SLING DAT THANG JABOOO 🙌
72 YARD TD STRIKE TO HARRIS 🔥#WFTvsNO | 📺: FOX pic.twitter.com/3IE8SJrRL6
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) October 10, 2021
We’ve got 72 days to go until the New Orleans Saints kick off their 2024 season, which means Jameis Winston’s 72-yard touchdown pass is our Saints Play of the Day. The Saints visited the Washington Football Team back in 2021 after an uneven 2-2 start to their season. Winston hit wide receiver Deonte Harris (who later changed his last name to Harty) on a strike down the middle of the field, retaking the lead after the Washington Football Team scored first on a 45-yard field goal.
It was a big moment for Winston. The Saints’ first drive ended after he threw an interception to linebacker Cole Holcomb, so this was something like redemption. Alvin Kamara matched a Washington touchdown run with one of his own, and Winston put the Saints ahead at halftime with a 49-yard touchdown pass to Marquez Callaway.
New Orleans left town with a win, 33-22, going into their bye week with a much-needed 3-2 record. They won each of their next two games but the good times didn’t last. Winston was cut down by a season-ending injury and neither Trevor Siemian nor Taysom Hill were able to replace him under center (and the less said of Ian Book’s disastrous start during a prime-time game full of COVID-19 absences, the better). The season went poorly, sure, but there were still highlights like Winston’s long touchdown pass. And that’s worth remembering fondly.
