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4th-and-2 at the ATL 41. The call is a short pass to Colston Loveland on the left. He catches it and is marked at the ATL 31 for a 10-yard gain and a first down... Scott Novak's crew throws offensive pass interference on Loveland... A live fourth-down conversion in Falcons territory becomes a punt and a field-position gift... Loveland finished with six catches for 65 yards and a touchdown. This is the one that did not count, and the one that should have.
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Loveland's 4th-down conversion wiped by phantom OPI call; finished 6-65-TD.

Caught a 10-yard pass on 4th-and-2 at ATL 41 that was wiped by an offensive pass interference flag graded as Horrible; the contact was incidental or defender-initiated, not a legitimate foul. The flag killed a live first-down conversion in plus territory and forced a punt, handing Atlanta the ball at its own 6. Loveland finished the game with six catches for 65 yards and a touchdown, but this conversion did not count and should have. The source notes this was a bright-line miss where the crew invented a foul the tape does not support.

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