New Orleans Saints Rested, Trying to Make a Run

New Orleans had a bye final week, giving them every week to relaxation and heal a few of their banged-up personnel. The Saints entered Week 7 3-2 on the yr, leaving them second within the NFC South, behind 5-1 Tampa Bay. Towards Washington, New Orleans led 7-6 after one quarter and trailed 13-7 within the opening minute of the second quarter. The sport was even at 13 within the closing seconds of the primary half earlier than Jameis Winston hit Marquez Callaway on a 49-yard Hail Mary rating on the ultimate play earlier than intermission. That gave the Saints a 20-13 lead and so they didn’t let Washington nearer than 4 within the second half en path to the win. New Orleans was edged 373-369 in complete offense, gave up 26 first downs whereas selecting up 18 and misplaced the time of possession by a 36:26 to 26:34 margin. Each groups turned the ball over twice within the contest.

This primary down by Kamara was loopy ?

Subsequent up:
?️: Monday at Seattle
?: 7:15 pm CT
?: ESPN

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— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) October 20, 2021

On the season, the Saints stand 31^st within the league in passing offense with 169.4 yards per contest whereas they’re 9^th in dashing offense with 125.8 yards per sport. New Orleans is 9^th within the league in scoring offense with 25.4 factors per contest whereas they’re fourth within the league in scoring protection by permitting a median of 18.2 factors a sport. Jameis Winston is 70 of 116 passing for 892 yards with 12 touchdowns and three interceptions. He’s second on the staff with 86 yards plus a rating on the bottom. Taysom Hill is three of 4 passing for 12 yards with an interception whereas contributing 16 carries for 77 yards and three scores on the bottom. Alvin Kamara leads the staff within the run sport with 94 carries for 368 yards plus a rating whereas Tony Jones Jr. (19 carries, 77 yards) is subsequent in line. Kamara leads the staff with 15 catches for 113 yards and three scores on the season. Marquez Callaway (13 receptions, 222 yards, three TD) and Deonte Harris (12 grabs, 236 yards, two TD) are the one different gamers with no less than 100 receiving yards on the season. Aldrick Rosas hit all 13 additional factors however solely certainly one of 4 area objective makes an attempt with a protracted of 44 earlier than being launched. Cody Parkey was three of 5 on additional factors whereas not trying a area objective in his lone contest. Rookie kicker Brian Johnson is atop the depth chart on the place this week.