The Detroit Lions in Record Fashion By New Orleans Saints

New Orleans (14-3) Posted Detroit Lions 45-28 on Saturday night, the Superdome Mercedes-Benz and create a common understanding of the playoff game next week in San Francisco.

It should be an exciting duel, soft, or the best defense in the NFL with the 49ers is the undisputed best of the offense Saints. Stressed the divine nature of the Lions, a handful of breaking the NFL record 626 yards and record in the playoffs the team was broken, he had been since 1963.

Such firepower overwhelmed by Detroit (07 tenths), who played quite well in his first appearance on the game since 1999 and had the game in the third quarter. Lions now look to build a successful franchise campaigns for years, but the Saints went back to the continuation of the Super Bowl.

49ers with three starting defensive front seven NFC Pro Bowl list of players, but the Spirit is a seemingly endless series of weapons in the attack. It is night, when the stars of some of the Spirit seems to be a dangerous time, errors and recovery of the defective quality of the opponent, but more than 40 points for the fourth straight game.

Quarterback Drew Brees, for example, set aside, it's probably closed and fumbled for the second quarter, once the bag Santo. But he ended up filling 33 43 466 passing yards and three touchdowns. During the process, he broke the record for passing yards in a NFC wild-card game, and 77 percent of graduates was 71.2 percent higher than its regular season record.

Similarly, a wide receiver Marques Colston and Robert Meachem had a nervous breakdown in the first half, the Saints Colston search ylenkatsotte first record following the 7-0 team, and Meachem long pass that went straight into the hands of others, inexplicably. The first two errors, and lost a lot of graduates, Colston caught seven passes for 120 meters and 111 meters from Meachem catches, 56 yards hit in the middle of the fourth quarter, which blew the game open 38 -21 to New Orleans for good.

Such a prolific passing attack is possible, a strong current match. Work with the defense that prides itself on the strength of a line, hammered 167 meters from the Saints, Pierre Thomas and Darren SPROLS it looks better.

Later, Meachem said the Saints finally throw their first round playoff loss to Seattle on the road last season.

"We can not stop now hear," Colston said after his first play, the game has received more than 100 meters.

Turn the product on Saturday night was a great personality and a team approach to Detroit is the correct identification of the team according to Meachem.

"This way of thinking for us to just go and have fun and play football," he said. "Do not be so tight. I just wanted to come back to us. "

Coach Sean Payton noted that contains a healthy dose of physical and mentality.

"We tip our hat to Detroit to come here and play their guts," said Payton. "It was a good win for us and good football in the second half. We had some excellent effort plays. I thought tons yards after contact. We had a great rotation, these three guys. I am very happy with the balance, and we overcame two turnovers in the first half. "

In fact, the final minutes last only appeared in a wide success. Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford, who finished 43 times 28 380 meters and three touchdowns and led the Lions took the opening of 80 yards to eight plays, ending 10-yard touchdown and tight end will go to Heller, that made the score 7 -0.

Saints scored on two-yard carry with SPROLS points, but the Lions responded, taking 14-7 lead 9:11 remaining in the second quarter 13-yard Stafford is a wide receiver Calvin Johnson.

Johnson, Payton announced that the receiver and the other is the best football, but strangled Detroit, visited New Orleans last month, responded to the hype Saturday, gaining 211 yards on the 12th, and adding a second point 12-yard fourth quarter.

At that time, but the game was decided.

New Orleans eliminated the deficit from 14 to 10 part-time. John Kasay kicked a 24-yard began as prescribed in the first half, the Saints have 1 / 4 to 14-play, 78-yard run to score, which appeared in the catches hit Colston was nonexistent, "After the tests more. "

"We made big plays, especially in the second half, and it is encouraging," said Payton. "I am pleased with how we can protect the ball in the second half."

Perhaps none of the plays are much higher than the 41-yard pass from Brees threw it into the receiver Devery Henderson to open the second half gave the Saints a lead they did not give up.

"How can we returned, which demonstrates our commitment," said Colston. "We knew, from two sales were at halftime that if we could just go ahead and do what we must do to start the second half, we would all be good."

Brees of the Saints three-yard high-end Jimmy Graham stretching the lead to 24-14 with 4:03 remaining in the third quarter and seemed about to cruise to easy victories, but Stafford and the Lions continue to fight.

Instead, the Lions touchdown run with 80 yards. The key piece was a rainbow of 42 yards for Stafford, began a furious race. Ball arc to the left and safety Malcolm Jenkins, Johnson won the ball in stride and assembled two-yard line. When the Lions have met twice in the middle of Stafford, he retired, and just pass the ball to the goal line pylon when his knee hit the points that made the score 24-21 going to the fourth quarter.

However, the Spirit took the trenches. Lions in front of a huge four, which has become a defensive tackle Suh Ndamokung back when he was the first match, due to the postponement, it can not Brees dog.

"They gave us a certain part of the first half," Payton acknowledged. "There are times when Drew is back in place, some of the bags, but we started to win the game took some of the battles."

Saint dominance was reflected in the whole front of the fourth quarter. SPROLS scored on 17-yard run 9:58 left to give back to the cushion 10 points the Saints 31-21. SPROLS and Thomas is probably motors to drive, Brees, or catch the ball in the fifth month, 14-play.

Back Corner Jabari Greer, who attacked the Lions throughout the game, got his revenge on the Lions to play first, listening to a passport Stafford launched a severe stress, defensive end Will Smith. Five plays later, Brees found Meachem wide open on the left and connected to a 56-yard was 38-21 with 7:39 remaining.

Another rating system? Johnson touchdown catch and a second 1-yard by Thomas one? only added to the final result, and helped push him 59 points on the spread set by Las history of NFL playoffs over 1.3 Vegas.