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CINCINNATI BENGALS (5-3) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2018 – 12:00 PM (CST)

PAUL BROWN STADIUM – CINCINNATI, OHIO

TV: FOX (WVUE-FOX 8 locally) – Kevin Burkhardt (play-by-play), Charles Davis (color analyst) and Pam Oliver (sideline)

NATIONAL RADIO: Compass Media Networks – Doug Gottleib (play-by-play) and Brian Baldinger (color analyst)

LOCAL RADIO: WWL (870 AM and 105.3 FM) – Zach Strief (play-by-play), Deuce McAllister (color analyst) and Steve Geller (sideline)

SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIO: Louisiana Spanish Network (97.9 FM) – Marco Garcia (play-by-play), Juan Carlos Ramos and Victor Quinonez (color analysts)

THE MATCHUP Following a 45-35 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday that was aided by a combination of timely plays on offense defense and special teams, the New Orleans Saints will attempt to win eight straight games in consecu-tive seasons for the first time in franchise history and main-tain or build on their one-game NFC South Division lead over Carolina when they travel to Paul Brown Stadium to face the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at Noon (CT). New Orleans left the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday in a contest that wasn’t in hand until RB Alvin Kamara grinded out a first down on a fourth down play. New Orleans is now riding the eighth winning streak of at least seven games in franchise record books. The Saints (7-1), Rams (8-1) and Kansas City Chiefs are the only teams with one loss entering week 10. WR Michael Thomas enjoyed the most productive per-formance of his career Sunday, as he caught 12 passes for a franchise-record 211 yards (17.6 avg.) with a fourth quarter career-long 72-yard touchdown to give the Saints a 45-35 lead. Thomas has recorded 70 receptions for 880 yards with five TDs, ranked second in the NFL in receiving. The Saints run game powered by RBs Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara enjoyed a productive day, as they ran for 141 yards on 34 carries (4.1 avg.). Kamara carried 19 times for 82 yards and two touchdowns and added four receptions for 34 yards and a TD in the passing game, as he had his third, three-touchdown performance of 2018. The second-year back’s ranked third in the NFL with 12 TDs and seventh in total yards from scrimmage (917). QB Drew Brees enjoyed another standout performance,

completing 25-of-36 passes for 346 yards with four touch-downs, zero interceptions and a 137.0 rating, tossing for four scores for the first time since 2016. Los Angeles tied the contest at 35 apiece early in the fourth quarter, but Brees led the Saints on a nine-play, 40-yard drive, high-lighted by a key third down conversion on an 18-yard throw to Thomas that set up a 54-yard field goal by K Wil Lutz. When the Saints defense forced a punt, three plays later, Brees tossed the 72-yard touchdown to Thom-as. In 2018, Brees has completed 213-of-279 (76.3%) passes for 2,336 yards with 18 touchdowns, only one inter-ception and a 120.6 passer rating. He’s ranked first in the NFL in completion percentage, rating and third down passer rating (120.9). While the Saints defense faced and explosive offense, they continued their success against the run, as they held the Rams offense to 92 yards rushing, not allowing an op-ponent to reach the century mark for the seventh straight contest. New Orleans is ranked first in the NFL in both op-ponent rushing yards per game (76.4) and opponent net yards per rush (3.4). LB Demario Davis had a club-best seven stops to up his team-high season total to 62. With Cincinnati going into Sunday’s contest with a 5-3 record, this will be the fifth straight opponent that the Saints will face with a winning record, as so far the Black and Gold have successfully navigated a challenging schedule. In The NFC South This Week: The Carolina Panthers (6-2) will travel to the Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2-1) in another key interconference matchup. The Atlanta Falcons (4-4) play at the Cleveland Browns (2-5-1) and Tampa Bay (3-5) hosts Washington (5-3).

