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The Saints had their NFL season cut short through Pass Interferences not once, but twice.  Here's the history of How their playoff runs met an unfortunate end

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00:00Players who have a rule because of them.

00:02On January 20th, 2019, the Rams and the Saints met in the Superdome for the NFC Championship.

00:07The game was close throughout, and with just under 2 minutes left to play, the Saints and

00:11the Rams were tied at 20 with a chance for the Super Bowl on the line.

00:14On 3rd and 10 at the Rams' 13-yard line, Drew Brees throws the ball on the right sideline

00:18attended for wide receiver Tommy Lee Lewis.

00:21Rams cornerback Nikkel Roby Coleman mistimes the ball and appears to run into Lewis at

00:26full speed before the ball got to him.

00:29Typically, that type of play would result in a pass interference call, however, no flag

00:33was thrown.

00:34And because pass interferences weren't reviewable, the refs couldn't look at the call.

00:38According to ESPN, if the Saints were given that first down, they would have had a 98%

00:43chance of winning the game.

00:44Instead, the Saints would be forced to kick the field goal to go up 3, the Rams would match

00:49that with 15 seconds left, and in overtime, Greg Zerline would hit a 57-yard field goal

00:53to send the Rams to the Super Bowl.

00:55The NOLA no-call would cause a lot of controversy in the ensuing weeks.

00:59Post-game, Roby Coleman admitted that he committed the PI on the play, even saying that it was

01:04a bad no-call.

01:06Two months later, the NFL owners would approve a one-year trial with the expanded replay rules.

01:10For the 2019 season, teams could challenge pass interference calls on both offense and

01:15defense.

01:16Unfortunately for the Saints, the next season would also come down to a pass interference

01:20call, this time in a tied game in overtime against the Vikings in the wild-guard round.

01:25On third and goal on the opening drive of OT, Kirk Cousins would find Kyle Rudolph in the

01:29end zone for a touchdown to win the game.

01:31However, the Saints alleged that Rudolph pushed off Saints quarterback PJ Williams, but no foul

01:37was called.

01:38The Saints would be able to challenge that call on the field, but because it wasn't called,

01:42there wasn't enough evidence to overturn it.

01:45For a second straight year, a no-PI call ended the Saints season.

Saints Pass Interferences | A History of Tragic No-Calls

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