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Dec

18

Lance Moore says he knows New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has confidence in him

Dec

18

Saints Crush Vikings 42-20

Saints Crush Vikings 42-20

By: SportsDirect
Drew Brees passed for 412 yards and five touchdowns as the New Orleans Saints kept rolling toward the NFC South title with their sixth straight win, a 42-20 road victory over the host Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.The Saints (11-3) picked apart the Vikings’ secondary as Brees completed 32 of 40 passes and threw touchdowns to four different players. Lance Moore led the way with five catches for 91 yards and two touchdowns. Four Saints had at least 70 receiving yards.Brees has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 41 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in NFL history behind Johnny Unitas’ 47. He also has at least 20 completions in an NFL-record 34 consecutive games and remains on pace to break Dan Marino’s record of 5,084 passing yards set in 1984.New Orleans didn’t miss leading rusher Mark Ingram, as they managed to pile up 573 total yards — just 21 short of the franchise record. Chris Ivory led the running game with 74 yards on 18 carries.The Vikings (2-12) managed only 200 total yards despite the return of star running back Adrian Peterson.Peterson, who had missed the previous three games with an ankle injury, rushed for 60 yards on 10 carries.

Dec

18

Happy Holidays from the Who Dat Nation.

Dec

18

NFL panelists make their predictions for this week’s games

The Times-Picayune’s NFL panelists predict the scores and winners of this week’s games:

