Saints put an end to Devito mania
To get them back to, the New Orleans Saints put up what appeared to be their most comprehensive effort of the season.500 on
the time of year. In the process, they would snap QB Tommy Devito’s three-game winning streak for the New York Giants. After winning, the
The Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are currently tied for first position in the NFC South, while the Falcons lost to the
Panthers from yesterday. As far as the playoffs are concerned, this club still has hope, but let’s first discuss how the team won this game versus New York.
On the offensive side of the ball, the team started off a little slow only scoring once in their first 4 possessions but did have a
handful of positive plays which gave some hope for success in the second half.
In the second half, quarterback Derek Carr and company responded forcefully, guiding the club to three consecutive scoring
drives (two touchdowns and one field goal) to cap off a fantastic day for the quarterback. Carr appeared to have his greatest
performance of the season yesterday, going 23/28 passing for 218 yards and three touchdowns. And that’s without his two best
wide receivers, Michael Thomas and Chris Olave. A truly remarkable day for him.
RB Alvin Kamara appeared to be a tackle away from breaking on several occasions even though the club only averaged 3.1 yards per carry on the day.
Kamara would finish as the Saints leading receiver and rusher combining for over 100 yards from scrimmage, eclipsing that mark for the 6th time this year. He would also become the 16th RB in NFL history to have 1000+ scrimmage yards in his first 7 seasons. A great feat.
Before we get to the defense, we’ve got to give a big shout out to the tight ends this week as all of them made pivotal plays in this game being down a couple of receivers.
Juwan Johnson made some strides after some struggles during the year catching a touchdown and making a really nice catch early on, and how about Jimmy Graham?! For the third week in a row, Jimmy Graham finds the end zone.
Is it safe to say the Saints have solved their redzone woes? Sure, seems like they have the past couple weeks. 9/10 in the red area the last three weeks is a tremendous improvement.
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