Zach Line's TD helps set up 'personal' matchup with Vikings

[PonyPride]

Saints' Zach Line's touchdown helps set up 'personal' matchup with former team

By Josh Katzenstein
jkatzenstein@nola.com,
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

New Orleans Saints fullback Zach Line had a feeling his play was coming.

Late in the second quarter of Sunday's wild-card round victory over the Carolina Panthers, the Saints made it to the Carolina 1. They called a timeout, adjusted the personnel and called a play the Panthers didn't expect.

"When they called that personnel group in, I knew it was coming to me," Line said after the game.

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[jimhagle]

Still hard to believe just how few carries he has gotten in the pros. Mystifying

[Dukie]

Not really that hard. NFL fullbacks block and might be the fourth or fifth pass option sometimes. And on a team with two running backs that just set a very Pony Express-like record for being the first pair both to reach 1500 yards in a season, there are even fewer running carries for the fullback than there would otherwise be.

The good news for Zach is, it's been clear since he was called on to run the option on fourth and short against Detroit in October that Sean Payton trusts him, and it's increasingly clear in recent weeks that Drew Brees has come to trust him and look for him more when checking down.