We've reached Day 37 in our countdown to the New Orleans Saints' season opener, which means this 37-yard touchdown pass from Drew Brees to Alvin Kamara is our pick for the Saints Play of the Day. Facing fourth down in the fourth quarter back in 2018, against the defending Super Bowl champions, Brees and the Saints went for broke on a shot downfield with Kamara running a wheel route. You can find it right here
.It was a gutsy call, and it led to Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins delivering a rude hand gesture to his old coach Sean Payton after Kamara beat him for the score. That moved the tally from 38-7 to 45-7, in a game the Saints ultimately won 48-7. That 41-point loss was the worst margin of defeat suffered by a defending Super
Bowl winner in modern NFL history.
Payton faced questions about running up the score on a down-and-out Eagles team after the game, but he pointed out that it's still the NFL, and you've got to play hard and compete for all sixty minutes. Just one year earlier the Saints nearly blew a 45-10 lead against the Detroit Lions, who clawed their way back into a 45-38 slugfest with five minutes remaining. This time, he wasn't taking any chances, even if it left Jenkins malding on the sideline. That Kamara caused a stir by trash talking the Eagles before the game, only to back it up with a definitive touchdown catch? That's just a cherry on top.
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