Rabalais: In a playoff atmosphere, Saints rise to the occasion
 

Maybe they all balance out in the end. Maybe somewhere up there in football heaven, Vince Lombardi and Pete Rozelle and Lou Saban (“They’re killing me, Whitey! They’re killing me!”) are keeping track on a giant scoreboard of the games that should have gone the other way but didn’t.

The New Orleans Saints should have won at New England last month. They had no business losing on the road to the New York Jets two weeks ago.

They should have lost at Tampa Bay on a storm-swept Sunday back in Week 2. And this Sunday they should have given one away to the San Francisco 49ers.

But they didn’t.

The ghost of Bill Walsh certainly tried to push the Saints over the edge. A muffed punt by Lance Moore set up the 49ers’ first touchdown. A Drew Brees interception set up the second. Corey White’s interception off a Colin Kaepernick pass was changed from a pick six into a touchback when an enraged Kaepernick chased him down near the goal line and forced White to lose control of the ball. The 49ers then chugged downfield for a field goal.

Back in the 49ers’ glory years of Montana and Rice and Lott and Clark, San Francisco would have gotten the full measure of the Saints team it used to torment twice a season in the old NFC West days.

But this season? Well, apparently not this season. This season continues to take on the trappings and feel of a special year for the Saints, all played out to a Destiny’s Child soundtrack, a feel good sensation to which New Orleans’ dramatic 23-20 come-from-behind victory could testify.

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I could tell me the TV that the dome was rockin'. Kudos to the fans and good job by the players encouraging and pumping them up as well.

Re: Rabalais: In a playoff atmosphere, Saints rise to the occasion
 

Disagree, White was trying to get the ball in both hands and dropped it, absolute amateur move.

Re: Rabalais: In a playoff atmosphere, Saints rise to the occasion
 

Yeah, but they have to give Tebow 2.0 credit when ever they can.

Re: Rabalais: In a playoff atmosphere, Saints rise to the occasion
 

Corey white nearly screwed us over big time, all the momentum went to the 9ers after that

Re: Rabalais: In a playoff atmosphere, Saints rise to the occasion
 

White might not even see the field if we were healthy.