
Deuce McAllister's win-sealing touchdown run is the Saints Play of the Day
You can see it for yourself right here. McAllister took a pitch to the left and fought through contact to break into the open field, and at that point it became a footrace. Seeing McAllister outpace the defenders chasing him the closer he got to the end zone is just impressive. You'd expect to see that gap tighten up, but McAllister proved to be too fast for them. Who knew the first-year pro had wheels like that?
Funny enough, this wasn't McAllister's first touchdown of the day. He threw a 12-yard touchdown pass early on to wide receiver Willie Jackson on a trick play, tying up the score at 7-7. So it's fitting that he put the game away himself in the final minutes, lengthening New Orleans' lead to 28-10 and becoming just the fourth non-quarterback in team history to score a touchdown as both a rusher and a passer in the same game.
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