New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees said the officiating error that cost his offense 15 seconds late in the first half of Monday night's 30-28 Week 1 victory over the Houston Texans "can't happen."
The crew reviewed a play to determine Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas reached the first-down marker, which then required a 10-second runoff. But it incorrectly subtracted the time from the 26-second mark (the time of the review) rather than the 41-second mark (when the play finished).
"I still don't know what the deal was. Someone came up to me in the locker room and acknowledged that a mistake was made, that 10 seconds should not have run off but they should've had 31 seconds left.