Cooks, Willie Snead, and Michael Thomas combined for 21 catches, 373 yards, and 3 scores. Cooper finished with 6 catches for 137 yards. “Wanted obviously to do the dance”. To see if I could make it from 61 yards, I got nothing to lose. “We hope he gets back as fast as he can”.
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Not only were the Patriots without Brady, suspended for his role in “deflategate”, but they also didn’t have tight end Rob Gronkowski, defensive end Rob Ninkovich and two starters on the offensive line. It makes you wonder what the trainers were working on during the sidelines only to have him hurt himself further.
The Raiders scored 22 points in the fourth quarter with Breaux out of the game.
NY beat Dallas in an opener for the first time in nine tries. He will not require surgery, but could miss up to six weeks. They had the long run (a 75-yard touchdown run), there’s penalties on a few drives – all the things that we had done in the early part of the game, we were unable to do then.
Manning was 19 of 28 for 207 yards, including a 45-yarder to Odell Beckham Jr. set up the first TD. It would have made a lot less sense for Del Rio to not make the gutsy call at that point.
Not only did the Saints give up three fourth-quarter touchdowns in a 35-34 loss to the Oakland Raiders, they found a new level of rock-bottom when the Raiders felt so confident against them that they chose to go for the game-winning two-point conversion while trailing by one point with 47 seconds remaining.
Del Rio said Monday that Smith will be back in the starting lineup for Sunday’s home opener against Atlanta. “I didn’t really ask for any feedback there”, Del Rio explained.
“I thought that we played well heading into halftime, (but) we did not get the job done”, safety Kenny Vaccaro said.
The Saints lost despite 423 yards and 4 touchdown passes from Brees.
New England quarterback Tom Brady’s suspension to start the season gives Brees a chance to build a decent advantage over his peer on the NFL’s all-time touchdown list. Including Denver’s 21-20 win over Carolina, there were four one-point games on opening weekend for the first time in National Football League history.
“If we had made just one or two more plays”, Brees said, “this game is different”.
“Good or bad, I’m willing to do that when I’m doing what in my gut I believe is the right thing”.
Derek Carr threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Seth Roberts to get the Raiders within a point with 47 seconds left and Del Rio left his offense on the field.
Moore said he can help New Orleans young defensive backs scout the Giants’ passing attack by sharing “the knowledge that I’ve had going against certain receivers”. “The ball moved on me”.
Oakland had to overcome a 14-point, second-half deficit and a 424-yard, four-touchdown performance by Drew Brees.
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New Orleans almost held on, but Saints linebacker Craig Robertson was flagged for interference on a fourth-down pass that sailed out of bounds. Raiders coach Jack Del Rio probably wasn’t too happy when the third-year quarterback went leapt through the air to pick up a first down. But Saints coach Sean Payton conceded the obvious: “Looking closely at that fourth quarter, we were having trouble stopping anything”. “That was just one play”.
