: No foul on Rudolph's winning TD
There was no 接触する worthy of a 刑罰，罰則 on Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph's game-winning touchdown in overtime against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, 上級の 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 of officiating Al Riveron said.
"There is 接触する by both players, but 非，不，無 of that 接触する rises to the level of a foul," Riveron told pool reporter Larry 支えるもの／所有者 of The 運動競技の after the game. "This is 一貫した with what we've done all year long, we left the 判決，裁定 on the field. We let it stand."
Rudolph caught a 4-yard touchdown on a fade from Kirk Cousins, while 存在 covered by cornerback P.J. Williams. Rudolph appeared to 延長する his 権利 手渡す and give a slight 押し進める to Williams' chest before elevating to make the 得る，とらえる.
There was no 公式の／役人 停止 for a review before the game was みなすd final, but Riveron said the play was looked at from plenty of angles. He said he was 満足させるd with what he needed to see to make the call.
Pass 干渉，妨害 and 非，不，無-calls of pass 干渉，妨害 were 追加するd as reviewable plays this season, a change that stemmed 直接／まっすぐに from an incorrect 非，不，無-call that went against the Saints late in last year's NFC 選手権 Game. Between challenges and 公式の／役人 reviews, very few such plays were overturned from the call on the field during the 正規の／正選手 season.
Rudolph's touchdown （機の）カム on third-and-goal from the 4-yard line on the first 所有／入手 of overtime. Had New Orleans stopped Minnesota, the Vikings likely would have kicked a field goal, 許すing the Saints a 所有／入手 to tie or 勝利，勝つ the game.
The Saints 軍隊d overtime with a 10-point 決起大会／結集させる in the fourth ４半期/4分の1, 含むing the game-tying 49-yard field goal with two seconds left in 規則.
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