right there, too. six yards per carry. he's averaged this season in the fourth quarter. >> cris: a little slot blitz they're showing. malcolm jenkins back out. >> al: to the left side. up to the 28 yard line. tra tackled there by curtis lofton. >> cris: well, that time, sometimes when you come down and fake a blitz, you end up getting cracked on the play as they come down inside here and fortunately for the saints, nice play by curtis lofton to get around that mess. >> al: second down and five. they give it to shady mccoy again. swings to the outside. steps out of bounds. moves the chains.

broke away from cameron jordan. >> cris: one of the unsung heroes is jason avant. he does this all the time. short motion and then comes in and makes a great one-on-one block on malcolm jenkins on the outside. just enough for mccoy to get the edge. >> al: the 26 yard line. that's incomplete. intended for jackson. covered by white. second down. >> cris: timing just off. but you have to understand now that desean jackson has them nervous. give corey white a chance and there's celek going off on the sideline as well. but settle down for nick foles. he has time to make that throw. they're giving desean jackson so much room now. >> al: on second and ten. sproles stepping up. this is jackson. seeking that first down stick. he's very close to it. turned his back upfield after he made the catch.

it is a first down. there's keenan lewis who has obviously been told he's not coming back into the game. >> cris: come across and set another little rub or whatever you want to call it, al. >> al: screen roll. bryce brown is in as the back here. faking to him. the pass is caught by cooper. cooper gets taken down by sweeting. but he picks up eight yards. it will be second and two. clock down to 6:30. still work on celek. >> cris: it's starting to look like the eagles offense now. there are holes in this new orleans saints defense. you just see it. we saw it during that one drive where they kind of start to get the rhythm going and now they're going to come up and press these wide receivers. they've seen enough of that. >> al: second and two. to mccoy. and enough for a first down.

unpiled at the 42 yard line of the saints. 6:00 left. >> cris: you're not going to survive long on the outside, though, with corey white and desean jackson one-on-one without getting a throw down there at some point. >> al: foles going deep downfield. and it's incomplete but a flag comes in. along with corey white. it will make it a first and goal off the pass interference. >> referee: pass interference, defense, number 24. automatic first down. >> cris: corey white had to know it was coming. great job by desean jackson. little move. here at the en, a veteran move. come back through the defender and you'll get the call. hands were pinned to his side. easy call.

no question about it. but nick foles deserves some credit as well. he looked off the safety to make it a true one-on-one situation down the field. i guarantee you he knew where he was going with that ball the whole time. >> al: first and goal. foles aid little slip to mccoy. no gain. foles maybe looking at himself to flip it back to mccoy. second and goal. >> cris: the good news is it would have been a forward pass. if it had hit the ground, it would have been incomplete. now it gets interesting. boy, you would love to run a little clock off and score a touchdown. first priority is getting this thing in. zach ertz, number 86, can be a major mismatch down the field on anybody. look at the bottom of the

to mccoy, caught, touchdown! zach ertz! >> cris: make them believe you're blocking and then come back out. nick foles looked to the outside. but knew where he was coming the entire time. will herring replacing haralson. too many holes in this defense. >> al: now for the lead, henery bangs it through. the rookie out of stanford had four touchdown passes during the regular season. big one here. eagles lead by one. life's an adventure when you're with her.

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here's darren sproles to run the pick back. on the outside and a big run back for him. a horse collar tackle by cary williams. >> cris: that's going to take the ball out to about midfield for brees to start the next drive. i tell you, there are bad penalties and good penalties. that wasn't a bad one. >> referee: horse collar tackle. kicking team number 26. 15-yard penalty from the end of the run. new orleans keep the ball, automatic first down. >> cris: boy you don't like to see this on the other side of the 50. that's a no brainer call. cary williams knew exactly what he was doing. drew brees would like to raise all the conversation about how they can't win in the cold and the playoffs and have about 48 yards to prove it. >> al: somebody talked about that this week.

the ball is at the 48. 39-yard return. 15-yard penalty. going nowhere. ingram. graham in on the tackle. the second down. second and 11. >> cris: that mychal kendricks comes flashing through there so fast that you end up uncomfortable as a running back. he just shoots the gap in here. it just -- by the time he bounces around, graham is there to make the play. >> al: second and 11. through the middle. look at that. robinson. khiry robinson, rookie free agent. won a job in pre-season. gain of 13.

