Posted by ESPN.com’s Pat Yasinskas

We came into Sunday talking a lot about how the Saints had never trailed this season. Not once in five games.

Then, a funny thing happened and the point became moot. The Saints went down to Miami and fell behind early and kept falling behind. They were down by 21 points and, now, we’re going to talk some more about trailing.

This time, it’s in a totally different context.

The Saints became the first team this season to win after trailing by 21 points. And they didn’t just come back and win. they came back and won by 12 points.

When’s the last time that happened?

Well, ironically, the Saints were the last team to trail by 21 points and come back to win by 12. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the Saints trailed the San Diego Chargers 24-3 and came back to win 41-24. That game was on Dec. 20, 1987.

Let’s file that stat away in the stack of impressive stats the Saints are compiling in what, so far, has been a magical season. It’s still way too early to talk about the Saints going undefeated (even though I’ve heard from a lot of fans who think that’s a possibility). But I will say that, in special seasons, you sometimes can make special things happen when you win the games it looked like you had lost.

One more sign that this season could end up being really special for the Saints.