Angeles Rams cornerback interfere with receiver Tommylee Lewis on the...

Advocate Staff ReportSocial media was up in arms after a late no-call from NFL officials led to the Rams escaping the Mercedes-Benz Superdome with a win over the New Orleans Saints in overtime of the NFC Championship game Sunday.It was inevitable that posts would go up decrying the officials...

By Ryan Gaydos | Fox NewsNFL officials came under heavy scrutiny Sunday night during the NFC Championship Game between the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints over a blown call late in the fourth quarter.The call was viewed as a factor in the Rams' success at tying the game and then...

By Will Brinson | CBS SportsAfter all the insanity of Championship Sunday wrapped, it was almost hard to comprehend all the crazy things that happened throughout the day. One thing stood above all else though: the Rams pass interference penalty against the Saints that went uncalled by the...

By E. Jay Zarett OmnisportThe Saints were not happy with the referees during the final minutes of the fourth quarter in their NFC Championship matchup against the Rams on Sunday.With the score tied at 20 and the ball in the red zone, quarterback Drew Brees threw the ball down the sideline...

By Sean Wagner-McGough - CBS SportsA conference championship game between the two best teams in the NFC was overshadowed by the officials' inexplicable decision to keep their flags in their pockets.On Sunday, the Rams and Saints battled for the right to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl...

Advocate staff photo by LESLIE GAMBONIBy Rod Walker | The AdvocateTerron Armstead, like everyone else in the New Orleans Saints locker room, has waited for this chance all his life.The Saints' left tackle, in his sixth NFL season, knows these opportunities don't come along often.So...

By John Sigler | SaintswireThe New Orleans Saints are slight home favorites over the Los Angeles Rams in the 2018 NFC championship game, and a majority of NFL experts are siding with the home team. Per NFL Pick Watch, 81 percent of selected experts are picking the Saints to triumph and...

(AP Photo/David Goldman)By: Tyler Estep, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | WSBTV.comATLANTA - The New Orleans Saints are just one win away from playing in the Super Bowl right here in Atlanta, in the gleaming new stadium that’s home to their biggest, albeit title-less rival.And if...

Getty imagesBy Jeff Diamond | Sporting NewsConference championship week always reminds me of the good — and bad — personal experiences with my teams in the most pressure-filled game of the NFL season.Yes, I've always believed NFL conference title games rise above the Super Bowl in...

Drew Brees, Jared Goff AP, Getty ImagesBy Paul Schwartz | New York PostNEW ORLEANS — The last time Drew Brees and the Saints advanced this far was after the 2009 season, and the quarterback remembers how his team and the Vikings were tracking each other week after week, month...

Photo - Yahoo SportsBy Simon A. M. Milham | Yahoo SportsAs with the AFC Championship, No.1 and No.2 seeds in the NFC clash on Sunday for the right to play in Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta on Sunday, February 3.The New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams earned the two-best regular-season...

Taysom Hill is giving the Saints some unique options on offense. (Photo: Derick E. Hingle, USA TODAY Sports)By Jarrett Bell | USA TodayItems of interest as major rematches loom for the NFL's championship weekend:X-factor: Taysom Hill. He’s the Saints’ not-so-secret, secret weapon. In a...

By Mike Triplett | ESPN Staff Writer METAIRIE, La. -- Drew Brees and Jared Goff were at the Pro Bowl together last year -- a fate both would like to avoid this time around.But it provided a special bonding opportunity for the quarterbacks, who will now square off when the New Orleans Saints...

By Bryn Stole | The AdvocateThe Rams have broken hearts and left behind bitter fans in two different cities — in St. Louis, where the team spent 21 years, won a Super Bowl and then split town in a nasty divorce, and in Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest city and team’s original home from...

(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneWhether it takes one, two or three players to block Aaron Donald, the New Orleans Saints have to do whatever it takes to keep the Los Angeles Rams’ All-Pro defensive tackle away from...

Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneAmos Morale III, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The New Orleans Saints look to earn a trip to the Super Bowl on Sunday (Jan. 20) when they host the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship Game at 2:05 p.m. in the Mercedes-Benz...