re: The Brees fumble...

The people crying, in particular, Falcons fans, need to give it a rest. Sure, it would have been a nice momentum swing had Detroit returned that for a TD, but they were outscored by 17 points, and the Saints could have put more on the board, not to mention the last Detroit TD was a garbage time TD when the game was out of reach at that point. That play would not have been the difference - even being early on in the game.

Let's also remember that the Saints turned it over twice, and on not one of the turnovers could the Lions get any points. I guess the refs were playing defense there?

I think it's funny the people who are crying about refs. I guess the refs left Meachum wide open, left Graham on the goal line with nobody on him, let Sproles run almost untouched into the end zone, left Henderson open streaking down the field, and couldn't tackle PT, etc. Seems to me anyone will find an excuse to say they lost for some other reason, not simply that they were outplayed. Refs are human, and calls will be missed from time to time. The refs didn't have anything to do with the outcome of that game.