The dramatic, controversial Rams-Saints 2018 NFC Championship requires a deep rewind
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- čas přidán 11. 02. 2022
- High drama. Higher controversy. High...est pressure? The 2018 NFC Championship between the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints had more than anyone bargained for.
It's remembered for a single play, but that play isn't even what decided the game. There was still plenty of time for each team's fate to swing any which way. If you're a Saints fan reading this, you probably couldn't care less, but it's all worth remembering exactly how things broke the way they did. What was on the line? What was everyone in the Superdome feeling? What did this game mean for a Rams team looking for their identity? For that, we need to rewind.
Written and produced by Will Buikema
Directed and edited by Jiazhen Zhang
Motion graphics by Philip Pasternak
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I was 100% certain things couldn't get worse than the Minnesota Miracle as a Saints fan. Not even 365 days later and this happens 😐
Erick khan for the people
Hey erick love the vids do a "high roulette wheel" and sorry as a Rams fan that was a blown call 😅
Fr dawg... closed our superbowl window because of some bs not to mention they did nothing about it
@@ninoseason2716 Fr Shut Our Window Quickly. Drew Had His Best Year That Year & I Mean TD To INT Ratio Was Rodgers Like & We Lost It All On One Play!
You're a saints fan?/ WWWW
Must've been such a frustrating and hysterical experience watching the Rams score only 3 points in the Super Bowl
It really was man.
All the more reason why the Saints should have won this game
Brees' teams never scored less than a touchdown in a game in his entire career. That game was soul crushing to watch
@@bradypowell2326 If I were a Saints fan, I don't know if I would've even been able to watch the Super Bowl. I'm a Cubs fan and I couldn't watch the World Series after the collapse in 2003. Was too heartbreaking.
@@davidmartinez52420 there was big boycott on New Orleans for that game. I believe SB 53 was one of the lowest rated Superbowls in that market ever.
As a Saints fan, this was agonizing. Hands down the most heartbreaking loss in our history.
Minneapolis miracle
That's karma for bountygate. Vikings shoulda beat ya in 09
@@4realGTFOH What about Deflate Gate for Brady he got no karma idiot
@@4realGTFOH ye that's straight bullshit, the karma for bountygate was having our coaches suspended and having draft picks taken, we basically lost an entire season because of it
@@4realGTFOH you’re an idiot if you think the saints were the only team doing that
Bad calls are part of the game and you can often just write it off to one ref calling it wrong. But that PI was so egregious and at least two or three refs had eyes on it, that it was unbelievable. I'm not even a Saints fan and that one felt a little sickening.
For me, what makes that no call so bad is that most bad calls are because of judgment calls that are written in a vague way, so the issue is inconsistent officiating between games. However, that was the most textbook and blatant PI in the book. And it was a helmet-to-helmet hit on top if that, but somehow, there was no flag despite several refs seeing it. When literally every fan regardless of team affiliation understood that it was penalty and yet the professional refs didn't was an inexcusable lapse on the refs and the League. The Saints did choke the game away, but they shouldn't have even been in that position, because they should've gotten the 1st down after the penalty and likely win the game
Right and that same season the refs handed the Cheatriots the AFC championship ,when the Chiefs and Saints should have been in the SB.
The Saints were given a scripted title in 2009, and we are supposed to sympathize with them?
Games are fixed
@@TheLaundryGuy32 what do you mean?
The Minneapolis Miracle was bad, but that was just bad play by the Saints. This one was 10X worse because, well it's obvious why
What pissed me off was when people afterwards saying they shouldn’t have let it come down to one penalty. The same people who blame refs for their team losing for missing a small holding penalty in the first quarter brush this penalty off
@@Bobodododo heard that after you headhunted Favre in 2009. You get what you deserve
@@mitchellnelson521 every team had bounties
@@mitchellnelson521 100% this, the Saints deserved this and I love it
It’s worse because unlike that one blown play, in this game, the Saints still could have won it with their play on the field. They could have stopped the Rams from equalising, they could have drive down the field in OT to win it, or at least kick a field goal. They could have stopped the Rams from kicking the winning FG, avoid becoming the first team to lose in OT after winning the coin toss. The record is currently at 2-11. Instead of blaming everyone else, they could have blamed themselves first, but they didn’t, it’s everyone else’s fault.
