WHO DAT! Garrett Hartley sends Saints to 1st ever Super Bowl appearence..
Written by The Go-To-Man Mattie T. on January 24, 2010
Brett Favre had a chance to make his first Super Bowl appearence in 12 years, but a late interception forced overtime, where Garrett Hartley’s 40-yard field goal gave New Orleans a thrilling 31-28 win.
Despite giving up 475 yards on defense, the Saints forced the Vikings into five turnovers, including a pair of Favre interceptions with his team in New Orleans territory.
Adrian Peterson finally broke the 100-yard mark for the first time in 9 games, but had a critical exchange handoff failure with Favre near halftime that led to a Minnesota turnover after Reggie Bush’s muffed punt set the Vikings up with 1st & Goal.
Despite only completing 54.8% of his passes & throwing for just 197 yards, Drew Brees threw touchdowns to three different Saints to finish with a 106.5 rating.
While the questions will begin to surround Favre regarding a possible 3rd retirement from football, New Orleans is headed to South Florida for a Super Bowl XLIV matchup with Indianapolis, as Peyton Manning will attempt to beat his hometown Saints.
I will be working on my extensive Super Bowl Preview, which will be up on Saturday, February 6th.