Saints at Vikings

John DeShazier, sports columnist: Saints 34-20

Jeff Duncan, Saints columnist: Saints 31-17

Nakia Hogan, NFL writer: Saints 35-14

Doug Tatum, sports editor: Saints 34-24

Mike Triplett, Saints beat writer: Saints 31-17

James Varney: Saints beat writer: Saints 35-20

New England at Denver

DeShazier: Patriots 27-24

Duncan: Patriots 30-20

Hogan: Patriots 32-24

Tatum: Patriots 28-17

Triplett: Patriots 24-13

Varney: Patriots 27-20

Ravens at Chargers

DeShazier: Chargers 17-14

Duncan: Chargers 24-20

Hogan: Ravens 17-14

Tatum: Ravens 21-20

Triplett: Ravens 23-21

Varney: Chargers 14-17

Steelers at 49ers

DeShazier: Steelers 21-18

Duncan: 49ers 23-21

Hogan: Steelers 13-9

Tatum: 49ers 21-20

Triplett: Steelers 23-20

Varney: 49ers 17-14

Seahawks at Bears

DeShazier: Bears 13-10

Duncan: Bears 17-10

Hogan: Bears 20-10

Tatum: Seahawks 21-17

Triplett: Bears 16-13

Varney: Seahawks 21-17

Bengals at Rams

DeShazier: Rams 17-16

Duncan: Bengals 21-9

Hogan: Bengals 24-21

Tatum: Bengals 24-20

Triplett: Bengals 23-20

Varney: Bengals 17-14

Panthers at Texans

DeShazier: Texans 30-21

Duncan: Texans 24-21

Hogan: Texans 27-20

Tatum: Panthers 24-23

Triplett: Texans 20-17

Varney: Texans 21-20

Packers at Chiefs

DeShazier: Packers 38-16

Duncan: Packers 27-13

Hogan: Packers 28-17

Tatum: Packers 41-10

Triplett: Packers 37-17

Varney: Packers 42-14

Titans at Colts

DeShazier: Titans 21-10

Duncan: Titans 17-12

Hogan: Titans 16-13

Tatum: Titans 24-10

Triplett: Titans 24-16

Varney: Titans 24-14

Dolphins at Bills

DeShazier: Bills 20-16

Duncan: Bills 23-20

Hogan: Dolphins 23-17

Tatum: Bills 17-16

Triplett: Bills 20-17

Varney: Bills 7-6

Redskins at Giants

DeShazier: Giants 33-18

Duncan: Giants 28-16

Hogan: Giants 26-23

Tatum: Giants 31-24

Triplett: Giants 28-20

Varney: Giants 24-20

Lions at Raiders

DeShazier: Raiders 23-20

Duncan: Lions 28-27

Hogan: Raiders 24-23

Tatum: Raiders 24-23

Triplett: Lions 24-23

Varney: Lions 26-23

Browns at Cardinals

DeShazier: Cardinals 19-7

Duncan: Cardinals 24-10

Hogan: Cardinals 23-21

Tatum: Cardinals 17-12

Triplett: Cardinals 24-20

Varney: Cardinals 27-17

Jets at Eagles

DeShazier: Eagles 28-24

Duncan: Eagles 26-24

Hogan: Eagles 21-20

Tatum: Jets 20-17

Triplett: Jets 24-23

Varney: Jets 21-19

Last week’s record

DeShazier: Won 10, lost 6

Duncan: Won 12, lost 4

Hogan: Won 12, lost 4

Tatum: Won 11, lost 5

Triplett: Won 13, lost 3

Varney: Won 11, lost 5

Overall record

DeShazier: 130-78

Duncan: 136-72

Hogan: 135-73

Tatum: 136-72

Triplett: 143-65

Varney: 142-66

Dec

18

Saints seek a defining third consecutive season with 11 victories

MINNEAPOLIS — Less than two years ago, the Saints and Minnesota Vikings battled into overtime in the NFC championship game to see who would get to face the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl.

Now, 21 months later, the Vikings are 2-11 and the Colts are 0-13.

Those are extreme examples of how quickly teams can fall off the map — and how devastating it can be to lose a quarterback. Nonetheless, they are two more reasons to appreciate the Saints’ current run of consistency.

Read more of this story here.

Dec

18

Jo-Lonn Dunbar says the New Orleans Saints defense can’t be fooled by Minnesota’s record Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:37PM


New Orleans Saints linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar talked to The Times-Picayune’s James Varney about the big stop against the Tennessee Titans last week and what to look forward to on Sunday.

Dec

06

New Orleans Saints could clinch playoff spot this Sunday

The New Orleans Saints (9-3) could clinch a playoff spot this Sunday. The Saints travel to Nashville to play the Tennessee Titans ((7-5) in an inter-conference game.

Here’s how the Saints could be in: First, of course, they must win. If the Saints win and the Falcons lose, New Orleans wins the South Division title. The Falcons (7-5) are at Carolina (4-8)

The Saints would earn a wild card berth if they win, and the Bears and the Lions both lose. Chicago (7-5) is on the road against the streaking Broncos (7-5), while the Detroit (7-5) hosts the Vikings (2-10), who have already been eliminated from the postseason.

Dec

06

New Orleans Saints beat Detroit 31-17 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome

Kevin Spain, The Times-Picayune

The New Orleans Saints beat the Detroit Lions 31-17 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday to improve to 9-3 on the season and solidified their hold on the NFC South.

Drew Brees threw for 342 yards and three touchdowns.

Robert Meachem had 3 catches for 119 yards and a touchdown. Jonathan Vilma had 10 tackles in his return, missing two straight games after having his knee scoped.

Dec

02

Sunday Night Football !!

Thanks Lisa for letting us know about the great pictures of the Saints for Sunday Night Football!

Want to see them CLICK HERE now!

Dec

01

Is Drew Brees getting slighted?

By Pat Yasinskas

The NFL announced its Players of the Month for Offense, Defense and Special teams. There wasn’t an NFC South player among them.

Not surprising, really, since no NFC South player has been a Player of the Month this season. What is surprising is how the league, which usually goes out of its way to spread these kind of awards around, isn’t doing that with the NFC Offensive Player of the Month.

Aaron Rodgers won it. Good for him. He’s a great player and is having a tremendous season.

But here’s the catch. Rodgers also was the NFC Offensive Player of the Month for October – and September. Heck, he actually just became the first player since Player of the Month awards were started in 1986 to win an award in four straight months. Rodgers also won it in December of last season.

Read the rest of the story here.


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