NFL news: Lawyers want Roger Goodell to replay end of Saints-Rams

The NFC title game between the Saints and Rams ended in controversy, and lawyers in New Orleans want Roger Goodell to step in.

After the NFC Championship Game between the New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Rams ended with a ton of controversy surrounding a missed defensive pass interference call, attorneys in New Orleans are trying to take matters into their own hands with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell

According to WDSU News, New Orleans and Lafayette attorneys have filed a lawsuit challenging the conclusion of the NFC Championship Game. As many of you know, that game ended in a Rams victory, but has been marred with controversy after a defensive pass interference call went unnoticed, thus denying the Saint a chance at possibly ending the game before regulation ended.

Update: The first of what is expected to be many lawsuits filed against the @NFL over the #SaintsGotRobbed blown call will be filed Tuesday by #Nola attorney Frank D’Amico, who goes by ‘The Strong Arm’ – D’Amico made the announcement in a news release. More @wdsu soon.

— Travers Mackel (@TraversWDSU) January 22, 2019

Frank D’Amico, the attorney who filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, says that there’s likely nothing that will come out of the suit, but that a certain part of the NFL Rulebook states that commissioner Roger Goodell could step in. “So what can the NFL do about the outcome of the Rams-Saints game? Probably nothing. Bad calls happen,” he said in a statement. “Sometimes, bad calls have bigger consequences than others.”

The rule that D’Amico is referring to is Rule 17, Section 2, Article 1, which states that the commissioner could step in and force both teams to replay the game starting at the moment of the error.

Aside from D’Amico, two other attorneys for Simon Law Offices in Lafayette also sent a letter to Goodell on Monday, calling for him to enforce the NFL’s rules and schedule the game to be replayed.

“At present, a large asterisk sits next to the title NFC champions. Allowing the status quo to stand is a ‘black eye' on the history and integrity of the game which you have been entrusted to preserve and protect.”

Despite the outcry from fans and the New Orleans community as a whole, it remains unlikely that Goodell will do anything about it, especially considering how many missed calls occur during any given NFL game.