Zebras man....zebras..... (2 Viewers)

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Or, hey, maybe it'll slant toward the Saints............like it did 9 years ago.

 

[DoubleSaint]

I hope they call it like the regular season game and just let both teams play.
The crowd noise will get to Goff, pressure isnt a key to victory, but we DO need to keep their DL in check. So if they let both teams hold that's advantage Saints.
And nobody wants to see a championship game ruined by defensive holding/PI calls.

 

[CRESS_137]

Well, if we lose, it's definitely going to be the refs fault, cause it always is. There will be some big conspiracy theory about it like when we lost to Dallas.

And yet it can't be disputed that when certain ref crews allow our WRs to be held and chucked past the 5 yard allowance, our offense has a hard time functioning.
The issue us when our CBs are being called for the same gameplay.

 

[Moon]

This is from ESPN—if this crew remains consistent, they should not be a factor in the outcome:

Officiating scouting report: Chances of a low-penalty game are good. Referee Bill Vinovich's regular-season crew threw the fewest flags per game(13.1) this season, and he called 11 in the Colts-Texans wild-card game. Both the Saints (No. 5) and the Rams (No. 7) were among the NFL's least-penalized teams. Vinovich was the referee for the teams' Week 9 matchup, and there were seven flags in that game. One twist to be aware of: The Rams are 0-8 in games Vinovich has handled since the start of the 2012 season. -- Seifert

 

[Noble Saint]

Well, if we lose, it's definitely going to be the refs fault, cause it always is. There will be some big conspiracy theory about it like when we lost to Dallas.

Whomever loses will blame the officiating. At least fan wise.

 

[CabezaDeBakka]

If it makes you fee any better, one of the refs today apparently has it out for the Rams. They are 0-7 or something when he refs.

 

[Inkspot47]

Wow. That's a blast from the past.

 

[blackadder]

It's the middle of winter...




Wasn't the double neck guitar just a hype gimmick to show off, especially if you wore some kind of kimono jacket while playing it?

 

[saintsfan342000]

Or, hey, maybe it'll slant toward the Saints............like it did 9 years ago.

Yep. Every time I feel like the refs are screwing us, which is often, I think of this. At least that one most-crucial moment, they screwed the other guys.

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Just so I'm clear, is this also a trap game?

 

[blackadder]

Just so I'm clear, is this also a trap game?

Absolutely!

Biggest one yet.

Team is looking past the Rams.

 

[Saints 4 life]

If it makes you feel any better, the Rams have never won with the crew that’s calling the game - they’re 0-8. It’s so one-sided that Rams fans tried to petition the league to change the crew.

Everybody is looking for reasons to fear the refs, fear the “fix”. Wasted time IMO. Ain’t nothing nobody can do about the refs, just go play the game and win it.

Topped with Drew never losing a playoff game at home.

 

[AARPSaint]

Just finished rewatching the first half of Rams-Saints. Two of the penalties against the Rams were obvious: PF on Saffold and offsides on Suh. Peters' PI was somewhat tricky tacky but probably would have been called on a Saints CB. They missed helmet to helmet on Kamara, as a previous poster mentioned. Spot on fake FG was close. That one was probably upheld because there wasn't clear evidence to overturn.

 

[feanor70115]

The ONLY thing that will set me off is a crucial game-changing bad call.

You mean like an obvious non-call on flagrant PI that would have given the Saints first and goal at the four with 1:40 left and the Rams down to one time out?

 

[SaintsDrunkard]

so really, I got down voted.....and then the "no call"

#riggednfl

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