The Los Angeles Rams handily defeated the division rival Seattle Seahawks 20-10 on Tuesday night, but the majority of the chatter following the game centered around Shawn Hochluli’s officiating crew. Media pundits and off-put fans are looking to boil down four quarters of football into a couple of key instances, but that’s not necessarily what decides the outcome of NFL games. The truth is there’s much more to it, and there were far more in-between moments that had a greater impact on the final score.
Sure, rookie linebacker Ernest Jones probably should have been called for pass interference against running back DeeJay Dallas late in the game - but it’s certainly not reasonable to say that the officials throwing the flag would have resulted anything other than a victory for the Rams.