>> cris: this time brian de la puente right here. going to get that one done. ru grubbs on the other side. if you can get a field goal -- >> al: the 36 yard line. 3:30 left in the fourth. ingram takes it away. to the outside. tackle will by ryan stays inbounds. in a perfect world for new orleans, what you do is you run the clock all the way down and then you kick the field goal. >> cris: yeah. but you've got shayne graham who has been perfect so far as the saints certainly want to be closer than 50 yards out. >> al: oh, yes you do. >> cris: you do not want to leave any time left.

their defense is hurting at this point. >> al: sproles is the back. second and seven. and that will be caught. stopped short of the first down is colston. now you have a huge third and one coming up on so many levels here. because if they convert and you really go to work on the clock, you make philadelphia use this time-out and they've used one right here. >> cris: that was the power of darren sproles right there. when he flashed wide, it left a huge gap in behind. i think that was connor barwin out there. you'll see him have to come up and play sproles. as he does, it uncovers colston down the field. >> al: each team was forced to use a time-out earlier in the half.

so they have one, do the eagles. and kelly figuring that new orleans was going to let the clock run down to the 2:00 warning. he takes it on this side. now you've got a gigantic third and one here. >> cris: it's really interesting if you don't convert at this point. are you willing to put your defense back up there protecting a two-point lead? >> al: the rookie robinson is the running back. brees is going to keep it himself and keeps those legs churning and gets the first down. he takes it to the 23 yard line. >> cris: it was going to be close until jed collins came in. not often you want to hit your own quarterback. he gave him a pretty good shot. he wanted to push him in the hole here. rugby scrum. >> al: so philadelphia took that time-out, but now they're down to one.

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>> al: we have 2:00 to go. the saints really have the eagles pinned in a box here if they can make the field goal. because they won't have to attempt it until there's 25 seconds left. philly has one time-out. second round play, third down play and run the clock down and hoping that graham can make it. what happens is we start from the 25 yard line on first down. give the ball the five-yard gain to khiry robinson. and philadelphia now takes its final time-out. coming up after the game, the wendy's post game report. michele on the field with the stars of the game. bob and tony will break it down. what a day in the wildcard round and a look ahead to the divisional round next weekend.

new orleans will go to seattle if they win this game. and face the number one seeded seahawks. philadelphia goes to carolina if they win. whoever goes wherever, the winner goes to the other city. >> cris: this is going to come down to shayne graham playing for his ninth team. replaced garrett hartley. shayne graham has had big misses in the playoffs. i remember in cincinnati, one in particular. so he's been perfect so far for the new orleans saints. but it is going to ride on his back unless they can pick up a first down here to make it even closer. >> al: second and six. and this is going to be khiry robinson taking it very close to a first down. take a look. the officials checking over at the sideline and vinovich is going to bring the chains in.

that stops the clock but only momentarily. they'll rewind it after they measure here. clearly right now in extremely makeable field goal range. here's robinson again. >> cris: up top here, the key block. ben watson working on connor barwin. i tell you, i can't get over sean payton. i'll never get over the fact he did the on-side kick in the super bowl. that was the greatest risk i've ever seen to get rewarded like that and probably won him a football game. even little things, khiry robinson, you put him in here in this moment and hand him the football. >> al: couple of links short of the first down. so they're going to wind the clock when they get the chains back on the sideline. that's going to take us down to about 1:07. 1:08 before they have to snap it again. graham is a guy who has been around so long, he was signed by

the saints as an undrafted free agent back in 2000. since then he's been around the world. >> cris: seen nothing but quarterback sneaks so far in this situation. drew brees, i've got to believe, jed collins is going to be in the game. they're going to do the old plow play one more time. >> al: so the saints milking it downment third and inches. robinson is the back. brees is going to do it himself again. that's going to be a first down. now you take it down to the point where you want to leave yourself an opportunity and not go down to like four seconds but maybe down to ten. in case you have a bad snap, just in case. you'll have a second chance at it. that's the only decision made right now by the saints at this point. >> cris: we've seen so many crazy plays. think back to the pittsburgh play and that crazy toss around

kind of thing that almost won them the game. ordinarily, i would say yes and maybe because you do have a kicker that's inexperienced on your football team, you may want to do that in this situation. >> al: they can take a time-out here. the saints do with 29 seconds. so it's first down. can run a play to exactly where graham wants it in temps of the hash marks. at this point, you're looking at an attempt of about 32 yards. brees in the first half, not much doing. two picks. one of which led to a touchdown for the eagles. came very much alive in the second half. keenan lewis was a big loss when he went out in the third quarter. foles went to work on that soft spot. touchdown there that put philadelphia in the lead. right now, philadelphia has watched the saints control the

ball for 4:30 minutes. and now they run one play before they send graham into the game. >> cris: most kickers prefer to be on the left hash if they're right-footed. we'll see if they run a play that way. >> al: do you want to leave yourself time for a botched snap is the only question. saints have another time-out left. so graham, who started that long odyssey with the saints in 2000 and then went to seattle and buffalo and carolina, cincinnati, baltimore, the giants, new england, washington. i mean, dallas, miami, the ravens again. houston, cleveland. you name it, he's been there. >> cris: now you're to that situation, this is an unusual play. i've learned some of these rules the hard way. you cannot spike the football. if you should bobble this, you can't take it and throw it on

the ground. you have to have a receiver throw it at his feet. could they get that off in time? my guess is no with just three seconds. >> al: mccown is the holder. if ever the eagles have a punt or a field goal blocked play, this is it. >> cris: saints started with 4:54 left on the clock. they're going to take it down to the end and the ball game comes down to this. pressure to snap it. mccown to hold it. and graham to try to send them to seattle from 32. right down broad street. and the crowd dead silent as the new orleans saints all week, it's going to be below freezing, might snow, no chance.

