The three came through against the Saints, combining for 20 catches for 294 yards.
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“I didn’t really know what to expect to be honest”, said cornerback Janoris Jenkins, who was signed as a free agent, along with defensive end Olivier Vernon and defensive tackle Damon Harrison. The Saints (0-2) will play the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football in New Orleans. He rarely faced pressure and was able to find his trio of wide receivers in Odell Beckham Jr., Sterling Shepard and Victor Cruz consistently. They lost top cornerback Delvin Breaux to a broken fibula in Week 1, then they lost their next-best cornerback, P.J. Williams, to a frightening head injury early Sunday.
Bill Parcells, who is a New York Giants legend and Super Bowl champion, is also the prime mentor of Sean Payton. TEs Larry Donnell and Will Tye bring a combination of size, speed and athleticism that causes tough match ups, and with fellow WRs Sterling Sheppard and Victor “I’m bout to Salsa” Cruz, NY can claim that they are one of the deepest teams when it comes to pass-catching players. But this time, New Orleans’ normally prolific offense sputtered and the Saints were sunken by a blocked field goal attempt that the Giants returned for a touchdown. Only two players from that team were in uniform Sunday (Eli Manning and Zak DeOssie) and Cruz was a senior at the University of MA back then, not a Super Bowl champion and former Pro Bowl wide receiver looking to punctuate his own comeback to the Meadowlands with another decisive catch. So the Saints, who had their hands over filled with the Raiders offensive weapons a week ago won’t get any breaks this week in NY. “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that”.
The NFC East title is there for the taking, especially with the Cowboys losing Tony Romo and the Redskins starting 0-2. “Hopefully we cannot get discouraged by that and realize we’re one or two plays away”. After Brown, who returned from a one-game suspension, gave NY a 13-10 lead with a 19-yard field goal on the next series, Brees led an eight-play, 47-yard drive that ended with Will Lutz kicking a 45-yarder to tie it with 2:54 to play. We made sure we had our eyes where they needed to be. It was just the sixth time in his career in which he had seven or more punts, but Morstead averaged 54.8 yards per punt with a net average of 44.9 yards.
Shepard set up the game’s decisive play with a 6-yard, third-down reception to the Saints’ 38 on the final drive. And last week against arguably the best O-Line in the game, the NY G-Men more than held their own. Vereen led the Giants in rushing yards.
But, at the end of the day, wins matter the most and they got one. This score was a far cry from last year’s 52 to 49 New Orleans victory over NY. The Giants won the defensive struggle 16-13. This was his first game of the season after serving a one-game suspension in Week 1 for violating the league’s personal conduct policy related to a domestic violence incident involving his former wife in May 2015.
In ordinary circumstances, the team’s inability to put points on the board against the high-scoring Saints would have added up to a loss.
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Folks, the Saints are going to have trouble this week. “But to make a game-winning touchdown catch a week ago, and to come in and make a pretty decisive catch on the sideline, to pretty much seal the game, I can’t draw it up any other way”.
