Brees responded both times with the kind of throws that have made him a legend, finally burying the Dallas Cowboys 26-20 on an 80-yard touchdown pass to C.J. Spiller that pulled New Orleans back from the brink of a winless abyss.
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They play without three starters on their offensive line – left tackle King Dunlap, left guard Orlando Franklin and center Chris Watt.
Offered a chance to win after the Cowboys tied the score at 20 with 1:51 to go, Brees opened up the downfield arm, hitting Willie Snead for 19 yards and Brandon Coleman for 30 on a handsome back-shoulder throw that should have set up a game-winning field goal. Most of Weeden’s passes were pretty short but he had a completion percentage of 84.62% which shows his accuracy was pretty much on point.
The touchdown pass just 13 seconds into overtime – Brees’ second of the game – gave the veteran 400 touchdown passes for his career.
Based on a few of the comments that I’ve been witnessing during the Saints’ recent 0-3 start that now has them sitting in last place in the NFC South division at the moment, that devotion is being put to the test.
“We practice that play all the time”, Williams said. However, I think the Saints will keep us (along with the Cowboys coaching staff) guessing until the last minute. Brees’ pass to Khiry Robinson was dropped, but on the second play, Brees hit Spiller in stride and the former Buffalo running back broke one tackle and streaked down the sidelines for the game victor. In a win over the Buccaneers last week, Houston Texans quarterback Ryan Mallet was 7 of 7 on plays with a play-action fake. We should have won the game. Dunbar is fast, can make plays and is the most athletic of Dallas’ running backs.
Weeden is 8-of-12 passing on the evening for 66 yards. The 2015 National Football League live streaming and TV coverage comes via NBC Sports on Sunday night.
The Cowboys (2-2) were already playing without injured receiver Dez Bryant and quarterback Tony Romo and lost another trio of players Sunday night.
So the Cowboys, despite all the players that aren’t playing, are in the top 10 in yards on both offense and defense.
Whether that results in more turnovers is something we’ll have to wait and see about, but you can believe that the Cowboys are going to let the ball fly on Sunday. Expect the Saints to try to exploit those and get Cooks the ball early and often. “Hey, correct this, do this right and now get it going and get on the field and make our corrections and improve our executions”.
New Orleans coach Sean Payton said Ingram had the ability to replace former Saints running back Pierre Thomas as a pass-catching threat out of the backfield.
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All the while, Murphy was confident he was close to breaking a big return because of the potential he saw during several long kick and punt returns during the preseason, which won him the job to start the regular season.
