Saints' Devin Neal earned a game ball for his play vs Tampa

TAMPA — All this talk about ball security during a rainy game at Raymond James Stadium, and there was Devin Neal forgetting to secure the ball.

Thankfully for him, this was after a play. He was too caught up in the celebration after he caught the late signal from the referee that he’d scored his first touchdown of his professional career with the New Orleans Saints .

And, doubly thankfully, someone on the Saints equipment staff had the good sense to grab the keepsake for Neal’s collection. In fact, the rookie running back came away from Sunday’s win in Tampa Bay with a pair of mementos.

There was that game ball from his first touchdown — a three-yard plunge to cap an impressive tone-setting touchdown on the game’s opening drive — and there was the game ball he received from coach K