Apparently, Clete Blakeman Loves the Patriots

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty ImagesWhat was an absolutely phenomenal Championship Weekend has a bit of a smudge on it this week, as there were some questionable calls in both games that could have possibly affected the outcome of each. In the NFC Championship, the most blatant DPI you will ever see never got called, a penalty that would have allowed the Saints to run out the clock and kick a game-sealing field goal to send them to the Super Bowl. The refs also missed a less obvious, but still legitimate, facemask on Jared Goff that should have given the Rams a new set of downs. Never mind the fact that the Saints inexplicably threw the ball on 1st down leading up to that non-call, or that they got the ball back in OT with a chance to drive down the field and win, or that the Rams ended up winning anyway despite the missed facemask call. This one was all on the refs, plain and simple.

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