Refs should have seen the PI, but that doesn't make it a win. Ball would have been placed at that spot. Maybe Saints would have run it into the endzone, maybe they would have tried a pass and maybe the Rams would have intercepted that pass and scored, so there would have been no overtime. We simply don't know and will never find out. Fact is, Saints had a chance to win the OT and they blew it. The two best teams played in the Super Bowl and the best team won. Period.
Looking forward to next season. Would be nice to see the Packers and 49ers get their act together again. Steelers need to get rid of big Ben and Giants need a new QB as well (and not just that).
Yes that’s true. But the Saints would have run the game clock down easily and hence they would have passed with out the need for an OT. The Saints did blow the game in OT. But it has been debated and is generally accepted that with that missed PI call, the game would have not needed OT.
Also, one can easily argue the best team won when the game was mediocre at best. Furthermore, after such blatant favorable calls for the Pats in the Chief’s game.
All in all, we got what Goodell wanted for a Super Bowl. That said, the end result is we got a boring and mediocre game as teams not meant for it were given the chance.