“They’re a very good pass rush team, they’ve got very good cover guys on the back end”, Brees said.
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Bouncing back from a 30-13 loss to Green Bay, Minnesota (8-3) jumped ahead on Peterson’s 1-yard run in the opening quarter, and clinched it when he got loose on a 35-yard scamper down the sideline with 4:15 remaining in the game.
One player that fantasy owners have on their horizons is Saints’ wide receiver Willie Snead. And Hoyer did that without a huge day from DeAndre Hopkins, who had five catches for 36 yards. Indianapolis improved to 4-0 with Matt Hasselbeck at quarterback as the 40-year-old signal caller finished 26 for 42 for 315 yards and two touchdowns.
Quarterback TJ Yates complted 16 of 34 passes for 229 yards and two touchdowns.
Ryan Griffin produced numbers that have been sorely missing from the tight end position since letting Owen Daniels leave the team.
The most accurate passer in National Football League history, Brees has passed for 3,200 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions with a 97.1 passer rating this season.
The Texans scored on their first possession of the game after holding the visitors on their first possession.
Houston’s star defensive end recalls every aspect of that takedown and reminisced on it this week as he prepares to face the man who was the recipient, Drew Brees.
“I felt like he got after us a few times today, but the situations lent themselves to allowing him the opportunity to go after us”, Brees said. “I just want to be out there and be part of the team”. Watt sacked Brees twice and hit him seven times total.
After a series of bruising collisions, Texans running back Alfred Blue noticed a reluctance from the New Orleans Saints’ defense to challenge him physically late in Sunday’s game.
The Saints tried to run the ball early, but the Texans did a great job of setting the edge to prevent runs from getting outside, while also flowing quickly to the football to bring the runner down for a short gain or a loss.
They will be facing the league’s 2nd-ranked offense as well as the league’s worst defense so we’ll have to see if the game plan that the Texans have put together is adequate for this formidable opponent.
The Texan defense forced another quick three and out for the Saints offense, and their wonderful play continued against the number two overall offense in the NFL.
Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick was off the mark early on, but even when he wasn’t, it didn’t seem to matter, as several key drops cost the Jets offense big plays through the air and might lead one to believe there won’t be any need to add any butter to whatever it is they may be eating today as there appeared to be plenty on their fingertips in Houston. It was the first third down conversion of the game for the Saints. Brees is only 2-9 in those games.
Phenomenal effort by the Texans secondary. Specifically Darryl Morris and Charles James was each responsible for a couple of Lechler’s punts bouncing into the end zone for a touchback instead of being downed inside the 10-yard line.
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“He passed the final test there, and he’ll be our starter on Sunday”, O’Brien said of Hoyer. Now, there’s a chance two AFC South team could make the postseason. Houston changed that on the first drive of the third quarter. We didn’t play well enough. But against Washington and Houston, New Orleans has struggled to move the ball and to score.
