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Marshon Lattimore cemented his place in New Orleans Saints lore on Sunday.

No matter what the Saints' rookie cornerback does from here, he will always have the Fanny Pick to fall back on, a legendary play that time will honor.

His wild, wacky, What Dat? interception will go down in history as one of the more memorable and important plays in Saints history, not just because it was the game-changing play of the Saints' 23-13 win against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, but because it went a long way toward securing the club's first playoff berth since 2013.



One day, Lattimore's miraculous interception will take its rightful place alongside Big Ben and Steve Gleason's blocked punt in the annals of this storied and bitter rivalry.

"It's the best interception I've ever had," Lattimore said. "I must be living right."

I don't know about best, but it certainly was the luckiest interception of Lattimore's career.

The ball should have been a completion. Lattimore was beaten on the play. His desperate dive was made in an attempt to tackle Marvin Hall, who was running free on a crossing pattern. But, as surely every Saints fan by now knows, Hall didn't catch the ball, instead tipping it high into the air, where it landed like a feather on a prone Lattimore's backside. And against all odds, it stayed there as Lattimore skidded across the turf. Quick-thinking free safety Marcus Williams helped steady the ball on Lattimore's backside with a desperate lunge before Lattimore alertly turned and corralled it, just before Hall and linebacker Craig Robertson could snag it.


"I've never seen one like that before," Williams said. "I knew it didn't hit the ground. When we saw the ball like that, all of us were trying to grab it. Big play. Momentum-changer right before halftime."

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