Welcome to the Tuesday edition of The Cooler, where Saints fans aren’t really taking things all that well. Let’s get to it:
*A couple of people have suggested to me that the closest local parallel to the ending of the Saints/Rams game is the Drew Pearson touchdown catch for the Cowboys in the 1975 playoffs, which stunned the Vikings. In Dallas, it’s called a Hail Mary. In Minnesota, it’s called a push-off.
I can see some similarities in that a non-call on pass interference directly influenced both outcomes — though the Vikings had virtually no chance to win after the call, whereas the Saints did … and the Vikings were playing in the divisional round while the Saints were in the NFC title game, upping the ante in the latter case.