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Lions vs. Saints on Monday Night Football

Both teams have had up and down years. Let’s breakdown this Monday night contest. Stafford has thrown for 3,400 yards with a 65% completion rate, and 24 touchdowns against 13 interceptions, with a 90.4 rating, yet Johnson has a relatively modest 71 grabs for 981 yards, and 7 scores.

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BY THE NUMBERS: 69.4 – Lions red zone efficiency, ranking first in the NFL. The Saints also won the only post-season matchup between the two franchises when they took a 45-28 decision in a 2011 wild-card game in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.


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Branislav Ivanovic , Pedro and Oscar scored the goals to lift them to 15th, albeit still only four points above the bottom three. Many Premier League observers will suggest that the Foxes will not be able to carry on this form for the rest of the season.

Offensively, the Saints are averaging 24.8 points-per-game, along with 395.0 total yards, including 301.2 passing yards, and 93.8 rushing yards-per-game.


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Indeed, that winning mentality is part of the 44-year-old’s nature, and he is unlikely to let his standards slip over the next six months.

Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson will play against the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football. A unit that contains one of the young, skilled corners in the league in Darius Slay who has 42 tackles, 11 pass deflections and two INTs.

Ansah has 8.5 sacks the past seven games, which is more than he had in either of his first two seasons. “He’s a great veteran, a great feel guy, great savvy running routes, ” quarterback Matthew Stafford said.

And quarterback Drew Brees says Snead is showing signs of filling much the same role that Moore did, largely because of his intangibles, such as his versatility, work ethic and ability to read coverages in an offense that calls for adjustments to receivers’ routes depending on a defense’s formation. “Made some big catches for us this year on some big drives to help us win games, so hes a great guy to have in the locker room, no question.”.

But don’t be surprised if Calvin Johnson or Tim Hightower play well beyond what’s been projected. That means we’ll need the Giants to lose at least one more game this year. Is the Saints’ defense fixed?

Last week a 21-14 loss at St Louis finally put the Detroit Lions out of their misery and confirmed their elimination from postseason contention.

Pressure-less National Football League games can lead to some very interesting encounters, with plenty of offense and creativity, which is something we should be expecting from the Saints. Outside of that, there’s really not much. “I’ve seen both spectrums of it”. The Saints’ most famous win in the series came in their second meeting on November 8, 1970, when Tom Dempsey booted a then-NFL record 63-yard field goal on the final play for a 19-17 victory over the Lions in old Tulane Stadium.

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