Finally some football.

[Colts And Orioles]

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Drew Brees just had an Eli Manning-like brain freeze just now.

On 3rd and goal from inside the Buccaneers' 5 yard-line and only 8 minutes left to play in the 4th quarter, the Saints were up by 14 points. Brees threw a risky pass that had no chance of being completed. Aside from the fact that it could have been picked off, the incompletion stopped the clock.....saving the Buccanners about 30 seconds on the clock.

Brees needed to EAT THE BALL, and keep the clock running. There is very little difference between a 20 yard field goal attempt and a 28-yard field goal attempt, which is what it would have been if Brees had simply taken the sack. Keeping the clock running was the top priority in that situation, not saving 7 or 8 yards for the field goal attempt.

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