And just like that it was over and it truly felt like armed robbery

The New Orleans Saints missed out on yet another opportunity to get to a Super Bowl but it had a lot to do with an NFL sanctioned armed robbery.  The LA Rams did have an incredible 57 yard FG to win the game and that is no small fete.  However late in the 4th quarter an obvious pass interference that became nothing but the worst no call in NFL history.  So the Saints lose in the NFC championship game 26-23.

The call was so blatantly egregious that no one, including the national sports media world, can stop talking about it.  Once again in the NFL we see the ineptitude of officiating costing a team a trip to the big game.  Yet the Saints needed to control their own destiny and perhaps they did not.  I told my wife that those two early impressive drives that resulted only in 3 pointers would perhaps bite us.  I think they did.  Also, Michael Thomas had less than 40 yards receiving and Mark Ingram less than 35 yards rushing; both stats are not good.  And then we have the Drew Brees interception but that came after we was robbed!

The Saints defense did a solid job today, neither Ram running back was a factor but they kept doing enough to stay close and then when the officials obliged, the Rams had enough, in large part thanks to their kicker.

So tonight you put a big bow on the Saints season that was a great gift to the community and all Saints fans.  A 10 game winning streak, a 13 win season, the #1 seed, a divisional win in the playoffs and at least another chance for a possible SB.

I'm simply going to try and let this go; in the NFL it just does not matter if they screw up a play; they just admit it later and go, oh well.  What matters to me tonight, because a season is over and another one awaits in 7 months; is Drew Brees ready for another campaign?  Is Mark Ingram coming back?  Will the Saints aggressively find free agent help?  How will they overcome a limited draft in April?

We wait, we watch, we love our Saints and we regret this loss, maybe even hate the way it was stolen from the Saints.  The whole Saints community feels like we was robbed!