In the end though, it paid off and Carr threw it to Michael Crabtree.
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That the Giants were able to hold off the Cowboys on defense to win, and that the Saints were unable to hold off the Raiders on defense gives hope to NY that everything has changed and fear in New Orleans that nothing has. The contenders in the NFC looked flawed offensively and buckled defensively in the fourth quarter, giving up an 86-yard touchdown drive. “Wanted obviously to do the dance. We hope he gets back as fast as he can”. And to score a touchdown.
“And then once that fourth quarter started – and even a part of the third quarter – the keys for us defensively all of a sudden begin to crumble somewhat”. After New Orleans kicked a field goal, Jalen Richard busted a 75 yard touchdown run.
Del Rio was correct not to want to play into a fifth quarter with Brees and the Saints.
Kelechi says he wasn’t signed to “be a nice guy”, and it clearly shows on film.
Prater missed an extra point wide right with 4:04 left in the season opener, a miscue that almost cost the Lions.
The Giants’ defense, fortified in free agency, held Dallas after the go-ahead score.
The nine catches were the second most of his career as he had 10 against the Lions on December 21 last season.
DJ Hayden took over for Smith on the outside, and allowed four receptions on as many targets for 21 yards and a touchdown over the entire game. Prescott was 25 of 45 for 227 yards.
Oakland gambled with a 2-point conversion that Derek Carr converted with a pass to Michael Crabtree for the winning points with 47 seconds left as the Raiders beat the Saints 35-34 in New Orleans.
Carr finished with 319 yards and one touchdown passing Jalen Richard ran 75 yards on his first National Football League carry for a touchdown and Amari Cooper caught Carr’s pass for a 2-point conversion to briefly tie the game at 27 in the middle of the fourth quarter.
Williams, technically a second-year player out of Florida State who spent his rookie season on injured reserve, started against Oakland. “I don’t really agree with that”. Del Rio said he didn’t believe their injuries were long term but conceded, “We’ll just see whether or not they’re going to make it this week”. The Raiders pulled out a one-point victory.
“I was thinking that we’re here to win”, he said.
Again, chutzpah? Guts? Or, as Saints quarterback Drew Brees put it, “ballsy”? So you can expect a similar time frame on Breaux. “You feel like you have the momentum, and let’s dial it up and let’s win the game”, Brees said.
“I thought I was going to take it to the house”, Johnson said.
Brees drove the Saints into field goal range, but undrafted rookie Wil Lutz missed a 61-yard attempt as time expired. “Considering how they moved the ball”, said Payton.
Carr, in his second season, passed for 319 yards and one touchdown, but he wasn’t needed to carry the load. That set up Travaris Cadet’s short touchdown catch to give New Orleans a 34-27 lead.
Two plays earlier, on fourth and 5 from the 18, Saints linebacker Craig Robertson was flagged for pass interference on what appeared to be a uncatchable pass.
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Of course, not every coach that plays for overtime is going to lose, nor is every coach going for two in that situation going to win but mathetically the more sound decision is going for two points.