It's amazing that one of the worst no-calls in NFL history led to one of the worst Super Bowls of all time.
"iT wAs A rEaL dEfEnSiVe bAtTlE"
I was there and let me tell you, I was very impressed with the arm strength of some of the Saints fans. Getting a mostly empty beer bottle to land on the turf from the nosebleeds is no small feat. After a minute or so the PA announcer “reminded fans not to throw objects on or towards the field” which kind of sparked a second wave of garbage sailing through the air. It was quite a sight.
I had friends there too and they said it was so uncomfortable being there. I'm so glad I didn't spend $700 on a ticket for that game
@@504ever4 that is ridiculous man. Its like you have to take out a loan for middling seats in the playoffs, not even 50 yd line
Bad calls shouldn't be part of the game anymore. That's bushit. The guys in the office should have a right to review and overturn bad and no calls. They have the tech for it. Tennis already does this with the eye in the sky. Its bs modern football is plauged by this
I remember watching this with my girlfriend who hadn’t watched much football at that time. When she saw the hit she said “woah there’s no way you can do that right??” Even someone who didn’t watch the support knew this was a penalty
the support
Football is my favorite support
As a rams fan idek what the refs were doin, like that’s no doubt a flag like were they even watching the hit?
This is literally what you do in NFL Blitz lol
I wonder if she said that about all the other obvious calls the rams ain’t get
The NFL got EXACTLY what it deserved a couple weeks later: the most boring Super Bowl ever.
Y’all just don’t like low scoring games, that game was great.
Let's face it, they were desperate to give Tom Brady a ring to go out on... but he went to Tampa, so they had to give him another one.
@@weregretohio7728 absolutely delusional take. There is nobody on this planet that hates Brady more than Roger Goodell, and you think he was desperate to give him another ring?
@@chriskendall1619 hell no lol
@@chriskendall1619 Really? I enjoy good defense, but that was unwatchable. The Rams did not belong and the Pats failed upward.
I still cannot believe the Seahawks didn't run the ball
Can’t believe we missed a field goal vs y’all👎🏼
If you did any digging on stats, you would understand.
Marshawn was not a sure thing on the line
The pats were lined up to stop him
The pass they threw was one of the safest plays in football
The QB was one of the most risk averse in football
They wanted time on the clock in case of an incomplete
Etc
@@freddiesimmons1394
No that was the dumbest pass to throw there. Throw it where there's less risk of a pick like a fade or back of the end zone or a swing
@@freddiesimmons1394 the Patriots literally had that play dialed up on defense, it’s amazing watch the practice footage of the week before the super bowl
@@freddiesimmons1394 the should have atleast run one run play they had multiple set of downs to work with.
Objectively a bad missed call and it is weird that any fan of the sport defends it
I never see people defending the call. I just see more curmudgeonly sports fan say that the saints should of rolled with the punches and good teams win even with the odds stacked against. Personally im just pissed that this lead to another yom brady ring
Never forget that Brees literally throws an OT pick. He lost them this game more than this missed penalty.
@@geordiejones5618 that pick was arguably PI too
@@geordiejones5618 Brees got his helmet rocked letting that pass go too. Another penalty…
Seriously. You don't have to know anything about football to know that was a terrible missed call.
Even though it's been a few years, even watching this video stirs up anger in me about that damn no-call and all the missed opportunities over the years
It stirs up feelings of happiness and serenity in me.
The non-call would've been an afterthought if they A) Stop the Rams from marching down the field to tie the game, and B) Don't throw a god awful pick in overtime.
That whole game, it felt like the Saints should've been up by multiple scores. But they piddled around. Dumb play calls. Sitting your HOF QB to throw in Taysom and run those stupid gimmicky plays. They piddled around and let the Rams hang in that game to eventually come back and steal it.
No one cares about the piss poor sorry crap franchise of the Aints.
