![]() ![]() The catch and run gave Kamara 10 receptions for the game through three quarters for 133 yards and two touchdowns. But he broke three tackles and tight-roped the sideline on his way to the score in true Sayers fashion. Kamara caught the pass from Brees in the flat that looked like an apparent short gain. ALVIN KAMARA CHANNELS HIS INNER GALE SAYERS: Less than a week after Chicago Bears great halfback Gale Sayers passed away, Saints halfback Alvin Kamara paid tribute to him on a 52-yard catch and run that was mostly run for a touchdown and 27-27 tie late in the third quarter. Rodgers finished 21 of 32 for 283 yards and three touchdowns.ģ. The Packers went 64 yards in seven plays over 4:36 to bury the Saints on that drive. And Green Bay put the game away shortly thereafter on a 1-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Aaron Rodgers to tight end Robert Tonyan with two minutes to go for a 37-27 lead. The Saints punted on their next possession after Brees couldn't move the team amid three completions for five yards. The Packers took that in for a 49-yard field goal by Mason Crosby for a 30-27 lead. This was just after the Saints had tied it 27-27 on a 52-yard catch and score by running back Alvin Kamara, and the Saints’ defense stopped a fourth-and-one run by Green Bay at midfield, Hill fumbled two plays later at the Green Bay 41. TAYSOM HILL WAS NOT: Saints gadget quarterback Taysom Hill dramatically switched the momentum from his team to the Packers in the fourth quarter. Saints fans will be taking many more shots than Brees unless he starts taking more than "a couple."Ģ. "I'm not going to force it if it's not there." "We called a couple shot plays today, and unfortunately, we just got, again, bad looks," he said. He finished 29 of 36 for 288 yards and three touchdowns, which is more than good enough for a victory.īut when the Saints needed to answer a field goal and 30-27 deficit at the seven-minute mark of the fourth quarter, Brees averaged 1.6 yards a completion as he went 3-of-3 passing for five yards, and New Orleans punted. Through three quarters, he was 20 of 24 (.833 completion percentage) for 217 yards and three touchdowns. He averaged just 7.3 yards a completion in that drive.įor the half, Brees was 14 of 17 for 104 yards and two touchdowns. Still, Brees did not even look downfield until the touchdown pass in the red zone. He found wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders for a 10-yard touchdown with six seconds left in the half on a third and two. DREW BREES WAS ON: He never went deep, but the 41-year-old Saints quarterback was clockwork efficient on an impressive drive at the end of the first half to give the Saints a 17-13 lead.īrees, who struggled in his first two games this season and has been called too old over the past week, hit 9 of 11 passes for 66 yards on a drive that took up two minutes and 34 seconds. Here are three takeaways from a game the Saints were in position to win in the fourth quarter.ġ. ![]() The Saints are at Detroit (1-2) Sunday at noon on FOX before hosting the Los Angeles Chargers (1-2) on Monday Night Football on Oct. And we need to be doing it better, bottom line." "We have to take a hard look at what we're doing, how we're doing it. "We've had two games in a row now, where these haven't been our best performances," said Saints quarterback Drew Brees. 500 this late in a season for the first time since 2017 when it started out 0-2 before finishing 11-5. New Orleans, which fell at Las Vegas, 34-24, last week, is below. 5 LSU lost its season opener to Mississippi State, 44-34, on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium. ![]() The Saints fell to 1-2 with a 37-30 loss to Green Bay (3-0) in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday night after No. NEW ORLEANS – Suddenly, the New Orleans Saints and LSU are a combined 1-3 after a lost weekend. View Gallery: PHOTOS: New Orleans Saints vs. ![]()
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