NFL Tells Rams the Late DPI Call on Josh Wallace Was Wrong

Some weeks the plot twist is the officiating, not the offense.

Per ESPN, the NFL told the Rams that defensive pass interference should not have been called on cornerback Josh Wallace late in the team's loss to the Broncos on Sunday night. Head coach Sean McVay said as much, according to ESPN, while ESPN's Sarah Barshop covered the flag itself and the fallout.

No stat line changes the result. The Rams still have the L. But when the league hands your head coach a mea culpa, that's not nothing — it's the kind of validation that plays differently in a locker room than a moral victory ever does. Expect this one to get cited plenty before the Rams take the field again.

Also in the mix: Stafford's main character moment

Away from the box score, Matthew Stafford popped up somewhere no scouting report saw coming — a cameo in Taylor Swift's "Patient Zero" music video, per ESPN, with the reigning NFL MVP's appearance no accident, ESPN reports. Call it the crossover nobody drew up on the whiteboard, but there he was anyway.

It's the kind of detail that only makes sense in this city: the reigning NFL MVP moonlighting in pop culture between game weeks. No bearing on the standings, but it's a reminder that in LA, the spotlight never really turns off — it just changes rooms.

The real business is still Sunday's blown flag and whatever the Rams do with that bit of league validation heading into Week 4.

Sources

• NFL tells Rams DPI shouldn't have been called on Josh Wallace
• Sean McVay: NFL told Rams DPI shouldn't have been called
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