New Orleans Saints tight end Juwan Johnson, as these things tend to go, isn’t on the same page as the officials when it comes to his back-breaking fumble Sunday against the New England Patriots.

Johnson reeled in a pass from Spencer Rattler with under nine minutes to go in the fourth and made a couple of steps past the first down marker before Patriots linebacker Christian Elliss managed to reach in and punch the ball loose. The call required a review before ultimately ruling that Johnson had fumbled.

“It is what it is. I thought that I had it, but I didn’t. The refs officiated and said it’s a fumble, so it’s a fumble,” Johnson said after the game, via a team-provided transcript. “The only thing that I can do is go into this week and focus on holding the ball properly. I feel like I

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