Tag: New Orleans Saints

Saints DE Cameron Jordan has a different take on the Myles Garrett incident

See what New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan had to say on Twitter about the Myles Garrett incident involving Mason Rudolph.

The New Orleans Saints will face off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday in Week 11, and for the 7-2 Saints, a win feels like a must after losing at home last Sunday to the Atlanta Falcons, who entered the game at just 1-7.

After the San Francisco 49ers lost Monday night to the Seattle Seahawks to drop to 8-1, that loss to Atlanta has become all the more costly for New Orleans. Losing to a lesser opponent for the second-straight game, especially one in their own division, would further hamper their hopes for a high playoff seed. Tampa Bay can expect New Orleans to come out attacking the young secondary.

But, before Sunday’s action rolls around, many players are likely still processing what happened last night in the Thursday night matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. In the closing seconds of that game, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett got into a scuffle on the ground with Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph, which eventually led to Garrett ripping off Rudolph’s helmet and smashing it over his head.

The NFL reacted today by suspending Garrett indefinitely, but, it seems one Saints player thinks Garrett isn’t entirely at fault for what transpired. See what defensive end Cameron Jordan had to say on Twitter.

While Rudolph may have played a part in starting the fight, we’ve seen plenty of brawls before, and none have escalated to the level like we saw last night. Garrett needs to know when to stop and move on.

He’ll have plenty of time now to learn that lesson.

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Deonte Harris, Marshon Lattimore ruled out on Saints-Bucs injury report

The New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers published their final injury reports for their Week 11 kickoff.

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The New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers published their final injury reports for their Week 11 kickoff, complete with game status for some players based off of practice participation on Friday. Any changes to Thursday’s practice status are noted in bold text, and players listed without likelihood of playing on Sunday (whether they are Out or Questionable) should be considered ready to go.

Marshon Lattimore’s will not play in Sunday’s matchup with the Buccaneers after suffering a hamstring injury last week, and his availability in teh immediate future is under doubt. Deonte Harris’s status has not looked good all week and now he’s been ruled out, too, also with a hamstring injury. Andrus Peat was expected to miss this game (and the next few weeks) after having surgery completed on his broken arm. At least linebacker Demario Davis, fullback Zach Line, and cornerback Patrick Robinson are good to go for Sunday’s game.

From the Saints

  • KR/WR Deonte Harris (Hamstring) Did not participate, Out
  • CB Marshon Lattimore (Hamstring) Did not participate, Out
  • G Andrus Peat (Forearm) Did not participate, Out
  • FB Zach Line (Knee) Limited
  • LB Demario Davis (Hamstring) Limited
  • CB Patrick Robinson (Hamstring) Full

From the Buccaneers

  • CB Carlton Davis (Hip) Full, Questionable
  • T Demar Dotson (Non injury related) Full
  • OLB Anthony Nelson (Hamstring) Did not participate, Out
  • CB M.J. Stewart (Knee) Did not participate, Out
  • G Ali Marpet (Ankle) Full
  • OLB Carl Nassib (Hamstring) Limited, Out

Saints reveal jersey-pants combination for Week 11 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The New Orleans Saints will pair white jerseys with white pants for the third time, in their Week 11 game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Send prayers and kind thoughts for the New Orleans Saints equipment staff, because the team is pairing their white away jerseys with matching white pants for the third time this season. They’ll square up with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the turf at Raymond James Stadium in their all-white uniform combination, which is sure to be a nightmare for grass stains. Good luck to them.

It sure appears that the Saints are phasing out the “gold” pants (honestly the color is closer to khaki) they’ve often worn in the past, preferring black pants in most of their recent games. They haven’t worn the gold pants with their white road jerseys since the 2017 regular-season finale, which happened to also come against the Buccaneers in Tampa. These white pants are sharp, if a little bland. A simple stripe or maybe a small fleur-de-lis on the outer leg panel would do a lot to improve them.

The Saints are undefeated in the white-on-white combination this season, having defeated both the Jacksonville Jaguars and Chicago Bears while wearing it in consecutive road games earlier this year. Here’s the win/loss record for each of the different uniforms the Saints have used since Sean Payton was hired to coach the team back in 2006, including the playoffs:

  • White jerseys, white pants: 2-0 (1.000)
  • Color Rush alternates: 5-2 (.714)
  • Black and Gold throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  • Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  • White jerseys, black pants: 38-25 (.603)
  • Black jerseys, black pants: 39-26 (.600)
  • White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)

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Buccaneers rule three players out for Sunday’s game vs. Saints

Bruce Arians says CB M.J. Stewart and OLBs Anthony Nelson and Carl Nassib have been ruled for Sunday’s game. – Scott Smith (@ScottSBucs) November 15, 2019 This is a bit late for a correction but I obviously left the word “out” out below. Those three …

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without cornerback M.J. Stewart and outside linebackers Anthony Nelson and Carl Nassib this Sunday when they take on the New Orleans Saints at home.

