MINNEAPOLIS -- The New Orleans Saints came back from the dead in Minnesota -- twice, really -- if you count the way they rallied from their lousy Week 1 loss to the Vikings and their lousy first half in Sunday’s divisional playoff game.
But all it got them was an even more painful finish to the 2017 season than anyone could have imagined.
The Saints’ season ended with a stunning, staggering 61-yard touchdown pass from Minnesota’s Case Keenum to Stefon Diggs as time expired for a 29-24 Vikings victory that sent them on to the NFC Championship Game next Sunday in Philadelphia.