The New Orleans Saints remained undefeated today after an improbable 33-30 comeback win in overtime against the Washington Redskins.

Drew Brees and Co. moved to 12-0 on the strength of several -- deep breath here -- lucky plays, including Redskins placekicker Shaun Suisham's blown 23-yard field goal in the waning moments of regulation.

There was also a shanked punt from Saints punter Thomas Morstead that turned into a 26-yard gain after it doinked off a Redskins player and an overtime review of a fumble that set up the game-winning field goal.

But, perphaps the most strange and fortuitous was the touchdown scored by Saints wide receiver Robert Meachem.



Here's the descriptive prose, if you're more into that type of thing.

Facing third-and-26 at the Redskins 44, Brees backpedalled under pressure and threw a desperation pass deep over the middle toward Jeremy Shockey in triple coverage. Kareem Moore dived over Shockey's back to make an interception, rolled over, got up and ran 14 yards before Meachem simply took the ball away from an upright Moore and started running down the sideline -- high-stepping 44 yards for the team's ninth return touchdown of the season, tying the game at 17 with 22 seconds left in the first half.

No word yet on how noted Redskins fan and Sports Pros(e) writer Craig Newman is doing, but we're all hoping for the best.