Things looked rough early on, but it didn’t take the New Orleans Saints very long to rally back against the Detroit Lions. After an opening play pass from Drew Brees was deflected and intercepted, setting up a Lions touchdown to go up 14-0, the Saints kept their cool and went to work.
They scored 35 unanswered points, and cut the Lions rally off short of a comeback. The final score was 35-29, but it wasn’t nearly that close for most of the afternoon.
First, the good: the Saints offense finally got into gear with several big gains through the air, including pickups of 29 yards (to Alvin Kamara), 25 yards (to Emmanuel Sanders), and 20 yards (to Tre’Quan Smith, who scored two touchdown receptions).