Shit, I didn't know Brees' mom committed suicide in the same year his son was born. No wonder he was crying.
Also, Porter's pick wasn't just an instinctive play.
We knew that on third and short they stack (receivers), and they like the outside release for the slant," Porter said. "It was great film study by me, a great jump and a great play."
Manning also credited Porter with a great play. Porter knew the route the Colts were running, read it, picked it and ran it home for the game changer.
Also, because I'm seeing it under-reported, I want to point out again that the Saint kicker Garret Hartley made three very long FGs to keep the Saints close and make the win possible.
eta: Outcoached.
Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams talked about how and why the Saints threw different blitzes at Manning on that drive. “It’s kind of a set-up, and that was kind of the thought process of getting it to there. I’ve talked about the chess game. Anytime you play Peyton, you’ve got to be two, three, four, five plays down the road. That series of plays, trying to set up the route and hopefully set up the formation that they would call, it kind of fell into our place right there. It’s okay if we recognize it. It’s not okay if we don’t. Tracy Porter did a great job recognizing it, and our three linebackers did a great job of convincing me that the next time we got in that situation to call that pressure. (LB Scott) Shanle, Vilma and (LB Scott) Fujita suggested to me about three or four plays before that to make sure I come back to that pressure on that down and distance again. We were able to do that and Tracy saw that unfolding, he pulled the trigger and made a nice play. Players make plays like that, coaches don’t. I made the call, but Tracy made the play.”