Falcons ignore Gleason's advice, and Alex Okafor comes up with a punt block
 

Either he was watching or someone alerted him to what happened, but Steve Gleason made sure to remind the Atlanta Falcons after Alex Okafor blocked a Matt Bosher punt midway through the third quarter of the New Orleans Saints' 43-37 overtime win.

"Uhhh. Hey @AtlantaFalcons - #NeverPunt," Gleason tweeted.

It was Gleason who famously blocked Michael Koenen's punt in the Saints' first post-Hurricane Katrina game at the Superdome, and while this one did not have the same historic feeling, it did come at a big moment in this Week 3 contest, giving New Orleans great field position in a game it trailed 21-16 at the time.

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Okafor was on the field because the Saints called a safe punt return.

"Our special teams coaches put me in the package and basically they told me I can go rush -- I don't have any responsibility but to rush on that package," Okafor said. "That's what I did. On punt, you get linebackers and tight ends, I'm going to go rush against them."

Sure enough, Okafor was rushing against rookie linebacker Foye Olukun. Okafor got his arm under Olukun's block attempt and got the edge. The whole point during the rush is to win against the blocker, then find the punter.

"You've got to win," Okafor said. "I got to the block point and I saw the punter hadn't had it out yet, so I'm right in his lap. I could've blocked it with my knee."

The blocked kick was recovered by Craig Robertson and returned to the Falcons' 16-yard line. A few plays later, Cameron Meredith scored an 11-yard go-ahead touchdown.

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Re: Falcons ignore Gleason's advice, and Alex Okafor comes up with a punt block
 

Communication issues from the box??? I can't believe that they didn't get the message! Maybe it was the pumped in crowd noise that confused them.

Re: Falcons ignore Gleason's advice, and Alex Okafor comes up with a punt block
 

Duh ! Robertson comes up with the ball. I think it's time to let him back on the field and out of Payton's doghouse.