: /VXXXgbsFKj- SB Nation NFL January 20, 2019 The Saints will receive the overtime kickoff! The Saints kneel it out and we’re going to overtime. The field goal is good and we have a tie game. But if they were trying to ice it, no dice. The Saints take a timeout prior to the snap. They bring in Zuerlein for a 48-yard try with 19 seconds left. Goff hits Gurley for 3 yards, then throws incomplete. On third down, Goff hits Woods for 16 yards and they’re on the New Orleans 30-yard line. They’re at the New Orleans 49-yard line after a 7-yard completion to Cooks. Another pass goes to Everett, but it’s incomplete. Second down, Goff goes to Reynolds again, this time it’s caught for 19 yards. On first down, Goff throws incomplete to Reynolds. Saints 23, Rams 23, 0:15, 4Q: The Lutz kickoff goes for a touchback. Brees then has a pass tipped at the line and it’s intercepted by John Johnson! Wow! The Rams drive, and Zuerlein has to attempt a 57-yard field goal. On 1st-and-10 from the New Orleans 40, Donald blows up an Ingram run for a loss of 6 yards. Brees goes incomplete deep to Arnold, and the Rams are called for pass interference (make-up call?), giving the Saints 14 yards. Rams 26, Saints 23, FINAL: The Saints start overtime from their own 26-yard line. Anderson.īelow, you can see the live blog from Sunday’s game in reverse order, including highlights and analysis. Brandin Cooks caught seven passes for 107 yards, while Todd Gurley had just four carries for 10 yards, compared to 16 carries for 44 yards for C.J. Goff finished the game with 297 yards, a touchdown and a pick. The Saints rushed for just 48 yards as a team, with Aaron Donald, Dante Fowler and Ndamukong Suh coming up big on the defensive line. Sean McVay will be the youngest coach in Super Bowl historyīrees finished the game with 249 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He made it, and the Rams are going to the Super Bowl. The Rams then moved into field goal range, right on the cusp of it, and had a 57-yard attempt for Greg Zuerlein. In overtime, the Saints received and Brees had a pass tipped at the line before it was intercepted by John Johnson. If they get that call, they probably kneel it out and kick a field goal as time expires. To be fair to the Saints, there was also an incredibly bad call by the referees, who missed one of the most blatant examples pass interference I’ve personally ever seen. That allowed the Rams to come back and kick a field goal to force overtime. They managed to kick a field goal for the lead, but they also did a horrible job of managing the clock, and instead of giving the Rams the ball back with under a minute to go, they only took about 12 seconds off following the two-minute warning. Down three points and starting from their own 9-yard line, they drove down the field late in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 20 points apiece, giving the ball back to the Saints with five minutes left in the game. Much of the game was a battle for field position, and the Rams frequently had to work with less as the Saints largely won that battle.īut even working with that field position, the Rams kept battling back. New Orleans got out to an early 13-0 lead thanks to a pair of field goals and a touchdown, but the Rams quickly responded before the end of the first half, making it 13-10 going into halftime. It was a close game that went to overtime, and one that was marred by poor decision-making (for both teams) and poor officiating. The Los Angeles Rams are headed to Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII after beating the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship on Sunday, 26-23.
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