10
Feb
2010
Tracy Porter’s Super Bowl Interception, Tecmo Bowl-style
Now that the dust has settled from Super Bowl 44, we would be remiss if we didn’t post one last Tecmo Bowl recreation for the season, from our Youtube friend MRNFL. This one captures the biggest play from Super Sunday, and possibly the entire season, as Tecmo Tracy Porter picks off Tecmo Peyton and races 74 yards for the game-winning score.
I’m not sure if I’ll ever get tired of these.
7
Feb
2010
Saints defeat Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV; Tracy Porter intercepts Manning to seal victory (video)
A picture says 1000 words (Photo: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images via ESPN.com)
The New Orleans Saints shocked the world and defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to win Super Bowl XLIV, and bring the Lombardi Trophy home to the city of New Orleans.
Trailing 10-0 at the end of the 1st quarter, head coach Sean Payton made a series of gutsy calls – including a failed 4th and goal attempt in the 2nd quarter and successful onside kick to start the 2nd half – that helped the Saints chip away at the lead and put themselves in a position to win.
Drew Brees went 32-39 for 288 yards, with two touchdowns and no interceptions to collect the MVP award, and the Saints defense came up big when it mattered to preserve the lead. The game winning-play came when Tracy Porter picked off Peyton Manning and brought it 74 yards to the house with 3:12 remaining.
WATCH VIDEO OF PORTER’S INTERCEPTION AFTER THE JUMP
24
Jan
2010
VIDEO: Brett Favre picked off by Tracy Porter; Saints win NFC Championship
Garrett Hartley kicks a 40-yard, game-winning FG in overtime of the NFC Championship(Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images via ESPN.com)
The New Orleans Saints eked out a 31-28 OT victory over the Minnesota Vikings for the NFC Championship in a thriller tonight. It was a back and forth contest, with both offenses taking shots at one another, until time finally ran out for one of them. But in the end, it came down to turnovers – Minnesota had 5, New Orleans just 1. Time and time again, despite moving the ball almost at will, the Vikings put the ball on the ground and threw away scoring opportunities when it mattered most.
At the end of regulation, with the ball in Saints territory, the Vikings needed only to run the clock out and attempt a last-second (albeit long), game-winning FG. Instead, on 3rd down, Brett Favre was intercepted by Tracy Porter on and ill-advised pass, saving the game for New Orleans.
CONTINUE AFTER THE JUMP FOR VIDEO OF PORTER’S INT
24
Jan
2010
CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY: Live Gameday Blog
(Photos via ESPN.com)
Well, the big day is here. Championship Sunday. Colts vs Jets and Saints vs Vikings for the right to play in Super Bowl XLIV. By now we all know the set-up. It’s time to shut up and play.
We’ll be following the game action all day long, and providing our ongoing thoughts in the comments section. Please join us, won’t you?
CONTINUE AFTER THE JUMP TO FOLLOW ALONG IN THE COMMENTS
16
Jan
2010
VIDEO: Reggie Bush leads Saints over Cardinals
Reggie Bush finally became the playmaker everyone expected him to be when he came to the NFL from USC today, scoring 2 TDs (1 rushing, 1 via punt return) and leading the New Orleans Saints to an impressive 45-14 playoff win over the Arizona Cardinals.
The first, and most impressive, of Bush’s scores came late in the 1st quarter, back when the game was actually still competitive. Watch as Reggie manages to break a tackle before putting on an amazing juke that sends defenders flying to break free for a 46-yd TD:
CONTINUE AFTER THE JUMP FOR VIDEO OF REGGIE BUSH’S 86-YARD PUNT RETURN FOR TD
7
Dec
2009
Robert Meachem & Saints strip ‘Skins of seemingly sure superiority
The Washington Redskins once again managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory yesterday, losing to the New Orleans Saints 33-30 in OT. The Redskins jumped out to an early lead, and were up 30-20 early in the 4th quarter before the wheels fell off. Just when you thought the Saints undefeated streak was going to come to an end, Redskins K Shane Suisham shanked a 23-yard FG with under 2 minutes remaining — a FG that would have given the ‘skins a two posession lead. That miss allowed New Orleans to tie the game in regulation with a 42-yd TD pass to WR Robert Meachem, and go on to win in OT.
But earlier in the game, Meachem made an incredible play that might have given us a hint that things weren’t going to go the Redskins way on this day. With less than a minute remaining in the first half, the Saints had the ball in Washington territory, trailing 17-10. On 3rd and 26, Drew Brees threw an ill-advised pass that was intercepted by Kareem Moore. It seemed like a spectacular momentum-shifter, one that would allow the Redskins to head into the locker room ahead, and to believe that the impossible was possible.
And then, this happened:
You’ve gotta hand it to Meachem on this one … he didn’t give up on the play, and made a spectacular individual effort. But this, along with the missed FG and a few other balls that bounced New Orleans’ way, had some people wondering if the Saints hadn’t employed some hometown voodoo on the proceedings:
“I don’t know about the voodoo, but I definitely believe in destiny,” said Drew Brees. “I believe in karma, and what goes around comes around. We’ve been on the other side of this deal probably too many times, and maybe it’s our time, that we start catching some of the breaks.”
