Yes, the Saints got hosed when officials missed the obvious pass interference by Nickell Robey-Coleman on third-and-10 at the Rams 13 with less than two minutes left in regulation.
It's also a pity the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes never touched the ball in overtime in Sunday's second game.
Nevertheless, the indisputable best in the game is headed to the Super Bowl: CBS analyst Tony Romo will work the title game in Atlanta with Jim Nantz on Feb. 3.
Romo gave another bravura performance Sunday in the Patriots' overtime triumph over the Chiefs for the AFC title.
Once again, the former Cowboys quarterback showed no one on TV is better at explaining the game's hows and whys during a game. Romo makes you, as a viewer, feel smarter.
Plus, no one brings more earnest, unbridled enthusiasm, which is contagious.
Just two seasons removed from the Cowboys roster, the pride of Eastern Illinois is so good at breaking down tendencies and what teams need to do to move the ball that, when things don't play out exactly as Romo said, the first reaction is something went wrong on the field rather than in the broadcast.
Perhaps the worst thing to be said of Romo is that his quick broadcasting success probably encouraged ESPN to give his old Cowboys teammate, tight end Jason Witten, a job this season on Monday Night Football straight out of retirement. Witten quickly demonstrated he was in no way ready.
Witten's understandable difficulties showed just how good Romo is.
Fourth-and-inches for the Patriots at the Chiefs 9, down 21-17 with 3:37 to play in the fourth quarter. Like the Pats, Romo started with one play, heard an audible and immediately came back with another.
"They've got to go back to the Brady sneak or something, don't they?" Romo said, then heard Brady call for a change. "Oh, they're killing it. Usually means a motion and a run out wide to the right."
Sony Michel got the handoff, ran right and scored.
Romo then explained what happened and the reason it worked so well in simple, jargon-free language.
When Brady gets up to the line of scrimmage, Romo said over a replay: "It's quarterback sneak. Nope. I'm going to motion and I'm going to call the outside run because you can't take away both. It's really, really difficult.
"What a play call, outside. So all those guys [on defense] are inside saying: 'It's a quarterback sneak. It's a quarterback sneak.' All right, let's wash them all out and go out wide."
Later, with the Patriots again trailing, Romo said the Patriots needed to get Rob Gronkowski out wide and Brady would throw to him if Gronk drew one-on-one coverage. Which is exactly what happened.
"He saw what you saw, Tony," Nantz said.
Four yards from the goal line, Romo predicted run. Boom. Rex Burkhead took it in for the score.
After the Patriots won the coin toss and got the ball to start overtime, Romo's uncanny ability to know what the Patriots would do next didn't waver. He called a pass to Gronkowski, then one over the middle to Julian Edelman, culminating in second-and-goal at the Chiefs 2.
"New England tried the play-action earlier. I can't see it here. This has to be a run," Romo said.
Burkhead ran it into the end zone for the OT victory. Naturally.
If Romo were some obnoxious know-it-all, his knack for knowing what a team will do might be more off-putting than amazing.
Fortunately, Romo's affection for the game, occasional lack of polish and willingness to admit when he misses something go a long way to making him more likable. It also makes him an excellent counterbalance to Nantz's steady presence.
Even a baseball player with time on his hands while waiting to see what his best options are for the coming season was impressed.
"Confirmed: Just called Tony Romo to see where I'm going to play next year," Bryce Harper tweeted with the hashtag #YoureAWizardTony.
Romo probably predicted Harper would tweet that.
Sports on 01/22/2019