{"id":441096,"date":"2025-10-12T18:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/441096\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T18:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:21:09","slug":"controversial-penalty-wipes-out-61-yard-patriots-touchdown-against-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/441096\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial penalty wipes out 61-yard Patriots touchdown against Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2HWZKZZPLNEZBCZX3F3LIA2QBQ\">Late in the first quarter, DeMario Douglas believed he had his second touchdown of the afternoon in New Orleans. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5JZRCPWELBDPFIIOJERS76QFCE\">As Drake Maye extended a play, Douglas shook free deep, and the quarterback hit him for a 61-yard touchdown \u2014 but there was a late penalty flag thrown. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_AndrewCallahan\/status\/1977428280400871859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_AndrewCallahan\/status\/1977428280400871859\">Stefon Diggs was flagged for offensive pass interference,<\/a> though it appeared to be normal hand-fighting and was away from the play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WNXBLTQ56BCCDAAJ2YQOHCF5BI\">An angry Mike Vrabel gave the officials an earful on the sideline, while long-time Patriots captain David Andrews took to social media and posted a gif that said \u201cwhat kinda (expletive) is that?\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MLKYUTZW3JFFLOWL3SKOAD7SIA\">\u201cWhat are we doing?????? How was there a penalty on anyone there?????&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dandrews61\/status\/1977428895424299482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dandrews61\/status\/1977428895424299482\">Andrews wrote.<\/a> &#8220;So they called it on Diggs???? &#8230;I\u2019ve seen a lot of bad calls but idk that might top it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"N5GNTFGFY5GRTCZY64LDFZ2OII\">On the next play, a defensive pass interference flag was thrown on New Orleans, which could have been a make-up call, and New England went on to score a touchdown on the drive regardless. <\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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