Barry from MS

OK, so Hartley made the greatest kick in Saints history, but that right there wasn't the only thing that shined for the special teams against the Vikings. Look at the return yardage from both teams...Saints Kick-off returns averaged 30.5 yds with a long of 61 (Roby) with another one of 40 (Thomas). The Vikings kickoff returns? 2 returns for 16.5 yds with a long of 17 yds as Morstead spanked the ball for a few touch backs to only allow 2 returns. Speaking of my boy Morstead, how about that 51.3 yd average on 7 punts with a long of 63 yds...zero touchbacks with FOUR kicks inside the 20. The Vikings punt returns averaged 5 yards per return, so give credit to not only him but to the coverage teams on both the kickoffs and punts.

The Saints won the field position all night, which I believe was vital for the success of our defense; the Vikings had a long field to work with the entire night, which gave the defense more opportunity to come up with 4 of the 5 turnovers. Our only gaffe was obviously the Bush fumble on the punt return, but the defense (with help from the Favre/AP connection) bailed out the special teams on that instance as the special teams set the defense up for success the entire night.

I'm so proud of our boys and so proud of being a Saints fan.