Tag: Revenge Game

Jameis Winston revenge game has lost its luster without Dennis Allen

With Dennis Allen no longer in the picture, this week’s Jameis Winston revenge game feels markedly different:

The Jameis Winston revenge game has lost some of its allure with the firing of Dennis Allen.

There are two types of “revenge games.” You have matchups like C.J. Gardner-Johnson returning to New Orleans. There was true animosity from the safety. Then, you have games that simply features a player facing his former team, and “revenge game” is used jokingly.

We thought Jameis Winston facing the New Orleans Saints as the Cleveland Browns’ starting quarterback would be a true revenge game. Without the presence of Allen, there’s nothing to get revenge for.

It was Allen who told Winston he wouldn’t lose his job due to injury then kept Andy Dalton as the starter. It was Allen’s wishes Winston went against to give Jamaal Williams a touchdown against Atlanta.

With Allen gone, who would the ill will be directed towards?

Winston became one of the more beloved players in the Saints’ locker room and by the fan base. Under these circumstances, this is closer to a family reunion than an attempt for revenge.

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Here’s when Marshon Lattimore will play the Saints with his new team

Now-former New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore will return to the Caesars Superdome with his new team in December:

The New Orleans Saints’ trade of Marshon Lattimore to the Washington Commanders is complete, and now they will have to face him sooner rather than later. The Commanders have a Dec. 15 date set with the Saints in the Caesars Superdome for a matchup that will likely end up not going the way of New Orleans based on their performances this season.

With the Commanders sitting at 7-2 and atop the NFC East, a matchup with the 2-7 bottom of the NFC South Saints is likely not much of a threat, especially now with their new defensive powerhouse Marshon Lattimore.

This will be the first matchup between these teams since 2021 when the Saints beat the Washington Football team 33-22 in one of their transition years. Overall, however, Washington leads this series all-time with a 17-11-0 record, despite the Saints winning the last three games. In that 2021 matchup, Lattimore held Terry McLaurin to 4 receptions for 46 yards during what was likely the peak of both of their careers statistically. He will now have his first shot at the Saints only a month after being traded away.

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Ex-Saints kicker outscored his old team by himself with the Broncos

Wil Lutz tallied more points than the New Orleans Saints themselves on Thursday night. The Broncos kicker outscored his old team all by himself:

The New Orleans Saints told their former Pro Bowl kicker Wil Lutz to kick rocks in 2022, and Lutz joined Sean Payton with the Denver Broncos. All eyes were on Payton returning and Drew Brees being inducted into the Saints Hall of Fame.

But the forgotten storyline was Lutz coming back to town to kick the Broncos to victory. Lutz outscored his old team all by himself.

Okay, that’s not technically what happened, but it could have happened. The former New Orleans Saints kicker put four field goals through the goalposts on Thursday evening, meaning he totaled 12 points in his own right for the night.

That’s more points than his former team was able to score all night long. In fact, the Saints had not even scored more than a field goal themselves in ‘TNF’ action until within the final two minutes of the game.

It was a much different story for the Broncos, who have had their fair share of struggles this season that include some ups and downs on offense, but tallied 33 points over that same stretch of time.

Denver scored in every quarter of the game, doing its most damaged in the second quarter with 13 points and the third quarter with 10 points.

Lutz and the Broncos will look to only build upon this win as they face the Carolina Panthers up next on the schedule at Mile High next Sunday. Whether the Saints regret trading him to Denver is anyone’s guess.

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Saints vs. Eagles is a revenge game for C.J. Gardner-Johnson, Zack Baun

Former New Orleans Saints defenders C.J. Gardner-Johnson return to the Caesars Superdome, but this time as members of the Philadelphia Eagles:

The New Orleans Saints versus Philadelphia Eagles is better known in certain circles as the C.J. Gardner Johnson and Zack Baun revenge game.

It’s unclear if Baun has any animosity towards the Saints, but Gardner-Johnson certainly held a grudge upon his departure. There was even a point where he called the Saints his favorite opp.

