Saints earn miraculous win over Bucs

The Saints battled back yesterday with Drew Brees orchestrating a miraculous last minute
five-play drive culminating with Garrett Hartley's 27-yard game-winning field goal
vaulting the Black & Gold past the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a gut-wrenching 16-14 victory.
The teams kicked off yesterday at 3:05, but the game was halted shortly there after for one hour
and nine minutes due to lightening strikes in the area.
Tampa Bay probably felt like they were hit by lightening as they missed a 47-yard field
goal holding a 14-13 advantage with just 1:06 to play, setting up Brees and Hartley for their
last minute heroics to push the Saints to 2-0 at the top of the NFC South standings.
For the second consecutive week, the defense got the job done, giving up just 273 yards to the
Bucs. The Saints' 'D' has only allowed 31 points in two games after giving up an average of 28
points per game last year, becoming the worst statistical defense in the history of the NFL.
It would appear after the first two wins this year's defense under Rob Ryan has the talent and
character to turn things around. 
It's only two weeks into the season, but the Saints' defense is pulling its weight to this point, and has actually kept the Saints in both games, having a shot to win.When the offense gets in high-gear things should be interesting.
Brees, 26-of-46, passed for 322 yards with a score, but was intercepted twice and one was
returned for a TD with all 14 points coming off those turnovers.
Brees was on target when it counted on the last minute game-winning drive including a clutch 31-yard hook up to Marques Colston, who drew single coverage and made a nice over-the-shoulder reception on a perfectly thrown ball by Brees, setting up Hartley's game-winner. Brees hustled the Saints to the line of scrimmage and spiked the ball with five seconds left.
Jimmy Graham had a career day, finishing with 10 receptions for 179 yards, doing most of his
damage in the first half. He caught a 54-yard scoring strike from Brees.
The Saints return to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome this week hosting the Arizona Cardinals, who
downed Detroit 25-21.