With the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints facing off on Sunday, all the talk has been about the NFC Championship game last year and on Wednesday it was Sean McVay's chance to discuss the controversy.
McVay didn't seem too excited to talk about the missed pass interference call, but did say he wasn't going to try and convince anyone that it didn't happen.
“It was something that, we all know what it looked like,” McVay told reporters Wednesday via Pro Football Talk. “Obviously, nobody’s going to sit here and say that wasn’t a pass interference, and that’s why it led to some rules being changed. Even though that play benefited our team, nobody wants anything but a fair game. Those clear and obvious plays that we can avoid, we want to be able to do that, and that’s exactly how we feel as a team, too.”
McVay knows his team benefited from the missed call, but also points out that there were a lot of plays after that one that could have changed the outcome of the game. The Saints defense couldn't stop the Rams from hitting the game-tying field goal and during overtime, Brees did throw an interception.
“There’s a lot of plays in a game, and I think it’s good that the competition committee made the effort to be able to try to avoid some of those things happening in the future, and that’s exactly what we all want,” McVay said. “. . .You address it. You could ask Nickell Robey. He knows that was a pass interference. In the moment, that was kind of what was officiated, and you’ve got to just kind of play those next snaps, and there was a lot of snaps after that as well.”
McVay is correct with his comments, but it's also clear it's something he is sick of talking about, and both teams were probably dreading this game when the schedule was released.
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