Originally Posted by will76

Wouldn't say it cost them the game, a 50 yard FG is not a chip shot especially the way the FG kickers have been doing this year especially in the playoffs.

If not for that penalty, they would have ran the ball on 3rd down, likely got a yard or so, ran the clock down to 5 seconds and called their final time out and tried a 50 yarder.

The penalty took away their chance for a FG by running the ball on 3rd down. I don't think it matter that Farve threw the INT or if it would have been incomplete. Actually if it would have been incomplete there would have been about 14 seconds on the clock instead of 7. They would have been faced with a 4th and 15 from their own 38 yard line. I don't think they would have tried 55 yarder, you miss that you give the Saints the ball back at almost mid field with little time left. But who knows.....