I know the Panthers were really struggling, but it just doesn't make any sense at all to me. All it takes is an illegal contact, or defensive holding, or one missed tackle and the game is effectively over. In order to win the game, the Saints were going to have to make a defensive stop one more time. Why wouldn't they want that stop to come with as much time on the clock as possible?
Also, when did Drew Brees become Alex Smith? Dude was Captain Checkdown last night.
-YTC
the panthers did to the saints what the saints did to the giants
DONT LET ANYTHING GET BEHIND YOU
plus the panthers appear to be pretty good at open field tackling so that helps