We’ve got 99 days to count down until the New Orleans Saints kick off their 2025 regular season with a home game against the Arizona Cardinals, 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.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Saints Play of the Day: Patrick Robinson’s 99-yard pick-six