For the second straight year, the Saints season ended in overtime losing to 26-20 the Vikings after Kirk Cousins hit tight end Kyle Rudolph with the game-winning touchdown.
The Vikings will face the top-seeded 49ers in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon in the divisional round.The disappointing end for the favoured Saints came nearly a year after New Orleans lost in the NFC championship game to the Los Angeles Rams in a game marred by missed Rams penalties late in regulation.
"They brought all-out pressure and then Kirk made a great throw," Rudolph said. "Like I said, I’m just so proud of our guys. I’m proud of Kirk, blocking out the noise and coming down here and playing huge all game." Brees’ first turnover came on a deep throw downfield for Ted Ginn Jr. late in the first half. Safety Anthony Harris corralled the ball as he fell to the turf and then returned it 30 yards across midfield. That led to Cook’s first touchdown on a 5-yard run that gave the Vikings their first lead at 13-10.
But Everson Griffen’s sack of Brees on third-and-goal limited Minnesota’s damage to a 29-yard field goal.
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