The good news for the Bucs is that head coach Bruce Arians believes cornerback Carlton Davis, who was limited in practice yesterday with a hip injury, will be ready to go on Sunday.

Tampa Bay will need Davis to help them contain Saints quarterback Drew Brees and receivers like Michael Thomas. The Bucs parted ways with former first-round pick and veteran cornerback Vernon Hargreaves earlier this week after his lack of hustle in last Sunday’s win over the Arizona Cardinals, so a depleted secondary will need to step up since the Saints will no doubt look to exploit the Bucs’ greatest weakness. Hopefully, Davis will be back on the field to help.

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New Orleans Saints fan rooting guide for every game in Week 11

The New Orleans Saints are playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 11, but there’s other games on tap. Here’s the Saints fan rooting guide.

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The NFL’s calendar is turning towards Week 11, with plenty of action ahead outside of the New Orleans Saints’ road game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Here’s who Saints fans should pull for in every game this weekend. All odds are sourced from BetMGM.

Around the NFC South

Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers. Tough as it may be to accept, Saints fans should pull for a Falcons win on Sunday. It’s fine if that’s unacceptable; it’s never fun to root for the enemy. Especially when the Panthers are favored by 5.5 points. Ideally, both rival NFC South teams would lose. But Carolina is a closer threat to New Orleans’ lead on the division title, and a Falcons victory here hurts their draft positioning — possibly keeping them from landing some real help like Ohio State Buckeyes prospect Chase Young. Hold your nose and root for Atlanta.

Painting the NFC Playoff Picture

Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers favored by 11.5 points, even if the Cardinals played them very close a few weeks ago. San Francisco finally suffered its first loss in prime time (to the NFC West-rival Seattle Seahawks) and another upset would do a lot to help the Saints’ chances of securing a top-two seed in the NFC playoffs. Give Arizona your support.

Denver Broncos at Minnesota Vikings. This one should be easy enough given Denver’s issues at quarterback, and the Vikings are favored by 10.5 points. Still, root for the underdog if you’re watching this one. The Vikings are right in the thick of the NFC North title race with the Green Bay Packers, and there’s something to be said for encouraging chaos in that division. Still, the fewer rival teams with momentum behind them is better for the Saints. It’s long odds for the Broncos, but pull for them anyway.

Chicago Bears at Los Angeles Rams. Why is this game on Sunday Night Football? The Bears aren’t a competitive football team with Mitchell Trubisky at quarterback, and Chicago is in too deep now to pull him out of the lineup. So we’re stuck watching him try to avoid Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey at the end of a long day of solid games, which isn’t very appealing considering how much trouble the Rams (who are favored by 6.5) have given New Orleans recently. Keeping the Rams mediocre and the Bears stuck with Trubisky is very much in the Saints’ interest, however, so idly root for Chicago.

Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions. This game won’t feature Matthew Stafford, who is missing his second consecutive start while dealing with a back injury. The Lions are a long-shot to make the playoffs, and their odds of beating Dallas are presumably even more destitute. But it’s always easy to pull against the Cowboys, which is what Saints fans should do here. The current NFC East front-runners have the worst record among their peers in the conference, and it’s in New Orleans’ interest for the Cowboys to remain unstable moving down the stretch.

New England Patriots at Philadelphia Eagles. The less said about this game between two insufferable teams and their associated fanbases, the better. The Patriots are favored by 3.5; Saints fans should check that box and keep it moving.

Leftovers and Lagniappe

Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts. The Colts are one of the Saints’ few remaining AFC opponents, and they’re favored by 3.5 points despite having laid an egg against the Miami Dolphins last week. Root for the Jaguars to keep them off-kilter and unbalanced moving forwards.

Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs. This should be a decent Monday Night Football from Mexico, and the Chiefs are favored by 4.5. Saints fans don’t have a rooting interest so pull for the underdog Chargers to add some chaos to the AFC playoff picture.

Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens. This is the game that should be on Sunday Night Football, with two of the NFL’s most exciting young quarterbacks in Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson. But it isn’t, so you’ll be forgiven for switching over to it when the Saints are on commercial break. The Ravens are favored by 4.5, putting Watson into underdog mode, which may be when he plays his best football.

New York Jets at Washington Redskins. This is going to be an ugly game, with both teams lacking inspiring quarterback play and firepower. The Redskins are slightly favored by 2.5 points, and a win would keep team owner Dan Snyder on the same course in which he’s made countless bad decisions. Keeping a one-contending franchise in the gutter is great for New Orleans, so root for Washington in this instance.

Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins. The Bills are favored by 6.5, but the Dolphins have so many former Saints players (linebacker Vince Biegel, cornerback Ken Crawley, punt returner Marcus Sherels) that they’re an easy choice for Saints fans to root for. Pull for the underdog Dolphins on Sunday.

Cincinnati Bengals at Oakland Raiders. The Saints won’t play either of these teams any time soon (they are scheduled to face the Raiders in Las Vegas next year, however) and it would be great to see an Oakland fanbase that’s lacked good memories lately get another one this week. The Raiders are favored by 10.5, and any Saints fans watching should call for them to they cover.

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Undeterred by last week’s loss, 100% of experts pick Saints over Bucs

The New Orleans Saints were again a unanimous choice over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in NFL expert picks for Week 11 of the regular season.

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According to expert picks surveyed by NFL Pickwatch, 100% of observers around the league expect the New Orleans Saints to take down the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during their Week 11 road game at Raymond James Stadium.

This is despite New Orleans’ shocking loss at home a week earlier to the lowly Atlanta Falcons, which became just the second dirty birds victory of the year. 100% of the expert picks gathered called for a Saints win in that game, too. In fact, the Saints were one of three teams to have unanimous certainty last week, along with the Indianapolis Colts (who actually lost to the Miami Dolphins) and the Baltimore Ravens (who beat the Cincinnati Bengals).

So obviously this means that the expert picks are sort of meaningless. Football is a great game to watch and study, but nearly impossible to predict. That held true during Thursday Night Football when two-thirds of experts picked the Pittsburgh Steelers to win, but the Cleveland Browns found a way to succeed instead.

For the curious, the Saints are one of two teams with 100% certainty of their success from the experts this week, along with the Oakland Raiders (who play winless Cincinnati). Several other teams come close, including the Minnesota Vikings (99%), San Francisco 49ers (97%), Dallas Cowboys (97%), and Buffalo Bills (96%), but too many contrarian picks — or calculated cuts against the grain — avoid a group consensus. We’ll see soon who ended up picking correctly.

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Current, former Saints players react to Steelers-Browns brawl

The NFL’s Thursday Night Football game between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers took a nasty turn when a fight broke out; the skirmish followed Browns pass rusher Myles Garrett’s takedown of Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph, and ended …

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The NFL’s Thursday Night Football game between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers took a nasty turn when a fight broke out; the skirmish followed Browns pass rusher Myles Garrett’s takedown of Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph, and ended up involving multiple players from both teams. Garrett and Steelers offensive lineman Maurkice Pouncey were ejected, and suspensions are expected to be handed out by the league office in the coming days.

And the events didn’t go unnoticed by several New Orleans Saints players, both those with the team now and others who have since retired. Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan observed that while Rudolph instigated the fight by trying to take off Garrett’s helmet, there’s no excusing Garrett’s response to batter the quarterback with his own helmet.

Wide receiver Michael Thomas also chimed in, pointing out that one should, “Know who you running up on” before starting a fight. There’s a clear size mismatch between the 236-pound Rudolph and 271-pound Garrett, making the quarterback’s decision to start grappling with his opponent somewhat questionable.

Longtime Saints right tackle Zach Strief focused on Garrett’s use of Rudolph’s helmet as a weapon, noting that the action would be expensive and asking, “Anyone know the current fine for assault with a deadly weapon?”

An interesting perspective comes from former Saints offensive lineman Kyle Turley, who once defended quarterback Aaron Brooks by removing an opponent’s helmet and throwing it across the field. Turley chided both Garrett and Pouncey for risking a series brain injury with so many blows to the head:

Obviously there’s no place in football — or any other professional setting — for this sort of violence, but it’s also clear that neither Garrett nor Rudolph and the other Steelers players involved came out of this looking innocent. Hopefully the NFL can navigate the situation tactfully and do its part to discourage future incidents like this.

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Saints-Bucs Injury Report (Nov. 14): G Ali Marpet is a full participant

Check out the latest injury report for both the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers ahead of Week 11’s showdown.

After halting their four-game losing-streak by beating the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are now ready to exact revenge on the New Orleans Saints in Week 11.

The Saints, who are coming off a shocking loss to the Atlanta Falcons, picked the Bucs’ secondary apart back in Week 5 and started the Bucs on their four-game skid.

With Drew Brees now back in the lineup, the task of taking down one of the best teams in the NFC becomes even more difficult for the Bucs. Hopefully, they’ll get some of the guys listed below back in time for Sunday’s game.

Here’s the latest injury report for both teams.