#PantherNation
As a vikings fan you must know how I feel with all the missed opportunities over their entire existence
@@mikemurdock7234 can't deny that. I was saying during those first couple of quarters that we should have been up by way more and it may come back to bite us. And it did. I get what you mean about pulling a HOF quarterback out to do gimmicky plays but also, that HOF quarterback has been a detriment in the playoffs his last few years rather than an asset. And that horrible pick was proof of that. He did the same thing last year against Tampa and the year before against Minnesota. I'll always have love for Brees, but those last few years in the playoffs, he sucked
As a Saints fan, I was instantly sad when I saw this on my feed 😢
Maybe your qb shouldn't have thrown in interception 🤣
Same but of course it happens to us like everything else
@@cobrak1ngs Drew Brees was face masked bruh your such a idiot. 😂😂
@@BrentLA You can tell that Rams def lineman was trying to go for the ball and unintentionally hits brees in the helmet as the ball was being released at the top of the throw. Fans wanting flags for these kinds of plays is what is ruining the game. Might as well just turn the NFL into flag football
FTS
My least favorite part of this is how the Rams took this blessing from the refs and scored 3 POINTS IN A SUPERBOWL. Swear to god if that happens again tomorrow
Karma is real lol
It's what a team owned by Stan Kroenke deserves
It wonr. This team is different, just fo the sole fact that we have Stafford and not that Goof Goff.
Too bad cry about it piss baby
We won this time lol
This triggers me every time and makes me so sad bc this was Drew’s best last shot
One of the funniest things to come out of this was after the game, Todd Gurley II posted on instagram a photoshopped picture of him and a referee swapping jerseys with him holding a referee shirt.
And it led to the Rams only scoring 3 points in the Super Bowl 😂
@@ChiefBlue4298 Rams 2022 NFL Sueprbowl champs. Where the saints at?
@@eatcrona another rams win handed to them by the refs
@@eatcrona rams gonna be bottom of the barrel by the end of the next two years when they have to pay everyone.
@@deltasierra9769 We’re about to get 70 million in cap cleared and the cap is going to increase 😹
Will Buikema has narrated as many iconic moments as just about anyone else at this point
He’s definitely one of my favorites
Him and Seth
I still hate this play as a saints fan and it's been 4 YEARS! We never recovered from this, it should've been Brees x Brady🙄⚜️
@FruitPunch Samurai it should I feel cheated every time I see it
Yeah, I haven't recovered either.
I still laugh about it to this day. This no call is one of my most cherished memories.
We would've lost that SB, I am positive of it. We were one Alshon Jeffrey dropped pass from being one and done that year. Something in the offense broke with the Dallas game and it never got fixed. That December run for the Saints, the offense was so bad. We went from blowing teams out to just barely winning games thanks to the defense.
the window closed after this BLATANT ROBBERY
@@mikemurdock7234 true but I'd think we'd score more than 3 POINTS
this game itself made me take a step back from being a fan. I was physically depressed over a game i didn’t have anything to do with….
get a life bro 😭😭
@@lilspoon2401 I mean, it sounds like he did?
@@lilspoon2401 who said he doesn’t have a life
I gladly stopped watching the NFL after that ☺️ Never looked back
Same here the no call is my reference point always
Alternative title: How the Refs screwed the world out of a Brady vs. Brees Super Bowl.
Mahomes vs Brees Super Bowl*
@@ChiefBlue4298 AFC Championship is not in the video.
@@ChiefBlue4298 the refs didn't ruin the afccg, that was the coin flip
Yea it would have been mahomes Vs Bree’s because the refs cheated in the afc championship game. Who dat. Fu c the nfl man.
@@ChiefBlue4298 not the refs in the Chiefs’ case, Dee Ford lining up in the neutral zone to negate the game-sealing interception cost them the game.
still can’t believe it wasn’t called a pi to this day
It's also important to note that Katrina was in 2005. The 2006 Saints were IMPORTANT to the city of New Orleans. Winning it all in 2009 was a massive feeling that the city was back. This team really mattered to Nola.
