Saints' Drew Brees Says Officiating Error in 1st Half vs. Texans 'Can't Happen'

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.…