Saints owner Tom Benson said his team’s second-half comeback to win the game 46-34 shows that “our team is really a team.”
Saints QB Drew Brees surprised a lot of observers by dunking the ball over the crossbar after his second rushing touchdown of the game.
Saints S Darren Sharper’s 42-yard interception return for a touchdown was the 11th of his career, one behind all-time leader Rod Woodson.
Saints TE Jeremy Shockey got the better of Dolphins S Yeremiah Bell and had four catches for 105 yards.
The first offensive drive of the game ended with no points, a first for the Saints this season.
Said Dolphins NT Jason Ferguson, “It’s demoralizing. You’re trying
to push forward and make a play. You’re trying to get your momentum
back. It was there for us to take, and we gave them a chance to get
back in the game.”
Dolphins QB Chad Henne struggled in the second half, completing 11 of 26 passes for 149 yards.
When the Dolphins called a timeout just before the half, the Saints decided against kicking a field goal and scored a touchdown which jumpstarted their comeback from a 24-3 hole.
Edwin Pope of the Miami Herald thinks that the Dolphins choked, but that doesn’t mean the Saints weren’t the better team.
Dolphins WR Ted Ginn had as many drops as catches — two of each — and may be seeing less opportunities going forward.
For more on the Saints and Dolphins, Mike Florio has the full Morning Aftermath right here.
Congrats to the Saints. They are the better team and i’ll be rooting for them to win the superbowl.
Miami flat-out gave this game away. Poor Henne – his numbers don’t look good, but by little fault of his own. His receivers had 9 or so flat-out drops, and one of those INT’s was due to the fabulous Ted Ginn bobbling a pass right into Sharper’s arms.
We need to get Henne some real WR help, or else this team will have to hope screen passes to 5’10″ Wr’s that weigh 180 pounds will work from here on out.
I agree with taxasPHINSfan. Miami gave the Saints every opportunity they needed to come back and the Saints capitalized on every mistake. The difference here is the Saints proved they’re a good team by seizing the opportunity when presented instead of 4 and out.
I happened on a commentary by former Saint’s runningback Hokie Gajan. That was back in the day I tell ya. ’81 – ’86.