Saints Marching Into Super Bowl After Beating Vikings In Overtime, 31-28

For more on the Saints, head to SB Nation’s Canal Street Chronicles, where the celebration is ongoing.

Video of Garrett Hartley winning the NFC Championship against the Vikings, sending the Saints to the franchise’s first ever Super Bowl.

It’s only been a quarter, but we know this much: Brett Favre and the Vikings are hitting on all cylinders. The Saints defense? Not so much. Favre and the Vikings went 48 yards in 10 plays, culminating with a 5 yard touchdown pass from Brett Favre to Sidney Rice.

Who dat? Apparently, Adrian Peterson thinks he gonna beat dem Saints. The Vikings opened the game with a 10-play, 80-yard drive, resulting in a 19-yard Peterson touchdown run. Brett Favre was 6-for-7 with 47 yards and the Vikings never had to deal with a third down. Though, his Playing Like A Kid measurement was only a 17.2 -- hopefully he works on that.

Just a little more than three minutes later, the Saints answered, tying the game 7-7 when Pierre Thomas took a screen pass 38 yards down the right sidelines for a touchdown of their own.

Remember, if you’re planning to watch Sunday’s NFC Championship at home, by yourself, you’re never really alone, not with SB Nation Live Game Threads!

Our Saints blog, Canal Street Chronicles, has their pre-game Open Thread up and running. The general feeling over there seems to be “nervous.” Stop by and join in the fun!

If the Vikings want to win Sunday, a sound idea is to examine what other teams have done to beat the Saints. Our Vikings blog, Daily Norseman, has done just that. First, they examined the Saints’ loss to the Cowboys, and found that the Cowboys won because they built an early lead, shut down the running game, and pressured the quarterback.

For the rest of the story, check out the breakdown at Daily Norseman.

What weakness of the Vikings are the Saints going to exploit?

What weakness on the Saints will the Vikings go after?