Saints Beat Cowboys 34-31 In Wild Overtime Finish

The Saints blew a 14-point 4th quarter lead but managed to escape Dallas with a win after a wild overtime ending.

After missing his first field goal attempt earlier in the game, Garrett Hartley nailed his next two, including the overtime game-winner, as the Saints held on in Dallas to beat the Cowboys 34-31.

The Saints finished with 562 total offensive yards, the 5th most ever in franchise history while Marques Colston quietly racked up 153 yards and Darren Sproles added another 152 through both the ground and air.

On the other side of the ball, the defense took a step backward today after displaying steady improvement in the second half of the season and shutting out the Buccaneers last week. Pass coverage was atrocious, most noticeably by Patrick Robinson, as Dez Bryant had a field day with 224 yards and 2 TDs.

Source: SBNation.com

 

anyone who gets 'stopped' offensively by the saints defense 7 times in 1 game (between turnovers and punts) deserves to lose. people will put this loss on the boys defense but any team that lets the saints D stop them 7 out of 12 drives lost the game on offense.

 

Agreed. I know this sounds terrible to say, but I was hoping we would lose. I want Garrett gone.

 

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Not going to happen. All the injuries on defense will be the excuse.

 

dez showed up in a big way, shame it didnt pan out.

 

Only way he leaves is if jones lures peyton away from the saints.

 

I find myself enjoying cowboys losses more and more these days. I liked the cowboys alot when I was little.

I think its a mixture of Jerry Jones and Romo

 

Yea it might be the excuse but it wont be the real reason. The last few games show that this team can get fired up and play at times. But they keep getting themselves behind the 8 ball. They have to stop making excuses and except its time for new blood.

And SteveRobWhatever that exercise gif is VERY distracting lol.

 

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