Sean Payton was all of us after that game:
“Holy cow.”
Indeed.
“Some games go in a direction you think they are going to go,” Payton added. “Obviously that one went in a much different direction. We did enough and made enough plays in the end to win.”
It was an unusually succinct opening statement from the head coach who seemed as exhausted — and baffled — as the rest of us.
A low-scoring, defensive-minded, run-the-ball, sustain-long-drives kind of game seemed the likely strategy. Vegas had the over/under point total at 41.5.
In hindsight, betting the under would have just been embarrassing.