and Manning made so many "wow" throws and reads the defense so amazingly well...
They lost the turnover battle 2-0 (if you count the onside kick)...pretty hard to win games like that...
I think the thing that really helped the Saints was the free timeout they got to stop Manning on that pick drive with that injury on the field...
Football truly can be a game of inches and that's exactly what that game was...
Both QB's played a great game...Manning threw one bad pass the entire game and it cost them dearly...but the fact he had to fight momentum all game long...it was a team loss. Plain and simple.
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