And right now, the Eagles’ total of one win is good enough have them just a game out of the lead in the NFC East.
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Brees hit C.J. Spiller with a short pass that the running back turned into an 80-yard touchdown on the second play of overtime and New Orleans won for the first time this season, 26-20 over the injury-decimated Cowboys on Sunday night.
The Saints finally put a mark in the win column this season, but not before making fans sweat it out in overtime against the Cowboys.
Brice Butler made his first impact since the Cowboys acquired him in a trade with Oakland after Week 1, catching a 67-yard pass from Brandon Weeden that set up a Dan Bailey field goal.
Dallas Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee has been diagnosed with a concussion and ruled out for the remainder of Sunday night’s game against the New Orleans Saints.
The Saints had a chance to win it in regulation as Brees marched the Saints 68 yards in eight plays with no time outs remaining.
Brees had said during his weekly media session on Wednesday he felt good about his chances for playing against Dallas.
Regardless, this game is going to be one of the more interesting of the week, largely due to the fact that we’ll see if Dallas can keep themselves afloat without Romo leading the charge. He’s been targeted 17 times in three games, catching at least five passes in two games. In a win over the Buccaneers last week, Houston Texans quarterback Ryan Mallet was 7 of 7 on plays with a play-action fake. “It’s not like we’re walking away from these games having been blown out”.
“I think he’s planning on starting and we’re planning on starting him”, Saint head coach Sean Payton told NFL.com on Friday. As Todd Archer of ESPN reported, Michael, who has been inactive for the first three weeks after coming over in a trade from the Seattle Seahawks, was getting work with the first-team on Thursday.
Things looked bleak for the Saints heading into overtime Sunday night. Two third-down completions on the Saints’ second drive, setting up a short touchdown pass that Brees lofted over an oncoming pass rusher to Josh Hill for the 5,000th completion of his career, a number only Brett Favre and Peyton Manning had hit before. And while he was his usual efficient self – 33 of 41 for 359 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions – he still didn’t look completely healthy. Deep balls and all that stuff. I tried to get over the top to help him out but he was down the sideline. We got a great break that they missed the field goal.
New Orleans Saints running back C.J. Spiller (28) reacts after scoring the game-winning touchdown in overtime of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in New Orleans, Sunday, October 4, 2015. the Saints won 26-20.
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Dunbar went down with an apparent left knee injury returning the opening kickoff, shouting and throwing the ball in pain as it happened.
