The Saints had one early drop and basically no other mistakes. They had a different defense every quarter to keep Peyton off balance. Greg Williams did a great job of switching things up. The onside kick was a great, gutsy move, but very calculated. Even if they don't get it, their defense had done well in the second quarter and it was a great time for that gamble. Porter was sitting on the route for his pick. He watched the Colts setup to do their bread and butter inside route, when he saw Wayne take go outside, that was the tell tale sign he was waiting for. He knew the next move was inside to get the pass that was about to be released. Porter stepped in, stole it, and sealed the ballgame.
Saints did their research and the Colts became a bit predictable. It was a closer game than the score reflected. Hats off to the Saints whose aggressive play foiled the conservative play of the masters of methodical, the Colts.
Peyton was good, but Brees was near perfect. The Saints o-line kept Brees upright the entire second half allowing him to be 29-32 after the first quarter. One was a drop, one was spiking the ball, leaving him with only one legit incomplete pass.
The Colts o-line played a good game as well opening things for Addai to gain 77 yards on just 13 carries.
Congrats Saints. Peyton, we need to see some more of your greatness in top games if you are going to go down as the greatest QB of all time. You will probably retire as the greatest regular season QB, but the playoffs have not been quite so great.
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