With seconds left in the 4th quarter of a tied game, John Kasay had an opportunity to seal the win for the visiting Panthers. Instead, Kasay doinked the upright, and the game headed to overtime, where Kasay redeem himself with a clean kick to end the day.

John Kasay's 57-yard attempt as time expired initially appears to be a clean miss, and the broadcast audio calls it as such. The kick credits to the doink ledger only because the Associated Press postgame write-up flagged crossbar contact, and a frame-by-frame review confirms it. The ball's trajectory shifts ever-so-slightly as it crosses the face of the crossbar. The untouched angle would have carried the ball to the base of the goalpost; instead, it lands five yards behind the end line before skipping further backwards into the field of play. Subtle collision, but a collision. The doink stands as called.

The Saints played their penultimate home game of 2005 in Tiger Stadium in the months after Hurricane Katrina. This doink here is a non-story, as even a "home" loss to their division rival Panthers feels unimportant.