And the state had to agree to pay subsidies to the saints organization just to keep the team in new Orleans after Katrina because Benson was dead set on moving them to San Antonio. That team is one of the few things that allowed some type of healing from the absolutely disgusting situation that new Orleans was in at the time
The worst part about the blown call is the game after. We could have seen Brees vs Brady in the SB!
Brees v Brady and Payton v Bellichick.
NFL didn’t want the Saints in the Super Bowl.
I like how even in a deep dive the massive hands to the face and helmet to hemlet to brees on his interception throw in OT isnt pointed out.
And after all these years nobody mentions that Brockers’ face mask was held on the same play of the no call. Fouls would offset.
i like how the saints threw 2 incomplete passes on 1st and 10 from the 13, let the rams drive down with no time, got the ball first in ot, threw a pick, then got a 59 yd kick dropped on them. 😹🤡
@@tylerwhitehorn5365 I like how the Rams could only put up 3 points in 60 minutes of a Super Bowl despite having two weeks of prep time
@@tylerwhitehorn5365 thats very true... but even as a Rams fan, the Saints got robbed by this no call.
@@diegogomez7240 You are actually defending the Rams in this game? How objective are you?
Love hearing those boos ring out at the end of this game. The Minneapolis miracle was stunning, no one could believe the total miss by an otherwise great year by Williams. The refs deserved the chants in New Orleans after this. They always run outta the Superdome. Go back to your zoos you Zebras
Coming back to thus blown call after the holding call in the super bowl is just infuriating.
You’re telling me. 🦅
Been a Saints fan since 92 this was the moment I turned the NFL off for good. Couldn't be happier 😁
Did the same, and agree, I am good without it.
Congrats
Can’t blame you after they disrespected Drew like that.
Coming from a Saints fan here, I can’t describe how much this loss still pains me to this day. I don’t think we’ll ever get over this loss. This was by far worse than the 49ers loss in 2011 and the Vikings “Minneapolis Miracle” loss in 2017. See, I didn’t feel like the Saints were quite as good or complete those seasons. 2018 just felt like it was the Saints year and arguably our most complete roster ever. Our roster was just loaded with talent, maybe even more than the 2009 Super Bowl winning team (and 2011) where our defense was pretty mediocre and more so opportunistic. After that huge 10-game winning streak and the big Rams win in the regular season, the Saints were no doubt Super Bowl favorites in 2018. Hurts to know that had DPI or helmet to helmet contact simply been called on that infamous play, the Saints were literally three kneel downs and a chip shot field goal from taking on Tom Brady and the Patriots in what would’ve been an epic Super Bowl matchup. We’ll never know though…
If anyone remembers that deep pass to Ted Gunn Jr. 3 plays before the no-call, every Saints fan thought for sure that had just stamped our ticket back to the Super Bowl. If only we knew the tragedy that was about to ensue 3 plays later…
Fam. Still hurts.
WHODAT Forever ⚜️
Nothing short of what you deserve, you ignore Bountygate is a typical dishonest southerner.
Absolutely. The Minneapolis Miracle play was a terrible play on the Saints part. All he needed to do was tackle him and the Saints win. It was inexcusably a terrible play, but it was STILL a play made by our team.
The reason the No Call is so painful is the Saints had this game in the bag, too, but instead of a poor play on the Saints part, it was a third party - one that was SUPPOSED to be neutral, and was OBVIOUSLY either too biased to make the blatantly obvious correct call, or too afraid of the consequences of throwing a flag that would decide the outcome of a Championship game... doubly so because the NFL, with two teams in LA - where they've ALWAYS wanted a successful franchise and have NEVER had one, wanted one of them in the Super Bowl to help pull in the LA fans.
My tinfoil hat theory is still that the refs were told ahead of time to do this - because there were another 3 or 4 crucial no calls in OT, INCLUDING on the Brees INT! The DL clearly hits Brees in the helmet there - if that had been Tom Brady, the ref standing in the end zone would have thrown his flag along with every other ref on the field!
@@SouthernGuy5423 not even a saints fan but this type of stuff is the reason I dont watch NFL anymore.
