"As it’s happening, I’m making the best educated decision I can to help the football team win,” Sirianni told reporters Monday of his decision to go for a fourth-and-1 at the end of the first half.

Three plays into his game-winning drive, Hurts was sacked. So led to a fateful third-and-16. Goedert crossed over the middle, Jahan Dotson set a legal pick on his defender, and Hurts hit Goedert on the run in the open field. Goedert scampered for 61 yards to the Saints’ 4. One play later, Barkley barreled into the end zone for the go-ahead score.