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Kromer says the Black and Gold will enjoy the victory and then move on.
Opening remarks: “Obviously (it was) a good win for the New Orleans Saints, for the fans, the ownership and the guys that were in visiting tonight that weren’t allowed to be on the sidelines. It’s a historic night, Drew Brees breaking Johnny
Horn’s 50 touchdown receptions record. It was just a good night all around.
“I’ve stood up here for four weeks and talked about the team staying together. I’ve talked about guys not giving
up and getting better. I said we were close; we had to get over the edge. We brought our climbing shoes to walk
to climb that mountain and we did it tonight. It’s just one game but it’s a monkey off our back and it’s a good
night for a win with all these historic records being broken. I am happy for our team and I am happy for
everyone involved, but it’s just a start.”
On struggling a little in the third quarter but getting the level back up in the fourth: “Every game has ebb and
flow. We didn’t come out at halftime as strong as we liked, but we trusted ourselves and we trusted each other
to overcome that and play very strong in the fourth quarter to win that game. You look at the touchdowns that
we score, but you have to give credit to our defense today getting pressure on the quarterback. He (Philip
Rivers) had a hard time standing in there and throwing the football. As the game went on and we watched that
last drive, the front four did a wonderful job getting after the quarterback and that is what made a difference in
the game.”
On the momentum swing with the roughing the passer call reversing the Drew Brees interception: “There is
such a fine line between a successful play and a failure and obviously with the pressure he (Brees) had in his
face that is why he threw that ball poorly. He wouldn’t do that if he wasn’t (under pressure) and the foul
obviously caused that ball to be thrown like that. I am proud of the team, the organization and Mr. Benson for
just staying strong and understanding that this thing was a slow process to start, but we really feel like we are
going to get this thing together. We get a week off next week, get some rest with the bye week and continue this
thing moving on.”
On Pierre Thomas injecting life into the team tonight: “Pierre Thomas has a tendency to inject life into a team.
You throw him a screen pass and he does a great job of setting up the blocks. You hand the football to him and
he will make guys miss and gain yards after the first hit. He has been a good player for us and we have to
continue to get him the football.”
On what this win will do moving forward: “We’ve talked about it for the last three weeks and as we talked with
the team we knew we were close. We knew we were close to getting a win and there were little things hurting
us. We talked about coming out and playing more physical than the other team today and letting the score
happen. When you watch the pass rush at the end of the game and you watch the guys battling up front on both
sides of the ball, we play physical and got us a win.”
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