The Saints nearly beat the Commanders after getting four free seconds during their comeback.
The Washington Commanders beat the New Orleans Saints 20-19 in Week 15. The Saints scored a touchdown on the final play of regulation to put themselves in position to send the game to overtime with an extra point or possibly win the game with a two-point conversion. The Saints went for it, but Spencer Rattler's pass to Juwan Johnson was unsuccessful.
Since the Commanders held on to win, it doesn't even really matter that the Saints probably scored that last second touchdown because of an unwarranted clock stoppage with nine seconds remaining in the game. On fourth-and-three form the eight with 17 seconds remaining, Rattler hit Foster Moreau for a first down. Moreau was tackled at the one and one of the officials ran in waving his arms above his head, signaling to stop the clock despite the fact that the Saints had not called timeout because they were out of them.
Many fans noticed the clock stopping for approximately four seconds, which allowed the Saints just enough time to get one final play off.The game clock mysteriously pauses for FOUR SECONDS with 9 seconds left in the game, even though the Saints couldn't stop the clock.
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