come in to philadelphia and win the game 26-24. >> cris: gatorade and it works. >> translator: swe >> al: sweat suits, the whole thing. >> cris: this is clutch. to come into a team in week 15 and have to make this kick to end the curse of all these road losses in the playoffs and let's give them credit. drew brees when it mattered most, for shayne graham, boy is that a good feeling. >> al: saints/seahawks next weekend. saints win on the road. their first road playoff win in the history of the franchise. the way chip kelly's rookie season ends. the wendy's post game report coming up next.

>> announcer: welcome to the wendy's post game report. here now, bob costas. the saints finally breakthrough on the road in the playoffs. they win it 26-24. it turns out this is the first time in nfl post-season history that on the same day two games were decided by two points or fewer. andy reid leaves philadelphia turns things around in kansas city. loses by a point in indy. his successor, chip kelly, loses by two points at home here for the eagles against the saints. michele tafoya is on the field with two of the stars of the game. drew brees and curtis lofton, the linebacker. here they are. >> michele: drew, congratulations. all week there was so much talk about getting that first road

playoff win, the cold. you got the new traveling sweat suits, the whole nine yards. truly, what was the mind-set of this team in that regard? >> honestly, nothing but confidence. we know the type of team we are, it's a matter of putting it all together. starts with the preparation. we had a great week of prep and believing in each other. ignoring what everybody else has to say. everybody else has an opinion. we know what we're all about. this was a great testament to that. coming on the road, hostile environment. one of the hottest teams in football. getting that big victory. defense played outstanding, offensively rushed the ball terrific tonight. came up with some big plays and won the game. >> michele: they made you earn everything. two picks in the first half. you mustered two field goals. came out in the second half very different. what changed? >> honestly, i think i tried to force too that i didn't need to in the first half. it was about being patient. we were running effectively. mix and match the short passing game and the down the field

shots. th big plays.of those, came up everybody played great. this was a total team victory today. >> michele: now you head to seattle. you know what it's like to play that. what are the challenges that place creates for a team? >> it's loud, crazy. they got a good thing going there. only lost one game there in the last two years. having been there less than a month ago, that serves us well, knowing what to expect, how to prepare for it. we'll need our best game that's for sure. >> michele: congratulations. >> thank you. >> michele: let's turn to curtis lofton. high scoring, explosive team. how did you rein them in? >> for us, we want to play discipline. discipline and tackle. we didn't want to give up nip big plays. you know, it's total defensive effort. >> michele: you finally get that road playoff one. how do you build on this? what do you take from this as you head to seattle next week? >> i think it adds to our

confidence. we've wf a confident bunch. getting this win in the cold and on the road. everybody said we couldn't do it, makes it that much more special. >> michele: i'm going to let you get warm. congratulations curtis. bob? our thanks to all of you. tony dungy from new york, has a reward for the first road win since before thanksgiving, this season and their first playoff road win ever, get to go back to seattle where they were blown out 34-7 a month ago. did new orleans show you anything tonight to make you believe they can beat the seahawks in seattle? >> they really did, bob. not just winning on the road but the way they won. they won without drew brees throwing for h400 yards. it was the running game, the defense and physical play that did it. and that's what they're going to need to go to seattle. i do think this is a confident team and they can learn from

that first time up there. they know they have to bring this same type of game. good physical running and defense. >> by the way, tonight's result which sends new orleans to seattle means that the winner of a likely ice bowl tomorrow between san francisco and the packers in green bay will then move on to carolina to play the panthers. this afternoon, andrew luck and the colts put together the second large he's comeback in playoff history. they rallied from 28 points down in the second half to somehow beat the chiefs 45-44. what did you see, tony, from andrew luck in his first playoff victory today? >> i thought it was outstanding today. i know a couple of the coaches on the colts staff and then say no matter what happens, andrew luck is always upbeat. today he throws his third pick. they fall behind by four scores. but he never got down and wouldn't allow his teammates to get down. he kept making plays, running the football, throwing it. this is going to give them a great deal of confidence whether

they go to denver or new england. they understand, even if they're behind with andrew luck, they can make things happen, they can win in the second half of games. i just thought this was a watershed game for luck. >> tony, as always, thanks a lot. to follow all the storylines this week, don't miss pro football talk with mike florio presented by chevrolet. that's at 5:30 on weekday afternoons and live during super bowl week. the final score, saints 26, eagles 24. al and cris, back to wrap it up after this. what if other chicken sandwiches could dream... asiago ... over here.. asiago... oh asiago, over here... asiago we love you. asiago, stop! wooo... a-si-a-goooooo! dream on little chicken, cause there's only one wendy's asiago ranch chicken club... with rich asiago... thick cut bacon... and cool 'n creamy ranch.