We’ve got 99 days to count down until the New Orleans Saints kick off their 2026 regular season with a home game against the Detroit Lions, which means that Patrick Robinson’s 99-yard pick-six is the Saints Play of the Day. Robinson gave the team a rare spark in what had been a brutal 2012 season, which you can watch here.
With the Philadelphia Eagles (led by ex-Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick) driving down to the Saints’ goal line on Monday Night Football, Robinson stepped up to intercept a pass deflected off of tight end Brent Celek‘s hands. But he wasn’t done yet. Robinson went streaking down the sideline with a convoy of teammates blocking for him, covering 99 yards to put the night’s first points on the board.
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Talk about a tone-setter. Robinson’s heady play gave the Saints an early lead in a game that proved to be, well, not very competitive. The Saints took care of business against the Eagles in a 28-13 win in prime time. A few years later Robinson signed with the Eagles in time for their 2017 Super Bowl run, but he finished his career where it started by returning to New Orleans for a few years and retiring in 2020. It wasn’t quite the career anyone envisioned when the Saints drafted him in 2010’s first round, but Robinson ultimately did pretty well for himself.
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Week 2 at Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Sept. 20, Noon CT
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Week 2 at Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Sept. 20, Noon CT
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Week 3 vs. Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Sept. 27, 3:25 p.m. CT
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Week 4 vs. Atlanta Falcons, Monday, Oct. 5, 7:15 p.m. CT
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Week 5 vs. Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Oct. 11, Noon CT
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Week 6 at New York Giants, Sunday, Oct. 18, Noon CT
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Week 7 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (in Paris, France), 8:30 a.m. CT
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Week 8 on bye
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Week 9 vs. Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Nov. 8, Noon CT
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Week 10 vs. Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Nov. 8, Noon CT
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Week 11 at Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 22, Noon CT
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Week 12 at Cincinnati Bengals, Nov. 29, Noon CT
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Week 13 vs. Green Bay Packers, Sunday, Dec. 6, Noon CT
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Week 14 at Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Dec. 13, Noon CT
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Week 15 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Dec. 20, Noon CT
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Week 16 vs. Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Dec. 27, Noon CT
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Week 17 at Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Jan. 3, Noon CT
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Week 18 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, TBD
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This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Saints Play of the Day: Patrick Robinson’s 99-yard pick-six