LAST WORD

Because the officials on the field are humans, like the players and coaches, errors will happen. The NFL parties do not dispute that they have previously advised the Saints that one or more penalties ... were mistakenly not called late.”

The NFL acknowledging in a court document filed Sunday the blown call that occurred a week earlier in the NFC Championship Game, which the Saints lost 26-23 in overtime to the Rams. The brief was accompanied by a request that a U.S. District judge throw out a suit filed by two Saints season ticketholders. In its brief, the league also argues that Commissioner Roger Goodell does not have authority to order all or part of the game be replayed, as some had speculated.