Category: Saints

Saints butcher clock management at end of horrific first half against Packers

The Saints mismanaged the clock at the end of a putrid first half

Anything that could go wrong and more went wrong for the New Orleans Saints against the Green Bay Packers on Monday at Lambeau Field.

Green Bay led 21-0 at the break and the awful play by New Orleans was compounded by an embarrassing gaffe in the final minute of the half.

Spencer Rattler completed a pass to Kevin Austin for 17 yards. However, Austin fumbled the ball out of bounds with 39 seconds left.

Somehow, the entire Saints teacm and coaches failed to realize the fumble out of bounds meant the clock kept ticking.

Finally, with 15 seconds left interim coach Darren Rizzi called a timeout. He was furious but unaware of the rules as was everyone else associated with his players and staff.

Rattler was then sacked and threw two incompletions before the clock ran out.

 

Alvin Kamara makes fantastic catch for Saints touchdown on trick play

Trick play touchdown for the New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints weren’t getting production from Jake Haener or Spencer Rattler at quarterback on Sunday against the Washington Commanders.

So, they went to a trick play and Cedrick Wilson Jr. showed the arm they hoped to have.

It helped that Alvin Kamara was the target and made a great one-hand grab in the end zone.

After the PAT, Washington still led 17-7 in the third quarter.

To that point, the New Orleans QBs were 6-of-14 for 100 yards and a pick.

Bryan Bresee spectacular blocked field goal saves Saints’ win over Giants

Bryan Bresee with an amazingly athletic play to save the Saints’ win

The New Orleans’ Saints Blake Grupe missed his two field-goal attempts on Sunday at MetLife against the New York Giants.

He can exhale because of an incredible play by Bryan Bresee on a field-goal attempt by Graham Gano that would have tied the game late.

Bresee leaped over the line of scrimmage and blocked Gano’s kick in the final seconds to secure New Orleans’ 14-11 win.

Browns, Saints exchange long touchdown passes

The Saints and Browns went for long touchdown passes

One of Jameis Winston’s former teams played his current team on Sunday.

The Cleveland Browns quarterback connected with Jerry Jeudy on a pass and the wideout took it to the house, going 89 yards on the play.

The Saints countered with a long play of their own as Marquez Valdes-Scantling caught a pass from Derek Carr and scored on the 71-yard play.

The Saints led 14-6 at the half.

New Orleans Saints fire head coach Dennis Allen

Saints fire Dennis Allen after he loses his last seven games

A loss to the Carolina Panthers was the final straw for Dennis Allen as New Orleans Saints head coach.

The team parted ways with Allen on Monday after the 23-22 loss to Carolina.

The Saints’ season started with so much promise. They won two games in rousing fashion.

What followed was a stunning collapse. New Orleans has lost seven games in a row and sits last in the NFC South via tiebreakers.

Allen was 18-25 in 43 games as Saints head coach.

Previously, he was 8-28 as Raiders head coach from 2012 part of the 2014 season.

The interim coach will be Darren Rizzi, the special teams coaches and one of the new kickoff’s architects.

Michael Thomas rips Derek Carr after Chris Olave suffers concussion

Michael Thomas has no use for Derek Carr

Former New Orleans Saint great wide receiver Michael Thomas put Derek Carr on blast after the quarterback threw a pass on a play that ended up with Chris Olave heading to the hospital on a stretcher.

Carr’s pass over the middle in the game with the Carolina Panthers set Olave up to be blasted by Xavier Woods.

The receiver was taken to the hospital with a concussion. He had movement in all his extremities. Thankfully.

Thomas went on a rant about Carr, much of it with salty languaga.

Saints score 27 points in second quarter against Buccaneers

The Saints and Bucs were keeping the scoreboard operator busy

There was a wild first half in the Big Easy on Sunday as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints put 51 points on the scoreboard.

The Buccaneers surged to a 17-0 lead before New Orleans ralled, keyed by a punt return for a TD by Rashid Shaheed.

Spencer Rattler was making his first NFL start at QB and the rookie from South Carolina threw for 140 yards and a TD before the break.

The TD pass was good for 10 yards to Bub Means and it gave New Orleans its first lead at 20-17.

The teams then traded touchdowns and the Saints led at the half, 27-24.

Rashid Shaheed gets Saints back in game with punt return for TD

The Saints get a special-teams touchdown from Rashid Shaheed

The New Orleans Saints needed a big play after falling behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-0 on Sunday.

Rashid Shaheed had the answer in the second quarter. The fleet wideout collected a punt at his 46 and returned it 54 yards for a score.

After the PAT, New Orleans trailed 17-10.

Saints, Raiders making quarterback changes

The Raiders and Saints will start new quarterbacks in NFL Week Six

Dennis Allen’s former and current teams will see changes at quarterback in Week Six of the NFL season.

Allen’s New Orleans Saints will go with fifth-round pick Spencer Rattler against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Rattler was once the top recruit at QB in the nation and wound up at Oklahoma before transferring to South Carolina.

He gets the call over Jake Haener, who replaced Derek Carr on Monday against the Chiefs when the veteran suffered an oblique injury that will sideline him for several weeks.

Meanwhile, the team Allen used to coach the Raiders, now of  Las Vegas, will bench Gardner Minshew and start Aidan O’Connell when they play the Pittsburgh Steelers.

O’Connell went 5-5 as a starter last season as a rookie. On the season, he passed for 2,218 yards with 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 11 appearances.

Saints’ 324-pound Khalen Saunders hit nearly 16 mph on interception return

Khalen Saunders of the Saints was moving after his pick of Patrick Mahomes

Khalen Saunders of the New Orleans Saints picked a pass that caromed off JuJu Schuster in the end zone Monday night at Arrowhead Stadium.

In the loss to Kansas City Chiefs, Saunders was a highlight as he took the interception of Patrick Mahomes throw out of the end zone.

Charging like a running back, the 6-foot, 324-pounder reached a top speed of 15.79.

That’s moving for a big guy.