The Redskins were moving the football, and the clock was winding down. With 28 seconds left to play, they would have been able to kick a 51-yard field goal from where they were standing. But, after Kirk Cousins and Jamison Crowder appeared to have some miscommunication, the refs called a very late intentional grounding penalty, submitting to the peer pressure of the rowdy Saints’ fans. The penalty not only lost them ten yards and a down, but it also lost them ten seconds. And the clock was still running.
It was, to be appropriate and avoid using foul language, an utter disaster by the officiating crew, a heinous, unforgivable display of cluelessness.