We are 40 days before Saint-Orleans saints Discover their regular season 2025 and the 40 yards of Garrett Hartley against the Vikings du Minnesota is our Holy Game of the day.
Now, a goal of 40 yards in itself is not too exciting. But this kick in particular had the highest issues of all the games in the history of the team. Hartley sent the saints to the Super Bowl XLIV by nailing his basket in overtime in the NFC championship match. He followed Sean Payton’s advice for Aim the black and gold flower of the team Amistering a banner between the amounts.
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It was one of the hardest games of recent memory. The score was attached four times and the saints defended the hammered the Vikings Infraction, taking advantage of two interceptions of Brett Favre and three lost escapes by Adrian Peterson, Percy Harvin and Bernard Berrian. The security of the Minnesota balloon turned out to be their fall when Favre launched its second interception in the last seconds of regulation; Tracy Porter chose it, preparing the way for its emblematic pick-six of Peyton Manning in the Super Bowl.
As for Hartley? His season at this point was wild. He had been suspended for the first four games and was inactive in the next seven competitions before being called to replace John Carney. He went 9 out of 11 on the goals on the field and 10 out of 11 on additional points in the last five games of the regular season of the team, but he launched things in the playoffs. Hartley was perfect on each of his goals on the ground (including three in the Super Bowl from distances of 46, 44 and 47 yards) and the 12 of his additional points are trying. It is not enough to say that the saints would not have won the Super Bowl Xliv without him. Without Hartley, they would not even have arrived there.
This article originally appeared on saints Wire: Holy Play of the Day: Garrett Hartley’s Eemblé of 40 yards of 40 yards
