Originally Posted by Boutte (Post 538454)

Two huge turning points in the game, Brees calls a time out and the official ignores it and the fact that without the time out the clock ran out. The result? A turn over. (They also did it again to Payton the sidelines.)

The second was the blatantly obvious holding on the winning touchdown. How could the ref miss that? I don't think he did. He just deliberately ignored it. The result? We lose.

I'm not one for blaming a loss on the refs but in this case I believe it's warranted. We won't even mention Talib mugging Graham 10-15 yards down field all day.

If we had handled our business we wouldn't be as incensed as we are today because we would have won the game but this was outrageous!

The referees shouldn't be the deciding factor in a game like this.

(And we're going to be lectured by a Falcons fan? You have to be kidding me.)

Originally Posted by Boutte (Post 538454)

Two huge turning points in the game, Brees calls a time out and the official ignores it and the fact that without the time out the clock ran out. The result? A turn over. (They also did it again to Payton the sidelines.)

The second was the blatantly obvious holding on the winning touchdown. How could the ref miss that? I don't think he did. He just deliberately ignored it. The result? We lose.

I'm not one for blaming a loss on the refs but in this case I believe it's warranted. We won't even mention Talib mugging Graham 10-15 yards down field all day.

If we had handled our business we wouldn't be as incensed as we are today because we would have won the game but this was outrageous!

The referees shouldn't be the deciding factor in a game like this.

(And we're going to be lectured by a Falcons fan? You have to be kidding me.)

Originally Posted by onebyone (Post 538466)

The game had me in a bad mood all day. However, a Falcons fan lecturing us on how to handle a loss sure did bring the laughs.

Originally Posted by Halo (Post 538353)

No offense to you Saints1234 because I know you're just posting this.

The Fox graphic is NOT the official game timeout counter.
There was a TV timeout in there and the Saints took a timeout.

I'm super disappointed in our fanbase. I'm seeing people crying like children all over the internet after a loss to a solid team. We're sounding like falcons life with the conspiracy theories.

If the NFL finds the Pats got an extra timeout, they'll make that determination. Still will do NOTHING to give us a W we did not earn. I wouldn't want a win like that anyway. We lost the game guys and gals, beaten by a superior force. We'll learn and adjust and live to die another day.

We're really sounding like crybaby bad sports who cannot take or handle a loss. You take the loss, give congrats the other team and move on. I'm sorry that I'm realizing how many of our fans are unsportsman bandwagoneers. I digress....

Originally Posted by Falcons91 (Post 538495)

I'm sorry, did the refs force brees to throw that interception? Did the refs force brees to make that terrible throw?! This is what I mean when I talk about excuses. The saints had every chance in the world to win this game refs or no refs and they still blew it!

There are bad calls in every single NFL game. This isn't some conspiracy towards the saints like you're making it out to be. All you're doing is making your whole fanbase look like sore losers. You lost to the better team! Accept it!