But he’s not the lone weapon, which makes the Texans risky on several fronts, and makes it imperative that the Saints remain successful on first and second downs.
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Romo has tried his best to make an impact, insisting on coming back earlier than some may have advised, however, on Thursday he gave up three interceptions with two of them being returned for touchdowns. Very good coaching staff and so I think it’s credit to our coaches for a good gameplan.
The Texans held Brees without a touchdown pass for the first time since November 2012. The Saints’ defense is ranked last in Football Outsiders DVOA defensive stats, last in pass defense and 26th in run defense.
The Saints host the unbeaten Panthers next Sunday.
For all of the energy the New Orleans Saints displayed Sunday, they might as well have still been on their respective bye week vacations.
“There were a number of losses that frustrate me”, New Orleans coach Sean Payton said.
Tight end Ryan Griffin had four catches for 72 yards and a score, while Cecil Shorts III caught the second touchdown. It’s the worst in the league, both in terms of total yards allowed per game and points per game.
The Saints had only 268 yards of net offense are now 1-10 all time under Payton, including playoffs, when generating less than 270 yards of total offense. “I think we got that done with the tempo”. It was a completely dominant performance from the Texans’ defense, which over its past 18 quarters has allowed only two touchdowns. We got the field goal at the half – I was kind of encouraged by that.
Prior to their win streak the Texans were giving up 28.4 points per game, as well as 370.9 yards per game over the first seven games of the season.
An 8-yard touchdown run by Alfred Blue extended Houston’s lead to 21-6 in the third. They broke a 155-game streak by the Saints of consecutive games with a touchdown scored. Brees has been impressive all year, but today he threw a pick, no touchdowns, and went only 25/44 with 255 yards. Houston has now won four straight games to go over the. “The second one was an example of the quarterback trusting me, putting the ball there and me making a great play”. The Saints converted just 3 of 12 third down attempts.
But going into Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints, the Texans are 5-5 on the year, tied for first place in the division. The kicker made a 30-yard field goal in the second quarter before hitting a career-long 57-yarder just before halftime.
New Orleans failed on a couple of red zone opportunities in the fourth quarter; Brees was intercepted at the goal line by Kareem Jackson on a pass intended for Brandin Cooks on second-and-10 from the Houston 16, and he threw incomplete in the end zone for Brandon Coleman on fourth-and-2 from the Houston 6 with 5:43 left. “You get in third-and-long against these guys, you are asking for trouble because obviously they dial up the pass rush”, Saints QB Drew Brees said.
Unfortunately for Brees, when J.J. Watt is consistently beating double-teams, things just aren’t going to go your way. It’s insane but I see this happening, we’ll see.
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-WR DeAndre Hopkins finished with five receptions for 36 yards and passed Andre Johnson (208) for the most reception in a player’s first three seasons in team history.
