The New Orleans Saints are still looking for their first win of the 2016 season as Louisiana natives Eli Manning and Odell Beckham Jr. lead the New York Giants into a Week 2 matchup that becomes a must-win for the Saints.
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Saints coach Sean Payton said Monday that Spiller was inactive because of “the numbers”.
Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. The Saints defense will be required to pickup turnovers against Manning and the Giants to get off the field and provide an elite Saints offense with an extra possession or two.
With Payton suspended in connection with NFL’s bounty investigation in 2012, Carmichael again called offensive plays, and the Saints put up 6,574 yards, an average of 410.9 yards per game, which ranked second behind only New England (427.9 yards per game) that season.
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. He’s out due to a broken fibula.
He started just two games for the Saints, rushing for 112 yards on 36 carries while catching 34 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns. New Orleans amassed a league-best 507 yards of total offense, with Brandon Cooks reeling in two touchdown receptions versus the Raiders to match both his and Willie Snead’s total in the last meeting with NY.
There’s mismatches and then there’s one of the NFL’s best wide receivers against a ragtag gang of cornerbacks. And Carr says he can see the belief blooming as the Raiders take aim at reaching the playoff for the first time since that 2002 squad advanced to the Super Bowl before losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. WR Brandin Cooks had career-high 143 yards receiving and two TDs, including 98-yarder. Do you want me to keep going?
“Fifty or more percent of games in this league come down to the last possession”, he said. Brees eclipsed 400 yards passing for the 14th time in his 16-year career, finishing with 423 yards and four touchdown passes.
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“It’s concerning because you went into the game past year saying, this guy we’re going to eliminate and reduce his yardage and catches”, Payton said of Beckham. He completed 30 of 41 passes for 350 yards and six touchdowns in a 52-49 loss. They inked him to a four-year contract that included a $20 million signing bonus to lure Smith away from Kansas City. Last year Manning had one of the greatest games any Giants quarterback has ever enjoyed. Also, I think if the running game gets close to the 100-yard mark, Brees will not have to throw it 40-50 times. Now they go against the most tenured quarterback playing this weekend (only Tom Brady has started more games at any position among active players).