Me either. If I want to see rigged BS I'll go to Vegas.
This game effectively ended my interest in the NFL.
:(
Not even a saints fan but even thinking of this makes me feel sick sometimes. Brees deserved better
drew brees on guantanamo bay: "the worst thing we can do is shut that baby down"
on kneeling: "will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country"
no, he didn't
Nah. Its exactly what he deserved.
@@joeydaniewicz6980 yeah let what he says off the field hinder your perspective on what he deserved on the field. idiot…
Brees didn’t take pay cuts like Brady did. Brees wanted to be top highest paid well, that means the team has to sacrifice due to salary cap.
@@boogitybear2283 Brees not taking as large of pay cuts was not what was stopping them. Besides, it's hard to not take a pay cut when they were asking him to do everything for that offense for so long
In the immortal words of Steve Mariucci: "Bummer."
As a Packers Fan, I can say that I was mad at this outcome… and I’m still mad.
It could have been a memorable match between Brady and Brees, and ínstead we got one of the worst SB’s ever 😐
The worst SB ever.
Brady got a bunch of cookies his final SBs in NE. A Goff opponent and 2 others who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
@@NYG5 Uhhhhhhhh 25-point comeback? Scoring the game-winning drive and almost losing if not for an interception?
@@jcfiggy yeah they got the comeback but boy did the falcons made it easy for them with drive killing penalties and turnovers
Part 2/4 of The Saints Attempts to Win One More For Drew
2017: Minneapolis Miracle
-> 2018: What’s PI?
2019: Adam Thelien exists
2020: Brady gives Brees his retirement papers
The worst part is that nearly every playoff loss was not really his fault. 2020 Brady shouldnt even get credit because he didnt even play that well either. Saints just kept giving up the ball
Brady didn't do h!t in that game.....The Saints were just careless with the football
@@ElSnail Drew Brees threw a couple crucial interceptions when the game was close though.
This series is gonna get crazy when we look at like the Georgia Pick 6, Ryan Tannehill Interception, or Cooper Kupp Reception from this year.
You also got the first bengals playoff win in 31 years, afc championship, raiders chargers last game, bengals winning the north and many other games.
Or any of the McPherson game winners
This makes my heart hurt again watching this… especially for all the guys who don’t have a ring who deserved it on that team, but for Brees especially.. all the talk saying he NEEDED another ring to cement his legacy (which is ridiculous, everyone knows he’s an absolute legend)
But games like this one and all the other near misses will just continue giving people all the ammo they feel is needed to claim he just wasn't good enough. Yes he threw a lot of picks in his run with the saints but he was the most stable and impactful member of the roster for over a decade and is a legend in the eyes of saints fans. We just needed another ring for people that aren't saints fans to believe in his legacy
Bruh all these “shouldn’t have thrown a pick in OT”, okay yeah sure whatever but the OT literally shouldn’t have happened, the game was over. Guarantee if it happened to any of y’all’s favorite teams you’d still be annoyed too
My retort to this would be, weren’t the saints one of the highest scoring teams that year? Why did they only score 17 points? Why did Brees come up small again? Then to follow this up, Brees threw 3 picks in a playoff game to end his career.
@@kevinstewart8054 we'rent the rams one of the highest scoring offenses that year? Why did they only score the same amount? Why did Goff come up short in the super bowl? To follow this up Goff is now playing for the lions and can barely win a game. This comment is pointless.
@@kevinstewart8054 It doesn’t matter, if the ref hadn’t made that mistake the Saints would have won. Nothing before or after matters and I’m not even a Saints fan.
Weren't they winning by 13? Then having a 10 point lead? Maybe if they didnt blow a lead, we wouldn't be talking about the no PI call
@@wholesomecomment45 U still don’t understand my point, none of that matters. A bad call is a bad call. If the right call was made then they would have been in the Super Bowl.
