With Brees completing passes at about a 75% rate, it was a good gamble. Especially since they would be expecting a run. The second pass was a touchdown without the hold/PI/helmet to helmet non-call, and a first down without the offsides non-call.
‘The second pass was a touchdown without the hold/PI/helmet to helmet non-call’
yes, and since we’re speculating, we can say that had the defender merely looked for the ball as he is trained to do, he would have intercepted...