We had no run game because the Panthers sold out to stop the run. Were you not watching the game. Drew was facing 9 in the box all game, and sadly for the Panthers (and good for us) Drew is one of the best when facing a pass rush. Pick your poison, but don't be upset when it comes back to bite you.
No doubt though, we were all standing up during the Panthers final drive (nobody was sitting with a viewing part of 40 ppl). Cardiologists in this town are going to be swamped with business for the next few days.
Props to the Panthers (except for sCam). They played hard, and gave the Saints eveything they could handle. This was unlike the lopsided Falcons/Saints matchups, and fairly called. That was intentional grounding, and that was an int. Can't home the Saints or the refs for Panthers players having brain farts.
I am nervous about the Vikings, but make no mistake about it, the Vikings took the Saints out of the playoffs in 2001, and they took the Saints out of their first ever playoff game way back in 1988. The Saints still owe the Vikings another loss.