Only in August do you get the first tie since 1972… and still leave the stadium with everyone talking about something else entirely. But rather than fixating on “ the first tie in 53 years ,” the spotlight snapped to one sequence: Spencer Rattler’ s interception on a familiar call, and who Kellen Moore and Rattler assigned the blame to afterwards.

Spencer Rattler didn’t duck away from the question, and neither did Kellen Moore. As Mike Triplett reported, both admitted the pick came on a concept they’d run “ multiple times ,” with Moore conceding it was “ probably one too many .” They thought the slant look was there, but Mason Tipton read it differently. That’s what cost them.

The play took place in the fourth quarter, with the Saints down by eight. Rattler was driving the Sa

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