Wide receivers usually catch touchdown passes, not throw them
Our countdown to the New Orleans Saints’ 2025 season opener has reached Day 50, which means this 50-yard touchdown by Willie Snead IV and Tim Hightower is our pick for the Saints Play of the Day. You can see it for yourself right here, or in the video embedded below.
Wide receivers are usually catching touchdown passes, not throwing them; but Snead flipped the script on a trick play. Drew Brees threw the ball to Snead, who looked downfield to find a wide-open running back cruising past the Los Angeles Rams defense. Snead made a great throw, and Rams defensive coordinator Gregg Williams probably ate his hat out of frustration.
Sure, the score was already 42-21 in New Orleans’ favor. Maybe Sean Payton was getting too cute calling a trick play like this late in a blowout. But with a longtime rival playing visitor and being coached by someone who’d burnt his bridges, we’ll excuse it.
Of course the drama between the Saints and Rams didn’t end here. After the Saints beat their old NFC West rivals in 2016, they lost a close rematch in 2017 by 26-20. They outlasted the Rams in a great game in 2018, winning 45-35, but lost in the most controversial playoff game in recent memory. L.A. won on their home turf after Aaron Donald injured Drew Brees’ throwing hand in 2019, but Saints quarterback Andy Dalton got the better of Matthew Stafford a few years later. They’ve kept on trading blows ever since, and we’ll see the next chapter unfold when the Saints visit Los Angeles this year on Nov. 2.