MINNEAPOLIS -- The New Orleans Saints locker room was nearly silent when reporters entered about 15 minutes after Sunday's game.
Players were still trying to digest what happened in the roller-coaster game that ended the Saints' season and stunned everyone involved with the franchise.
"I think we're all still a bit shell-shocked as to what happened there at the end," quarterback Drew Brees said.
For the first two quarters, the Saints played horribly as the Minnesota Vikings grabbed a 17-0 lead. Against the top-ranked Vikings defense, a Saints comeback was hard to fathom.
Somehow, New Orleans crawled all the way back by scoring on four of five second-half possessions.