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I had a dream last night that this scenario actually happened, and on the first down play the snap was botched and LA recovered. I was fricking pissed.

damn it

ETA: but here's how it would've played out

1:41 - 1st & Goal @ LAR 6 - Brees hands off to Kamara/Ingram up the middle or bounce it to the side Lutz wants the kick from and gives himself up for no gain - let's say that takes 3 seconds

1:38 - Rams use final timeout

1:38 - 2nd & Goal @ LAR 6 - Brees kneels for -1 yard - play takes 2 seconds (40 second play clock starts running with 1:36 left on the clock between 2nd & 3rd down)

0:57 - 3rd & Goal @ LAR 7 - Brees kneels for -1 yard - play takes 2 seconds (40 second play clock starts running with 0:55 left on the clock between 3rd & 4th down)

0:16 - Saints call timeout with :01 left on the play clock

0:16 - 4th & Goal @ LAR 8 - Wil Lutz hits 25 yd FGA... Saints take 23-20 lead - play takes 3 seconds

0:13 - Lutz squibs ball down field... let's say a Ram up man falls on it and immediately surrenders himself around the LAR 30 yard line - play takes 1 second

0:12 - 1st & 10 Rams @ LAR 30 - do a quick hitter to the sideline and get out of bounds for gain of 10 - play takes 4 seconds

0:08 - 1st & 10 Rams @ LAR 40 - try another quick hitter to the sideline and get out of bounds for a gain of 11 or 12 - play takes another 4 seconds (of course... if a Saint makes the tackle in the field of play on either of the previous 2 plays... the clock runs out and Saints win)

0:04 - 1st & 10 Rams @ NO 48 - Rams either send in Zuerlein for a 65-66 yd FGA to tie it or the Hail Mary/multi-lateral play... we leave our version of Gronk on the sideline... so long as either the FG is no good or the Rams are tackled on the play and don't get to the end zone the clock runs out and the Saints win

This post was edited on 1/22/19 at 10:52 am