Blaming the referees – except in the most egregious circumstances – is lame. True, they didn’t do us any favors, but they aren’t the reason we lost.
The Justin Jefferson TD (or, rather, non-TD) seemed pretty clear to yours truly. Both his backside and knees were off the ground when the football broke the end zone line. We ended up losing that challenge. I’m thankful we still found our way into OT, but it’s fair to wonder if the extra timeout may have helped at the end.
Even worse, perhaps, was the Dalvin Cook fumble in OT.