The New Orleans Saints stole Christmas, and in turn, their identity back from the Minnesota Vikings in Christmas Day’s 52-33 victory.
It goes without saying that New Orleans needed this win for a myriad of reasons; instead of a third straight loss, an offensively (pun very much intended) flat start, and a completely out-of-sync offense, we saw the exact opposite. And it couldn’t have come at the hands of a better opponent.
Besides the disappointing fact that Marcus Williams was ultimately ruled inactive, the Saints desperately needed to exorcise whatever demons held a stranglehold on them in Minnesota.