Saints March to a Championship

Wow, Wow, Wow. The arguably best quarterback of all time throws a pick 6, A PICK 6, in the final minutes to essentially seal the deal. Tracy Porter, whose dat? A second year cornerback picks off Brett Favre and Peyton Manning in back to back playoff games in the closing moments of the game.

There were a handful of memorable plays in this game. What will this game be remembered for? Here's what they may be talking about years from now.

The Pick - Peyton Manning doesn't throw pick 6s, and he definitely doesn't throw them in 4th quarters. This wasn't Neil O'Donnell or Rich Gannon, this was Peyton, son of Archie, brother of Eli, this was a 6'5 230lbs Quarterback with a laser rocket arm. Not only that, but Manning was thrown on his ass attempting the typical half effort by a QB realizing he just blew it. Maybe this is going to far with it, but it was like seeing Kobe Bryant getting the ball stolen from him and turned into a fast break slam dunk to end Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Was it a choke? Maybe.

Garcon's Drop - The Colts don't give defense gifts. You might have the occasional Addai fumble, but a drop with nothing but open field ahead of Pierre in the 2nd quarter turned to be huge. We'll never know for sure, but it certainly looked like Garcon could have taken it all the way, or at least into field goal range. Unfortunate for what he'd been through the last three weeks.

Reggie Wayne Gave Up - Is it just me or did Reggie Wayne pack it in sometime in the 3rd quarter? His body language showed frustration. He seemed to give up on a couple routes and had a very bad drop on the Colts' last offensive play.

The Saints going for it on 4th and Goal? - WHY? Why would you go for that and not take the points?! I've told anyone who will listen, Sean Payton did the total opposite, went for it, ran a terrible play, and turned it over instead of taking the points and reducing the deficit to 4. For some reason the mighty mighty Colts couldn't pick up a 1st down and punted inside their own endzone. The Saints were able to turn it around to a field goal as time ran out in the first half.

Had the Colts gotten the first down and not left the Saints with enough time to kick a field goal, the Saints may not have kicked the onside kick.

The onside kick! I was on my way to my friend's house and heard the onside on the radio. Maybe one of the great Super Bowl plays and I missed it. But sometimes the best moments are heard over the radio at least that's what I'll be able to tell my kids.

In the end the Saints came back and outscored the Colts 31-7 after being down by 10. The Saints scores came from Pierre Thomas and Jeremy Shockey. You may hate Shocey's obnoxious, Chris Rock on steriods routine like I do, but you have to admit feeling good for him after missing out on the Giants run 2 years ago.

I don't know how I'll survive the next 6 months. But there are a lot of offseason stories that will be on going. Hey has Brett Favre decided to retire or not??