Oakland Raiders running back Jalen Richard, a former Southern Miss star, spoke with the Hattiesburg American after Sunday’s win against the New Orleans Saints.
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Benching $38 million cornerback Sean Smith midway through the third quarter and sitting him for the remainder of the afternoon clearly stood out and raised eyebrows in Oakland’s locker room as well as around the NFL. We expect him to catch 4-of-6 targets for 61 yards and 0.24 touchdowns.
“He reminded me a little bit of the receiver at Green Bay out of Kentucky his rookie year, Randall Cobb”, Payton said. I was costing our team points. Coach did what he had to do.
The Raiders expected Smith to bring stability to their secondary after almost a half-decade of constant changes.
The New Orleans Saints and New York Giants will try to build off of their 52-49 thriller a year ago. With the addition of the sledgehammer, Karl Joseph and the acquisition of Reggie Nelson via free-agency, who woulda thunk Keith McGill would make the team let alone be a starting safety in week one. Willie Snead led in receiving with 172 yards and one touchdown in nine catches while Cooks had 143 yards and two touchdowns in six receptions.
So what’s next for the 29-year old running back? Be ready to face the music because they’re going to be coming at you’. Says a lot about how much Del Rio believes in his guys.
The players on the Giants’ offense, who spent the summer going against the Giants’ defense, definitely agree.
Spiller’s best National Football League season was 2012 with Buffalo when he had 1,244 yards rushing and 459 yards receiving. “It’s going to be a hard-fought game and it’s an NFC game and their home opener, so there is a lot to play for”.
Receiver Sammy Watkins was listed as not practicing because of soreness to his surgically repaired left foot.
“Drew is a very talented player, very smart”, McAdoo said.
The New Orleans Saints cut CJ Spiller on Tuesday, despite already having paid the veteran running back $1.55 million in a roster bonus and the fact that his $1.7 million salary is fully guaranteed. Drew Brees and the visiting Saints look for more of the same on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium as they attempt to rebound from a season-opening loss.Brees threw for 505 yards and seven touchdowns in a 52-49 track meet-style victory over the Giants on November 1 and followed in those footsteps with 423 yards passing and four scores in a 35-34 setback to Oakland on Sunday.
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton has been the offensive play-caller for the team for most of his career because it’s something he loves to do, and he happens to be really good at it. Payton, however, is prepared to quit calling offensive plays this season if it helps him manage the entire team better.
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“It’s a first-class organization that gives the players everything they need to be successful”, Spiller was quoted as saying in a post written by Mike Triplett of ESPN.com.
