Lost Victories

Optimus Prime said
Much has been made about how many times the defense lost the game late (I can't find the thread and don't remember the number but 44 sticks out in my mind)

Whatever the number was it was far and away the most in the league

What about the reverse?

How many times have Drew and the offense had the ball late with a field goal or TD needed to either tie or win the game and wasn't able to get it done?

Let's throw special teams in there too - how many times did Brees get us in FG range to either win or tie late and the kicker missed?

I'd be curious to see what those numbers are

Through my eyes, especially in the big games this year, the defense kept us in games many many times when the offense sputtered. And they did this most frequently in big games and while Brees was out. Our offense was stick a fork in them dead until the 4th quarter against Minny. The defense kept us in the game and may have kept us from getting blown-out with big plays on multiple occasions.