Just last season, after being gifted a Hail Mary touchdown at the end of the game, Packers coach Mike McCarthy elected to kick the extra point instead of try for two.
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Ken Crawley, also an undrafted rookie, replaced Delvin Breaux on the outside after he left in the second half with what turned out to be broken fibula. It was a gutsy call, one that was made by one person. You’d have hoped that Payton/Carmichael would’ve called for more running plays, but hey, it’s the Saints we’re talking about here.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Jimmy Garoppolo did just what Tom Brady always seems to do.
Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott tried to lead the Cowboys to a come-from-behind victory, but saw their comeback bid against the Giants.
But the Patriots needed a little help.
The New Orleans Saints lost their season opener 35-34 to the Oakland Raiders, but most disheartening is the fashion in which they lost, blowing an 11-point fourth quarter lead.
“It was not unexpected”, Saints coach Sean Payton said.
Jameis Winston is no longer a rookie. But Catanzaro was making no excuses. I still feel like I could’ve made a play on him. “Drew got it down and he (Catanzaro) pulled it”.
In the final 47 seconds, Brees got the Saints within field goal range.
Garoppolo completed 24 of 33 passes for 264 yards with no interceptions. Denico Autry got a hand on the field goal attempt but it still went through to put the Saints up 27-19.
“The guy was trying to make a play”, Prescott said of Williams. First round draft pick Will Fuller led the team with five catches for 107 yards and a touchdown. “I said, ‘When we score here, we are going to go for 2 and win it right here'”. But, no. They were going to two and that was that.
Again, Garoppolo talked about that Patriot confidence. On a day that we will never forget as Americans who love our country, another day we will, unfortunately, never forget in Saints history unfolded. That good feeling turned sour in the fourth quarter.
Snead had 9 for 172 and proves once again the Saints find no name receivers like you and I eat and drink during football games; it’s nearly effortless.
Panthers coach Ron Rivera wants Cam Newton to receive the same protection on helmet-to-helmet hits as other quarterbacks get in the NFL. “We have to play better”, Saints coach Sean Payton said. The snap was low and Catanzaro booted the ball to the left of the uprights. On the ground, Mark Ingram rushed for 58 yards in 12 attempts while Brandin Cooks added 11 yards. Blount finished with 70 rushing yards on 22 carries, including a punishing 8-yard run in the third quarter of New England’s eventual 23-21 victory. That set up Travaris Cadet’s short touchdown catch to give New Orleans a 34-27 lead.
“It was not unexpected, I thought that was the direction they would go”. Hopefully it was a defensive lineman and not a linebacker.
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The Saints receiver is fast in real life, too. He ran 185 times for 1,098 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2015. Lutz hit his first field goal from 42 yards out. Jones, acquired in an offseason trade with New England, recovered for Arizona at the New England 40. He’d suffered through 14 Raiders penalties for an insane 141 yards. They lined up with fullback Jamize Olawale out to the left to ascertain if the Saints were in zone or man coverage.