Crazy because of that missed call we didn't get a Brees v Brady SB
I was working in the Saints press box that whole season. Everyone knew it was our year to play in the super bowl from the very beginning. When I was in that press box and watched this happen, I was disgusted and It felt like I was kicked in the heart. Everyone was disgusted especially the fans. I’ve never seen Saints fans that disgusted in their own stadium. It was about to turn into a bottlegate Browns vs Jaguars incident.
You forgot to mention the game resulted in the nfl making pass interference reviewable. Which was such a good rule that it only lasted a season.
Did they EVER reverse that call when a coach challenged it? The USFL has a much better ref setup. Hell, the AAF had a better ref setup
The pass interference review was abysmal. That’s why it was taken out after one year.
As a Saints fan I'll just say that something crazy seems to happen every year to keep our playoff run short.
how do the saints manage to put together so many wild heartbreaking losses in a row
like are you all cosmically cursed in retribution for 2009? i cannot think of any way to explain how unfortunate you’ve been in the postseason for the past decade
@@tetrachromedreamcoat8292 It's unbelievable for sure. At least we have 2009-10 to be grateful for lol
As a big fan of Rewinder, I have to give some constructive criticism here: The pass interference no-call is the moment in history. The kick the Rams made later in the game is the epilogue, not the moment.
Agreed
Um no lmao. The moment was Drew stat padding loser Brees interception in overtime 🤣
Thumbnail: NOLA No-Call
Video: Let me tell you about a man named Greg the Leg.
My exact thoughts, felt like this focused on the kick way too much, and barely talked about the PI
@@thatoneguy1232 You mean when he got hit in the face while throwing (roughing the passer / hands to the face) and Michael Thomas got shoved away from the ball while the pass was in the air (pass interference)? That play?
Usually the "Welcome To A Moment In History" words give me chills for some reason that I still can't explain. Today as a NO native and die hard Saints fans (WHO DAT) those make me see RED!!!
I stopped watching football after that play... I've watched every Saints game since I was 4 years old. I'm 38 now, and have suspected the games are fixed or directed to certain outcomes. This play just solidified it and I'm done with the NFL.
I tried watching this Again, and as a saints fan I still hold back tears.
the worst moment from an official that i’ve ever seen.
also, why don’t we ever get an explanation from the refs? what did they possibly see?
This was the most blatant non call in conference title game history. Robey-coleman head hunted the man and it wasn't called lmao
The 2018 NFL season felt like it deserved a better ending because the regular season had been an all timer and there were a lot of cool stories (Saints, Bears, the rise of Lamar and Mahomes, Rams, Cowboys, Andrew Luck)
Instead we got....................... that
Some People claim the NFL is scripted. Well if it was they could have used a different script for that SB
I’m a saints fan and this breaks my heart every time easily the best team to not go to the super bowl
Nah thats the 2021 Bucs imo. They had to deal with key injuries vs the Rams and almost won
The nfl will never live this call down. Quite possibly the most blatant missed call in sports history.
The fact they gave half assed new rule designed to fail so they could say they tried is proof of it
Saints have been paying that karmic debt since 2009 and it's beautiful.
Tom Brady gets no Karma from Deflate gate and Spygate.😂😂
@@BrentLA Because Deflategate and Spygate are both bullshit (the Colts *also* had underinflated balls in the same game, and Spygate was where the Patriots film crew was filming from [and Belichick did it to the Jets because the Jets did the same thing to them the year before and went unpunished]). This is coming from a Bengals fan.
Kitty goes meow!
The most egregious scandals are the Broncos' Salarycapgate in '97/'98 (they had John Elway and Terrell Davis defer some of their salary to the team to help finance the new stadium, but the Broncos didn't report the actual contract amounts, so the Broncos won their first two Super Bowls while about $5M over the cap), the Saints' Bountygate, and the Colts' and Falcons' Crowdnoisegate (pumping artificial crowd noise through the PA while their opponent had the ball).
My thoughts on this as well. Felt cathartic as someone who was heavily behind the Vikings in 2009.
