Game Analysis: 4th Down Power Chug
Propelled Key Play

"I could feel the Miller Lite...flowing through my veins," said Thomas.

METAIRIE PRACTICE FACILITY—Monday Morning Quarterbacking continues following the Saints 31-28 victory over the Vikings, but Coach Sean Payton knows where the credit for the franchise’s first Super Bowl berth belongs.

“I want to publicly thank Terrance Everheart of the 2800 block of Annunciation Street for calling for the Fourth Down Power Chug that turned the tide of this game,” Coach Payton said on Tuesday.

The Everheart-led Power Chug occurred on a critical fourth-and-inches play with 12:41 left in overtime. The play, a handoff to running back Pierre Thomas, picked up the first down, but just barely.

“I’ll admit it, we were tired out there,” said Coach Payton. “But somehow Terrance and eight of his friends continuously chugging beers from the time that the huddle broke to the time that the whistle blew the play dead gave us the power up we needed to get the job done.

“We executed the play, but they executed the Power Chug,” said Thomas. “It was as if I could feel the Miller Lite they were drinking flowing through my veins, giving me strength and power.”

“They say football is a game of inches,” Payton said. “But I know, and Mr. Everheart knows, sometimes it’s a game of fluid ounces.”

Reached for comment late Tuesday, Everheart said: “Drinking alcohol and cheering for the Saints are two of my fondest pastimes. I was happy to be able to combine these two passions to help my team and my city.”

While he made no promises about when he may again use his God-like power to alter the outcome of a sporting event, he promised that he will “continue to drink alcohol and cheer for the Saints” for the “foreseeable future.”