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Saints Fans Now Claim Vikings' Game-Winning TD Shouldn't Count
Kyle Rudolph grabbed a 2-yard pass from Kirk Cousins to seal a 26-20 victory for the Minnesota Vikings in overtime.
EAGAN, MN — While Minnesota Vikings fans are celebrating an incredible overtime victory over New Orleans, Saints fans are claiming the game-winning touchdown should not have counted.
Adam Thielen caught a 43-yard reception from Kirk Cousins in OT before Kyle Rudolph grabbed the 2-yard touchdown pass to seal a 26-20 victory for Minnesota.
.@KirkCousins8 to @KyleRudolph82 for the @Vikings walkoff win in OT. pic.twitter.com/aXSJllOqpB
— NFL (@NFL) January 5, 2020
Saints fans say Rudolph pushed off before the catch, and should have been called for offensive pass interference.
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LIKE IF IT WAS PASS INTERFERENCE
— WW3 Draft Szn (@Playoffs_Szn) January 5, 2020
Apparently PI doesn’t exist in Saints games
— Chicken Biskit (@BiskitChicken) January 5, 2020
Amari Cooper got called for the exact same movement several times this year. Rudolph regularly does it as well.
— Aïssa (@AissaBrickley) January 6, 2020
Several NFL analysts noted that while Rudolph did extend his arms, the pushing was going both ways, and the defenseman never turned his head to find the ball.
Ultimately, no call was made.
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I'm watching back the broadcast. Troy Aikman nailed it as they broke down the replay of Kyle Rudolph's TD to see if there was pass interference. "He definitely extends the right arm, but from what we've seen throughout the year, you can't imagine that would be overturned." pic.twitter.com/Cx1a9Gzo2l
— Chad Graff (@ChadGraff) January 6, 2020
New Orleans fans have had to deal with a lot of heartbreak in the past three years. The Saints lost to the Los Angeles Rams on an infamous no-call PI in the playoffs last year. And the year before that, the Minneapolis Miracle happened:
The Vikings will now move on to the divisional round of the playoffs. Minnesota will play the San Francisco 49ers on the road at 3:35 p.m. this Saturday.
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