Great vid! I wanna claw my eyes out
Every time is see it man. It makes me want to cry. Being able to see your team win the SB is one thing, but as a fan base, we all wanted this one for Drew. He’s been on the sideline for some of the most memorable heartbreaking plays in playoff history after putting his team ahead in the game and had his prime wasted with historically terrible defenses. He’s done so much for our community in New Orleans and we just wanted him to get one more
Patrick Mahomes 13 seconds video they do in 2 years is gonna be crazy too. And I wanted the Bills to win that so bad
As a saints fan i should be entitled to compensation for emotional distress because of this team
Dude, your videos are awesome man. Love it
Been waiting for this one.
as a rams fan when i saw the hit i was so pissed bc i thought thats game bc they will just run clock out
I told myself I wouldn't cry today .. yet here we are 🥺
One of the last chances we had to win a superbowl with drew. 4 years of the superbowl window open and now it’s closed
And closed for probably a long time unfortunately
As a Saints fan, I'm not ready to watch this, it still hurts.
As a Saints fan, this year I was like "Well, can't have my heart broken this year if we don't make the playoffs"
Then Sean Payton retires lmao
Payton was Overrated Garbage. He was useless without Brees. Even the backups would choke had they gone to the Playoffs.
Shoulda been banned for life, same with Gregg williams
@@boogitybear2283 bad comment. Paytons loss really shows this season
@@boogitybear2283 yeah he was.
I knew it was only a matter of time before you guys covered this lol
The way you put these videos together is pretty awesome ... super profesh, I dig it...subscribed
when i was watching the game, i wasn’t really paying attention, but now as a saints fan, this one no-call is a empty void in my heart.
Have you guys ever considered doing a "just short" series where teams kept falling short of making/returning to the Super Bowl (e.g. Packers and Saints after their respective wins)?
Im pretty sure NFL Films made one for the saints
Brees and Rodgers won SB's 44 and 45 MVP's respectively, and they've wanted another super bowl for their legacy for a while now 😂
SB's Untitled series might be up your alley, though it focuses more on individuals than teams. Off the top of my head I know there's a Dan Marino one and a Karl Malone/John Stockton one.
Could have been Brees vs Brady
Instead we got Goff 🤦🏻
Every guy I know loves beating Goff and jacking Goff out of any success
Man them last 5 years of drew brees was the most heartbreaking stuff ever as a saints fan 😭
As a forever 9ers fan/sorta neutral--while I'm happy to see the Rams win today, especially for those countless veterans --- was also absolutely was disgusted by this play. I'm glad that this team with a "high power" offence got handled and embarrassed offensively by the Pats. Still sad that we missed a Brady vs Brees match up. --- Obviously not the same magnitude, but for a veryvslight moment, it was the same feeling I had when we were cheated out of a LeBron Kobe finals.
As a WTF fan and a fan of football in general this ishhh broke my heart man. They robbed us of a great SB, Brady VS Brees should have been a moment in history
*commanders
Im a Raiders/Saints fan n I'm from Louisiana I always thought until the '18 nfccg that the 2006 NFC Championship and 2011 Divisional round loss as the most devastating losses but the '18 conference title just seemed ripped from our hands....they didn't make a rule after this game for nothing.
Bucs fans still bring up the '99 NFCCG ("Bert Emanuel rule" game). I'm over it by now, but I don't think I'd ever get over something this egregious. Having a rule change immediately after just reinforces the anger, it does nothing to placate it.
This NEEDED a rewind
I was already having a bad day and then you posted this
I loved this game; even though Saints got robbed, AGAIN. I wanted Rams to go all the way because their scheme was awesome; McVay changed the game. 2018 Rams brought back under center and run game; just to set up game breaking play action bombs that score and win. You don't need a Brees or Brady; Even an ok at best Goff or Garopolo in SF could be great in it.
This is the play that sparked my eternal hatred for the Rams.
No point in having a team because of one play. Rams didnt make the call
Blame the refs lol
#RamsHouse🐏
@@RhygonGG Rams are a fake team with no fans, literally an NFL marketing vessel for LA.
