The talk on ESPN's postgame show concerns the decision to pull Tom Brady, Randy Moss and Wes Welker with more than five minutes remaining in the game, and the Patriots trailing, 38-17.

Former quarterback Steve Young opined that, barring some kind of injury to Brady, it looked like when a child is losing at a game of chess and "just messes up the board" in frustration. Young said that, as improbable as it sounded, he was thinking that the Pats would try to take a big shot downfield in hopes of getting a touchdown, and then go for a quick onside kick.

Meanwhile, former Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi said that the move by Belichick was just a reaction to how dominant the Saints were.