Redskins vs. Saints Official Game Day Thread

[Monkeydad]

Did anyone else think that OT review should never have even happened?

The Saints' coach called a TO to "give the booth time to think about reviewing that play" according to the announcers. In OT, all reviews are done by the booth and can not be challenged by the request of the coaches. However, it seemed like that is EXACTLY what Payton was allowed to do...request a review.

We were about to run the next play and it wasn't initially going to be reviewed...until the Saints took a TO to encourage a second look.

Of course, they blew yet another game-changing review against us...but I do not think it should have even been reviewed. If a review is to occur, it should be decided by the booth or officials immediately after the play, not during a TO that was called to give them time to look at something they would not have otherwise reviewed.

I see two things wrong there:

1. The Saints and coach Payton used the review rules to their advantage in a way that was not fair to both teams. He basically was granted a challenge when in OT, rules state that the coaches do not get challenges.

2. The officials apparently had a bias or favored New Orleans not only in this instance, but on several major calls.