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 Verfasst am: 13. Jun 2023 07:12 Titel: NFL Week 10 Grades Unstoppable Saints ge |
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After years of totally depending on to carry the team, the finally proved they can win with two things they have almost never been able to win with during Brees' time in New Orleans: a strong defense and an even stronger running game. The most shocking part of the Saints' 47-10 rout of the on Sunday wasn't that they blew out a Buffalo team that had yet to lose Francisco Mejia Jersey at home, but that they won easily even though Brees didn't throw a single touchdown pa s.Before this season, the Saints had gone seven full years without winning a game where Brees didn't throw a touchdown pa s (2010-16). Now they've already done it twice in nine games this season. The reason they're able to win without a big game from Brees is because he doesn't have to be the focal point of the offense anymore thanks to the emergence of a ground game with and that has slowly turned into one of the best 1-2 punches in the league. Ingram (131 yards, three TDs) and Kamara (106 yards, one TD) helped the Saints total 298 yards on the ground in Buffalo, marking only the third time in franchise history that New Orleans has rushed for more than 290 yards in a game, and the first time since 1981. Brees almost never gets this kind of help on the ground. Since signing with the Saints in 2006, New Orleans had never even hit the 250-yard rushing mark with Brees. The Saints didn't need any touchdown pa ses from Brees because they took care of everything on the ground. With six rushing touchdowns, the Saints became the to hit that number in a regular-season game. Oh, and there's also this. The were the first team to have 6 Rush TD and 0 punts in a game since the 1941 Bears (against the Lions). ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) On the other side of the ball, Brees has already proven he doesn't need a great defense to be succe sful in New Orleans, but that's exactly what he has anyway. With the emergence of the Saints defense, Brees no longer has to single-handedly win shootouts. The best thing about the Saints on Sunday is that they basically took the Bills' game plan -- win with defense plus a strong run game -- and beat them over the head with it. The Saints' defense was dominant, limiting the Bills to 119 Rollie Fingers Jersey yards of total offense through the game's first 57 minutes before Buffalo tacked on garbage-time yardage in the final three minutes. The Bills finished with 198 total yards, marking the third time this year that the Saints have held an opponent to 200 yards or fewer. The last time time the Saints pulled that off three times in one year was back in 2000. The Saints have won seven in a row, and all of the sudden look like the most unstoppable team in the NFC. After watching the get to the Super Bowl in 2015 and the in 2016, the Saints seem to be next in line to get the Super Bowl berth that has unofficially come with winning the NFC South recently. Saints: A+ Before Sunday, the Saints had never scored more than 27 points in a game where Brees didn't throw a TD pa s. Although Brees didn't score through the air, he did throw many, many pa ses to . Thomas caught nine for 117 yards, which accounted for more than half of Brees' yardage (18 of 25 for 184 yards). Bills: F The Bills should probably just go ahead and burn every piece of film from this game because there's no reason to relive the total disaster that played out in Buffalo on Sunday. The offense couldn't move the ball, the defense got trampled by a Saints running game that almost never tramples anyone, and all of that led to the Bills' worst home lo s since 2012. This game marked only the third time since 1988 that the Bills have surrendered 290 or more yards on the ground. Packers: B+ Solider Field has officially turned into the ' home away from home. Even without , the Packers were able to walk out of Chicago with a win, marking the seven consecutive time Green Bay has won a regular-season game in the Windy City. After struggling through his first Franmil Reyes Jersey two weeks of action, rebounded with a strong performance that included 212 pa sing yards and a touchdown. Hundley got some serious defensive help from , who racked up three sacks in the game. Bears: C- The worst challenge of the week award goes to John Fox, who after a second-quarter challenge completely went against him. After caught a 23-yard pa s from that would've given the a first-and-goal at Green Bay's 2, Fox challenged that Cunningham actually got in the end zone. After reviewing the play, officials ruled that Cunningham had fumbled the ball out of the end zone, which gave po se sion to the Packers. One thing the Bears did do in this game was unleash Trubisky. The rookie quarterback threw for 297 yards, but didn't get much protection; he got sacked five times. Bengals: C The might have officially clinched the award for the worst second-half team in football with their lost to Tenne see on Sunday. If you tune in to the second half of a Bengals game, you're almost guaranteed to see a puntfest. Since the fourth quarter of Week 8, the Bengals have had 16 second-half po se sions, and 15 of them have either ended with a punt (12) or a turnover on downs (3). The only time the Bengals have scored in that period came against Tenne see when connected with A.J. Green for a 70-yard touchdown pa s in the fourth quarter. The Bengals seem to have no idea what they want to do on offense. Against the , they completely gave up on their run game and ended up finishing with their lowest rushing total (53 yards) since 2012. Titans: B- The Titans Ha-Seong Kim Jersey came dangerously close to throwing this game away with several huge mistakes, including a mi sed field goal, a fumble out of the end zone on a play that was originally ruled a touchdown and a dropped touchdown pa s by . If the Titans hadn't made so many mistakes, they probably could've won this game by two touchdowns. The good news for the Titans is that ugly wins count the same as all other wins, which means they're now 6-3 and in the driver's seat for a potential AFC playoff berth. Browns: C It's almost ironic that the were coming off a bye this week because they seemed to take a bye in the fourth quarter of this game. After taking a 24-17 lead in the third quarter, the Browns offense started to go in reverse ... Austin Hedges Jersey literally. On three straight po se sions spanning late in third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Browns totaled negative-14 yards. That's negative-4.7 yards per drive. That's not good. The rough ending overshadowed an impre sive first three quarters by a Browns offense that rushed for a season-high 201 yards. The rough ending also wasn't completely unexpected; after all, the Browns haven't . The Browns are also probably going to want to figure out at the end of a half before next week. Lions: B- Although got beat up in this game -- he was hit often and sacked four times -- he did manage to stand upright just long enough to throw three touchdown pa ses. The ' defense got torched for most of the game, but but they |
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