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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.

Brother of Taylor Swift’s backup singer picks off Patrick Mahomes

There was a Taylor Swift theme on the Saints’ defense against the Chiefs

Taylor Swift was in a suite at Arrowhead on Monday night. Khalen Saunders, the brother of one of her backup singers, was on the field for the New Orleans Saints.

The 6-foot, 324-pound Saunders grabbed a carom off the hands of JuJu Smith-Schuter in the end zone for an interception. The big guy rumbled 37 yards with the pick.

The turnover turned into an eight-play, 62-yard drive that concluded with a Derek Carr pass to Foster Moreau for a touchdown.

The PAT was missed and the Saints trailed 16-13 in the fourth quarter.

Khalen Saunders brother Kam had to choose between his boss and his brother.

Eagles stun Saints with late Saquon Barkley touchdown

The Eagles got a late touchdown to upend the Saints

A short pass from Jalen Hurts to Dallas Goedert turned into a 61-yard gain and set up the second Saquon Barkley touchdown of the game as the Philadelphia Eagles downed the New Orleans Saints, 15-12, on Sunday at the Superdome.

The pass to Goedert undeneath saw multiple New Orleans players take each other out as the tight end romped down the sideline. The tight end had 10 catches for 170 yards in career game in the win.

New Orleans’ final drive ended when Reid Blankenship picked off Derek Carr.

The Saints’ powerful offense was stifled by the Eagles for almost 58 minutes. Carr was able to direct a touchdown drive that gave his team the temporary lead.

The Saints got a touchdown pass from Carr to Chris Olave with 2:03 left to take a 12-7 advantage.

New Orleans erupted for 91 points in the first two weeks but managed to crack 200 yards of total offense only on the touchdown drive, which went 50 yards in nine plays.

The Eagles gained more than 450 yards on offense.

The Eagles and Saints are both 2-1 after Week 3.

Saquon Barkley gives Eagles lead with 65-yard TD run

Saquon Barkley with a long TD run at the Superdome for the Eagles

It had been a long time since Saquon Barkley had a run as long as 65 yards … five years.

The Philadelphia Eagles needed a big play in the fourth quarter at New Orleans on Sunday.

The free agent signee in the offseason delivered a 65-yard touchdown run that gave Philly a 7-3 lead in the Superdome.

Two of the league’s best offenses were locked in a defensive struggle.