Two years after Stefon Diggs' 61-yard, walk-off touchdown vaulted the Vikings over the Saints in the NFC divisional round, neither party is overly interested in discussing the "Minneapolis Miracle" ahead of Sunday's NFC wild-card game in New Orleans.
Saints coach Sean Payton said his players are "battle-tested" after back-to-back dramatic playoff exits, including last year's NFC Championship loss to the Rams, but he isn't going out of his way to use the loss at U.S. Bank Stadium as motivation. It may be regardless, because both teams' starters are largely unchanged.
"When that play happened a few years ago, the first thing we pointed to was it comes down to one play, yet we were third-and-1," Payton said Wednesday, "having an opportunity to get a first down there, we could've bled the clock down to three seconds really and kick that field goal.