New Orleans Saints fans are already upset about a no-call on the Kyle Rudolph pushoff in overtime to win the game. Now they can add another missed call to the list.
The Minnesota Vikings had a first-and-10 at their 44 in overtime and Kirk Cousins, under pressure, threw incomplete to Dalvin Cook for a busted screen play. At the top of the screen, you can see left tackle Riley Reiff blatantly hold Trey Hendrickson.
How do refs miss so many blatant holds? This one really mattered early in the OT scoring drive for the #Vikings. #NFL pic.twitter.com/hXlWywhkoW
— SportSource Analytics (@SportSourceA) January 5, 2020
On the next play, Dalvin Cook gained 11 yards on a pass from Kirk Cousins. The play after that was the big 43-yard gain to Adam Thielen to set up the Vikings’ eventual touchdown in overtime.
Had a holding penalty been called, the Vikings would have been pushed back 10 yards to the 34 and had a first-and-20. That might have changed some things in the extra period.
