It's likely nobody associated with the New Orleans Saints franchise, nor any Saints fan, will ever get over last night's egregious blown calls by the officiating crew in the NFC Championship game.
The ugly story is still unfolding, with developing stories about some of the officials having ties to Los Angeles, to Roger Goodell and the NFL still refusing to issue any kind of statement on the catastrophe, to vague reports of offseason rule changes that would help address the issue.
Yet anything that comes now won't change the fact that stunning incompetence by multiple game officials last night robbed the Saints a chance at playing in the Super Bowl this year. That's not hyperbole.
If the pass interference and/or helmet-to-helmet hits would have been penalized correctly, the Saints would have had a first down inside the 10 yard line with 1:48 remaining in the game. The Rams had only one timeout remaining, which means the Saints could have run the ball three times, or called three Brees kneel-downs, and then trotted Will Lutz out for a chip-shot game-winning field goal with under 20 seconds remaining.
New Orleans has consistently been the league's top market in TV ratings this season. Commissioner Roger Goodell and other league officials waking up on February 4th to something close to a zero rating in the New Orleans market would be a pretty big repudiation of not only what happened in the NFC Championship game, but the NFL's disastrous officiating practices in general.
If you're mad about the Saints-Rams ending, then hit the NFL where it hurts. Boycott the Super Bowl.