Preparing to play in last year's Super Bowl, Tracy Porter cornerback of the New Orleans Saints studied diligently films of the Indianapolis Colts "china route", a staple of their 3 wideout formations in which the receiver split the farthest wide motions underneath the slot receiver, who runs an in-cut for a short gain. The play appeared so often on film that "it became imbedded in my brain," says Porter, who compared preparing for the Super Bowl to studying for a final.
When he finally saw the play live, he felt like a student who knew the answer after reading only half of a test question. "It was like, Here it is. It finally happened, " says Porter, who jumped in front of Reggie Wayne on a "china route" late in the 4th quarter and returned the interception 74 yards for a Saints score. Super Bowl over. Saints win.
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