Ironically, the Saints have played Gardner-Johnson’s team in each of the past two seasons. The safety has been unable to dress out, however, due to injuries. He did miss Thursday’s practice with a foot issue so he may miss this revenge game for the third year in a row.

Gardner-Johnson rose to prominence as one of the best nickel corners and trash talkers in the league with New Orleans. Since departing he has transitioned into becoming a safety. He was punched in the face again during “Monday Night Football,” so it’s safe to say his position is the only thing that changed.

Baun looked like a star in the making in Week 1. In Brazil, Baun made 15 tackles and had two sacks. That sack total ties his season high with New Orleans from last year. Most surprisingly, he is doing this from inside linebacker. Baun has left the Saints for a more important role. He is a starting linebacker who is going to beat all of his season high marks possibly before Week 5.

The Saints offense will look to exploit both of their former players and come down with a third straight victory.

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Former Chiefs RB DeAndre Washington could be Dolphins lead back in Week 14

The Chiefs traded Washington to the Dolphins earlier this year.

The Miami Dolphins placed RB Myles Gaskin on the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Saturday, leaving the team with few options at the position for the Week 14 game against the Kansas City Chiefs. One option they’ll likely have available on Sunday is former Chiefs RB DeAndre Washington.

Washington, who was acquired from the Chiefs at the trade deadline earlier this season, seems to be the odds on favorite to lead the Miami backfield. A former teammate of Patrick Mahomes at Texas Tech, Washington was buried on the depth chart in Kansas City. He can potentially earn the Chiefs a pick swap as part of the conditions of the trade.

Washington hasn’t played much for Miami so far this season. He has 48 offensive snaps, totaling 18 carries for 56 yards. Most of that production came in a win over the New York Jets in Week 12, where he had 13 carries for 49 yards. Last week, Washington missed the Dolphins game against the Cincinnati Bengals with a hamstring injury. He was limited during Wednesday and Thursday practices for Miami, but a full participant on Friday.

Signs point to Washington being good to play and receive the lion’s share of the snaps on Sunday, but they’ll have other options available too. Positionlees rookie Lynn Bowden Jr., fullback Patrick Laird, and another ex-Chiefs RB in Elijah McGuire are among the players they’ll likely mix in. Still, things are shaping up to be a classic revenge game for Washington, who’ll look to prove that Kansas City was wrong to trade him.

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Akiem Hicks finally burying the hatchet with the Saints

Bears defensive lineman Akiem Hicks is finally ready to move on from his grudge against the New Orleans Saints, the team that gave up on him.

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Does Akiem Hicks still feel some animosity towards the team that drafted him? The Chicago Bears defensive lineman has kept a hefty chip on his shoulder over the years after being discarded in a trade with the Patriots, but he hasn’t kept the resentment going towards the New Orleans Saints after five years in Chicago.

“Do I appreciate how I was cast aside?” Hicks told Nathan Smith for ChicagoBears.com. “I wasn’t good enough to play for that team? No, I don’t appreciate those things. You never forget, but you can’t carry hate in your heart, you know what I’m saying? I would also say that, man, you just appreciate those moments. I wouldn’t say it loses its luster.”

A recent trip down memory lane — a highlight reel of Marques Colston’s biggest plays during his and Hicks’ time together in New Orleans — turned the big man sentimental, and he found himself catching up with an old friend in Saints captain Cameron Jordan. He’s also surrounded by other former Saints players, like nose tackle John Jenkins (drafted by the Saints a year after Hicks) and defensive end Mario Edwards Jr., plus one-time superstar tight end Jimmy Graham. The group was assembled by Bears general manager and former Saints personnel man Ryan Pace.

So it’s just another game to him, now. In the past, Hicks has relished playing against the team that quit on him, and spoken extensively about the negativity he’s associated with them. But now that he’s had time away from the organization and reflected on the lifelong friendships he made there, he’s ready to approach Sunday’s matchup as if it were any other.

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