I don't know about you but I just can't seem to shake visions of Marshawn Lynch darting through the Saints defense like swiss cheese. Put simply, the play is haunting me. 

But I believe in facing your fears. So, as much as it might sting, we're going to analyze the play that dashed the Saints hopes of further playoff dreams before the image of Lynch grabbing his crotch mid-air is permanently burned into the back of our eyelids. Plus, I was supposed to write the last of these Vick sponsored posts last week and since this play makes me literally want to vomit, I figure it more than qualifies as the "sickest" play. 

You're probably wondering why I've decided to call this play the Chicken Little Flea Flicker. That's simple. I've named it after a play called in one of the most epic football battles ever witnessed on the gridiron, when Danny O'Shea's rag-tag band of misfits, the Little Giants, miraculously defeated snobby ex-football star Kevin O'Shea's Cowboys 27-21 in Urbania, Ohio to determine who would be the towns one and only peewee football team.

They say art imitates life and watching the all too real Saints defense flipping and flopping about the field in their desperate attempt to take down Marshawn Lynch reminded me so much of the peewee Cowboys trying to tackle little "Johnnie" as he runs through a fart screen set by offensive lineman Rudy "Gasman" Zoleteck and toward the end zone, where his oft-absent father awaits with open arms.

In case you've never had the honor to watch this cinematic masterpiece, you can watch the game-changing play below. Be sure to catch the end of the run; the similarities are uncanny! Then make the jump for a quick breakdown of he real play. If you can stomach it.  

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Another two weeks has gone by which means it's time again for me to bring you one of our Vicks sponsored posts. And since I had a couple of options from the Saints crushing loss to the Ravens on Sunday, I've decided to go with the "sickest play" theme this week.  

In serious consideration was Jimmy Graham's first touchdown catch of the game, which was an amazing one-handed grab and turn. Plays like that from the rookie tight end make me giddy with excitement about the kids future. When I first saw it, I didn't think anything else that day would be able to top it. 

But I was wrong. Because it was the tying score at an important juncture of the game, was the result of heads-up hustle and had slightly more "wow" factor, I just have to go with Lance Moore's touchdown catch - which I have now dubbed "The BaltiMoore Bobble" - for our post this week. After the jump I will break down the play frame by frame so we can all relive one of the more positive things to happen on an otherwise negative afternoon. 

And since this is one of two sweet catches made by Lance Moore in recent memory, I'm posing a serious question in our poll. Your vote and comments on the subject are wanted. 

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For this weeks Vicks sponsored post I'm giving a shout out to Saints running back Pierre Thomas and keeping my fingers crossed that he'll finally be playing in this Sundays game against the St. Louis Rams. He's officially listed as Probable. Thomas' mysterious ankle injury has kept him off the field for way too many weeks, caused some tension between him and the team  and led to the emergence of backup RB Chris Ivory. For some reason, however, I'm a little pessimistic that he'll actually play. Call me crazy. Even if he does dress, I'd imagine it will be on a limited basis as the coaching staff tries to slowly ease him into the lineup.

Make the jump for the full official injury report provided by the NFL. 

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For this weeks Vicks sponsored post instead of discussing who powered through I've decided to break down the "sickest" (get it?) play from the Saints 30-27 Thanksgiving day victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Of course there's no question as to which particular play from that game should be chosen. In fact The Jenksgiving Day Miracle, as I've decided to call it myself, might be the sickest play across the entire league this week, not just the Saints/Cowboys. 

So in case you haven't watched it fifteen times over already this holiday weekend, make the jump to see a breakdown of Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins' 4th quarter strip of Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams and relive how it all happened. 

And since this play had a similar feel as Robert Meachem's strip and score in Washington last year, I'm posing a serious question in our poll. Your vote is wanted. 

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Since I sort of snubbed Jabari Greer earlier this week for our Sprint Game Ball of the Week in favor of the entire Saints defense, our newest series of Vicks sponsored posts gives me the perfect opportunity to make it right. Every other week we'll take a look at the injury side of things, whether that be examining players dealing with or coming back from injury or just an overall look at the teams injury report. Since Jabari played such a key role in the Saints victory over the Panthers on Sunday in his first game back from a shoulder injury, I can't think of a better topic for the first post of this series.  

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