Buccaneers

CB Carlton Davis (hip) – Limited Participation

T Demar Dotson (not injury related) – Full Participation

G Ali Marpet (ankle) – Full Participation

OLB Carl Nassib (groin) – Limited Participation

OLB Anthony Nelson (hamstring) – Did Not Participate

CB M.J. Stewart (knee) – Did Not Participate

Saints

LB Demario Davis (hamstring) – Limited Participation

WR Deonte Harris (hamstring) – Did Not Participate

CB Marshon Lattimore (hamstring) – Did Not Participate

FB Zach Line (knee) – Limited Participation

G Andrus Peat (forearm) – Did Not Participate

CB Patrick Robinson (hamstring) – Full Participation

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No changes to Saints injury report for Week 11 vs. Buccaneers

The New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers updated their injury reports ahead of their Week 11 kickoff on Sunday afternoon on Fox.

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Andrus Peat will be out for up to six weeks with a broken arm after the Week 10 clash with the Atlanta Falcons. This is a large blow to the New Orleans Saints interior offensive line. Now, Will Clapp or Nick Easton will have to help shoulder the load in protecting quarterback Drew Brees.

Marshon Lattimore is on a week-to-week basis with a hamstring injury, and no one should expect the cornerback to practice this week. While the blow to the offensive line can be more easily absorbed, Lattimore’s absence from the defense could produce some unwanted results within the secondary. A combination of P.J. Williams, and C.J. Gardner-Johnson will have to pick up the slack if Lattimore misses any type of time,

The New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers updated their injury reports ahead of their Week 11 kickoff on Sunday afternoon on Fox. Each player listed has a designation for practice performance; changes from the previous report will be denoted with bold text. Here’s what we learned:

From the Saints

  • KR/WR Deonte Harris (Hamstring) Did not participate
  • CB Marshon Lattimore (Hamstring) Did not participate
  • G Andrus Peat (Forearm) Did not participate
  • FB Zach Line (Knee) Limited
  • LB Demario Davis (Hamstring) Limited
  • CB Patrick Robinson (Hamstring) Full

From the Buccaneers

  • CB Carlton Davis (Hip) Limited
  • T Demar Dotson (Non injury related) Full
  • OLB Anthony Nelson (Hamstring) Did not participate
  • CB M.J. Stewart (Knee) Did not participate
  • G Ali Marpet (Ankle) Full
  • OLB Carl Nassib (Hamstring) Limited

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New Orleans Saints QB Controversy? No, not even a little bit

The New Orleans Saints may have fallen flat, but there’s no questioning whether the team is better with Drew Brees or Teddy Bridgewater.

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One poor game from New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons has a surprising number of analysts, pundits, and fans asking “Were the Saints better off with Teddy Bridgewater under center?” The simple answer to that question is simple: no.

A lot of drama was stirred up from the shocking loss to the Falcons during Week 10, but quarterback controversy should not be a part of any of that. It is true that Bridgewater led New Orleans to five straight wins in the absence of Brees. It is also a fact that Brees had one of his less-than-stellar performances during Week 10.

But let’s put all of this into perspective. In Bridgewater’s five starts this season he averaged a 103.68 QB rating, 241 passing yards, and a 70.14% completion rate per game; not too shabby. If we are to believe the pundits like FOX Sports host Ben Maller, then Brees’ game during Week 10 was worth benching the future Hall of Famer over. However, even in that game the future Brees threw for nearly 300 yards and kept the ball safe, while still completing over 70% of his passes. In Brees’ very first game back from injury just two weeks earlier, he looked like his vintage self, throwing for 373 yards and three touchdowns, compiling a 116.4 QB rating. While the sample size is limited this year, Brees does not look like the over-the-hill quarterback some have described.

What happened during Week 10 was an anomaly, at least historically that has been the case for contending Saints squads. The offensive line was banged up or ill (Andrus Peat exited with a broken arm, and Terron Armstead was playing with the flu), as evidenced by the season-high six sacks. New Orleans’ inability to get the run going, as evidenced by just 11 rush attempts, kept the team from spreading the field as they often do. On top of that, self-inflicted penalties by the defense killed momentum, and continually gave life to the Falcon’s offense.

All of that being said, Brees did make a few errant throws, one in particular to wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith during the second quarter, which sailed over the receiver’s head. Had the pass been slightly more accurate, Smith could have potentially had a huge gain. Multiple drops by Ted Ginn Jr., and a season-long lack of production from every other receiver not named Michael Thomas helped to impede Brees and Sean Payton’s game plan.

Let’s keep it real: the entire New Orleans squad played poorly from top to bottom, and one bad game is nowhere near enough to question the Saints’ quarterback situation, nor is it enough to question whether Brees is truly feeling his age. While Bridgewater kept the team afloat, there’s no question that the team is in better position to win with Brees under center.

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