19
Nov
2009
Jeremy Shockey scoffs at LeBron James’ football-playing abilities
(Image: Twitter.com)
There has been a lot of chatter recently about the notion that LeBron James could somehow help the Cleveland Browns on the football field this season. In fact, earlier this week, James said that he could be “really good” if he put his time & energy into it, and the Browns (seemingly jokingly) even entertained the idea of bringing him on board. And who could blame them, right?
Well, don’t try to feed any of that jive to Jeremy Shockey! The Saints TE made his feelings on the subject clear via his Twitter account earlier today. saying that James couldn’t “even make a practice squad”, and calling out his 40 time as proof. Now, we’re not sure why Shockey feels so threatened by King James, but it makes for good blog fodder on a slow work day, and that’s good enough for us!
UPDATE: Giants’ WR Steve Smith has weighed in on his Facebook page, saying that he wouldn’t want to have to defend James. Of course, Smith plays offense. So he somehow managed to make this even more of a moot point. Way to go, Steve.
(Image: Facebook.com)
As we previously noted, James was an All-State WR in high school, and Randy Moss even suggested that he could be a better pro than Antonio Gates. Continue reading after the jump for the latest ESPN segment that got Shockey so fired up.
6
Oct
2009
Bobby Hebert is not an impartial journalist
If you’ve ever spent time in a press box at a professional sporting event, you know that there’s a pretty standard unwritten rule that you’re not supposed to be outwardly rooting for either team while you’re in there. Something about standards of journalistic integrity, blah blah blah. And besides, most of these press guys are too busy stuffing their faces with free food and using their chubby index fingers to finish hunting & pecking their article in time for deadline to bother showing any real emotion.
But not former New Orleans Saints QB – and current sports radio host on WWL 870 in NOLA – Bobby Hebert. Nope. These rules do not apply to him. Check out this video of Hebert during Sunday’s Saints/Jets game, celebrating a defensive score by the home team (watch the play here):
The best part is watching Hebert’s fellow reporters cringe at his wild reaction to the play. Just classic.
No worries, Bobby. You’ll always have a special place in our heart, if only for the classic reference to the pronunciation of your last name by George Costanza in the “Big Salad” episode of Seinfeld.
[Via SlanchReport]
8
Jun
2009
Sean Payton’s movie idea is almost as bad as his play-calling
Sean Payton acts out a scene from "The Xbox Kid". The refs are unimpressed.
Nola.com reports that Saints head coach Sean Payton is currently shopping a movie screenplay around Hollywood. And this isn’t just another crappy re-hash of a 1970s TV series or something. Oh no. Get this:
The movie, currently titled “The Xbox Kid,” is about a boy from a poor family in New Orleans who starts controlling the outcome of NFL games through a refurbished Xbox given to him by his grandfather following a devastating hurricane.
Payton said the idea came to him when his son Connor would play upcoming Saints games on his Xbox during the 2006 season.
“I just wrote about four pages, piddling around with it,” said Payton, who later turned the idea over to a professional screen writer to flesh it out.
The best joke that I could make right here has already been made, so I’ll just re-print it (from the comments of the Nola.com article):
“Hope the kid doesn’t run a reverse to kill the clock.”
BAAHAAHAAHAA! Too funny.
CAA is currently shopping the script on Payton’s behalf, and let’s not kid ourselves, it’s more original than anything Hollywood has come up with in years. This thing is going to get picked up tomorrow.
Read on after the jump for an extended tirade on Sean Payton’s play-calling abilities.
24
May
2009
Shockey Rushed to Hospital from Vegas Pool Party
So this is the off-season training program that kept Shockey from attending workouts with the Giants?!? Got it. (Photos: TMZ)
Updated with Photos (5/25, 12:35pm ET)
TMZ has obtained these photos of Shockey at “Rehab” (the ironically named pool at the Hard Rock), right before he went down.
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Breaking news from Las Vegas tonight, as Saints TE Jeremy Shockey was rushed to the hospital and treated for dehydration, after passing out at pool party at the Hard Rock Hotel earlier this afternoon.
According to a report by the entertainment Web site TMZ, Shockey was found unconscious at around 2 p.m. at the Hard Rock Hotel and taken to a nearby hospital.
Sources at the hotel told TMZ that Shockey was at Rehab — the name of the Sunday pool party at the Hard Rock. The call went out to the Las Vegas Fire Department, and he was taken out via stretcher.
Paramedics tried to cover him up so onlookers — including a TV camera crew — couldn’t ID him.
A spokesman for the Saints said that Shockey was treated for hydration and released, and is apparently “in good shape”.
It’s good to hear that he’s okay, but Shockey is clearly not it good off-season partying shape. There are strict guidelines that go along with daytime drinking to maximize party longevity, and allow you to make it to the real party later that night. I mean … 2pm, dude?!? Come on!!! Unless he was up from the previous night partying with Vegas strippers and hadn’t slept at all (which is a very real possibility), there’s just no excuse for passing out that early. I hope somebody at least wrote on his face before they carted him out of there.
J.V. move, Jeremy. J.V.