@@mokaPCP cry more #RamsHouse 🐏
I was wondering when you were gonna make this video. Never forget😣
2008 National Championship. Kansas vs. Memphis. Mario's Miracle deserves a Deep Rewind video.
That Dee Ford's offside from AFCCG was a sus, too. Goodell meticulously crafting the worst Super Bowl matchup ever *insert Walter White doing chemistry experiment meme*
Textbook coverage, not sure what everyone was upset about- sincerely a falcons fan
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Lol 28-3
@@lefrerehill2012 not even a Falcons fan, but very unoriginal joke and it’s annoying to hear it so often.
The Saints are my most hated team outside of my division rivals and I'll still admit they got screwed. You don't need to be a homer about this.
@@Phinal_Flash do you know what a joke is?
I can't believe there wasn't already a rewind to this
This was the game that made me stop watching the nfl. I left the sport and never looked back, glad I did.
Can't wait for the Bills to win a Superbowl so we can get a long rewind like the Cleveland Cavaliers
Maybe they won’t have to considering the Falcons got one
We need a 2017 Australian Open final rewind. The unexpected renaissance of Federer and Nadal that saw them revitalize their careers
Saints fan and this haunts with me forever
Too soon! This one STILL hurts!
Thanks for such a detailed breakdown of the most heartbreaking loss a Saints fans could watch. The Minnesota miracle pales in comparison to this; that was supposed to be our failure to learn from, and this season in question was supposed to be our redemption run. If that PI call was made, it would have 100% been game over. Despite being one of the worst calls in NFL history, the players still have to play on unfortunately. Like you said, when it reached OT it was a fresh start for everyone, but the Rams won OT fair and square--and to me, *that* is the reason why it is the most heartbreaking game in Saints history.
That game will forever haunt me😂😂 I'm a Louisiana native and that day was really a pivotal moment in LA history. I already had my trumpet out, ready to start playing second line once the saints won because I was so SURE that i was seeing the game winning drive. When that nocall happened, it's as if time stood still. My whole neighborhood was silent. Complete disbelief. We were all like, "we got screwed, right?" Yeah, they did. But you would think that since it's acknowledged that it would help? Nope. It just makes it even worse.
Right, I have zero confidence in the leagues legitimacy and have distanced myself from the drama that is clearly fabricated to push narrative
At least you decided to "moment in history" a play that deserves remembering.
What a ride it has been since then!
The worst part about that missed called, was that you could’ve flagged it for multiple infractions. Not only PI, but illegal contact, helmet to helmet, hit on defenseless receiver. I mean come on, how do you miss those???? And I’m not even a saints fan…
I've still never seen a more blatant and obvious foul resulting in no call or review. These types of plays make you ponder if a referee had money involved.
With a team from LA involved there had to be money behind it
@@quentinbranch4107 wasn’t this the first year that the rams were in l.a. and nobody supported it? if i had a tinfoil hat i’d say that the league wanted to establish some sort of legitimacy for the team
The only football game I've been to as a Saibts fan. Never have I been to a venue so loud at one point and so quiet the next.
OMG ITS WILL. WELCOME BACK WE MISSED U
This still hurts, I’m pretty sure we would’ve easily beaten the patriots if we didn’t get screwed over here…
One of the greatest games I’ve ever watched live.
Your way of telling football stories os great! Congrats !
Man that PI didnt cost them a SB birth.! They were up 10 twice and they couldnt capitalized on it?? Then they went to OT. They had plenty of chances to win.!
1) Berth
2) It doesn't matter what they'd done earlier, if that PI gets called, they kneel it out, take a TO, then kick a chip-shot field goal. It OBJECTIVELY did cost them the win
@@karfsma778 if they capitalized on that 10 point lead that no PI call wouldn't have mattered 🤷♂️...but good looking out by the way
Can we have a nice Saints Rewinder? Like Gleeson's punt block or Tracy Porter's pick on Manning?
the block is there and tracy porter might be but if not, favres pick in 09 is there
I remember saying to myself Payton should've walked the entire Saints team off the field in protest. Literally one of the worst calls of all time.
I haven't watched the play since 2 weeks after it happened. Yeah still feels
Because of this and the Minneapolis miracle, I haven’t felt any pain since 2018