New Orleans Saints vs San Diego Chargers
Drew Brees vs Ladanian Tomlinson
The NFL returns to London with a match up between two teams with almost identical records at the beginning of this new season and I have a front row seat to see the action unfold...
The game finished 37-32 in favour of the Saints, the "home" team in these circumstances and they just about deserved it. It was a game of very little if any defense and a massive contrast to the virtual stalemate witnessed by an expectant Wembley Crowd the year before. The running back Ladanian Tomlinson, the greatest running back in the NFL at present and destined to be Hall of Famer according to many lost out to the impeccable Drew Brees. Brees is in sensational form this season with the Saints throwing for over 350 yards in this game and on course to blitz Dan Marino's record of most passing yards in a season, which stands at 5000 plus. This game once again allowed Brees to shine. Although his speed of thought and footwork combined with a steady yet arrow like arm to manouvere him away from possible danger on numerous occasions in a way that left me along with many of the other 80,000+ fans open-mouthed in astonishment.The game was perfect for the neutral and a great advert for the game in general, even culminating in a last second (literally) play for the Chargers, which from 50 metres could have won them the game, howevert, the word "incomplete" rang out and echoed throughout the stadium ensuring the Saints had clung on for a famous victory. An amazing day, which I will never forget an experience of not only world class sporting prowess but also entertainment wise. Stereophonics rousing the crowd with two pre-kick off songs before an excellent version of the US anthem from NeYo, which rang out across the terraces despite the obvious lack of US presence. Not even the horrendous weather or the woeful Joss Stone, who butchered God Save the Queen, I might add, could put a dampner on the day. Fireworks erupted from both sides but it was the rockets from Drew Brees which flew highest and shone ferociously across the Wembley skyline.
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