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THE COACHES New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton has posted a 119-77 overall record (.607), including a 7-5 postseason mark (.583) after the franchise had won only one playoff game prior to his arrival. Payton holds both the club’s top win total and winning percentage. He continues to repre-sent the Saints as the model of stability not only within the NFC South, as he is the longest tenured head coach within the division, but also among the most accomplished within the National Football League. Only New England’s Bill Bel-ichick (2000), Cincinnati’s Marvin Lewis (2003) and Green Bay’s Mike McCarthy (hired one week prior to Payton in 2006) have been with their teams longer. Payton is also one of just eight active coaches to lead a team to a Super Bowl victory. The others are Belichick, Seattle’s Pete Car-roll, Oakland’s Jon Gruden (Tampa Bay in 2002), Balti-more’s John Harbaugh, McCarthy, Philadelphia’s Doug Pederson and Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin. The 2018 Saints have posted a 6-1 record and currently sit atop the NFC South through Week Eight. The 2017 Saints squad yielded an 11-5 regular season record, producing their first playoff berth since 2013, behind a squad led by quarterback Drew Brees offensively and defensive end Cameron Jordan de-fensively, this team featured seven players selected to the Pro Bowl, tied for the most in club history and four draft picks selected to the PFWA All-Rookie Team, two more than any other club. With running back Alvin Kamara and cornerback Marshon Lattimore, the 2017 Saints were the first team to have both the Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Rookie of the Year since 1967. The Saints defense saw improvement in virtually every major statistical category. New Orleans moved up ten spots in total defense, including from 32nd to 15th against the pass. After ranking 31st in opponent points per game in 2016, New Orleans moved up to tenth in 2017, surrendering only 20.4 points per game. Payton earned a bachelor’s degree in communications at Eastern Illinois, where as a quarterback he had 10,665 passing yards, at the time the third-highest total in NCAA Division I-AA histo-ry. Payton was inducted into the Eastern Illinois Hall of Fame in September of 2000 and had his jersey retired in a ceremony in September of 2010. He received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater in 2013. Payton was born December 29, 1963 in San Mateo, Calif., and raised in Na-perville, Ill., Payton has a daughter, Meghan and a son, Connor.

Marvin Lewis is 130-115 in the regular season since be-coming the Bengals’ head coach in 2003 and he is current-ly the league’s second-longest tenured head coach behind Belichick. After leading the Bengals to the playoffs in five

consecutive seasons from 2011-15, Cincinnati has missed the postseason the last two campaigns. But he has them primed to return in 2018 with a 5-3 mark. Lewis was named the ninth head coach in Bengals history on January 14, 2003. The McDonald, Pa. native served as the Washington Redskins’ defensive coordinator and assistant head coach in 2002, after spending six seasons (1996-2001) as defen-sive coordinator with the Baltimore Ravens, which included a Super Bowl victory in the 2000 season, when his de-fense set the NFL record for fewest points in a 16-game campaign (165).

SERIES HISTORY

The Bengals lead the all-time series over the Saints 7-6 entering Sunday’s matchup. The teams first faced off in 1970, as the Saints lost 26-6 at Cincinnati. They did not meet again for five years, when the two teams christened the Superdome for the first regular season game, a 21-0 Bengals win. Three years later, the Saints recorded their first win against Cincinnati, a 17-7 home win. The two clubs split their next meetings, while the Saints won the next three. The Bengals then captured three straight until New Orleans broke the skid in 2010. The Bengals defeated the Saints 27-10 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Novem-ber 16, 2014. Five of the games in the series have been decided by a touchdown or less. A look back at the results between the Saints and Bengals in the previous 13 meet-ings between the clubs:

Date Site Score Att.

11/29/70 Cincinnati L, 6-26 59,432

9/28/75 New Orleans L, 0-21 52,531

9/24/78 Cincinnati W, 20-18 40,455

10/25/81 New Orleans W, 17-7 46,336

12/9/84 New Orleans L, 21-24 40,855

12/20/87 Cincinnati W, 41-24 43,424

11/4/90 Cincinnati W, 21-7 60,067

1/2/94 New Orleans W, 20-13 58,036

9/15/96 Cincinnati L, 15-30 45,412

12/22/02 Cincinnati L, 13-20 43,544

11/19/06 New Orleans L, 16-31 68,001

12/5/10 Cincinnati W, 34-30 60,067

11/16/14 New Orleans L, 10-27 73,073

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SUPERLATIVES

RUSHING YARDAGE

RB Craig Heyward – 122 yards on 19 carries, @ Riverfront Stadium, Nov. 4, 1990.

• RB Chris Ivory – 117 yards on 15 carries, @ Paul Brown-Stadium, Dec. 5, 2010.

• RB Rueben Mayes – 115 yards on 30 carries, @ River-front Stadium, Nov. 4, 1990.

• RB George Rogers – 113 yards on 31 carries, @ River-front Stadium, Oct. 25, 1981.

PASSING YARDAGE

• QB Drew Brees – 510 yards (club record) on 37 of 52 attempts, @ the Superdome, Nov. 19, 2006.

• QB Dave Wilson – 325 yards on 20 of 32 attempts, @ Riverfront Stadium, Dec. 9, 1984.

• QB Drew Brees – 313 yards on 24 of 29 attempts, @ Paul Brown Stadium, Dec. 5, 2010.

RECEIVING YARDAGE

• WR Devery Henderson – 169 yards on nine catches, @ the Superdome, Nov. 19, 2006.

• WR Danny Abramowicz – 165 yards on eight catches, @ Riverfront Stadium, Nov. 29, 1970.

• WR Michael Haynes – 156 yards on five catches, @ Riverfront Stadium, Sept. 15, 1996.

• WR Eric Martin – 120 yards on five catches, @ the Su-perdome, Jan. 2, 1994.

• WR Donte’ Stallworth – 111 yards on six catches, @ Paul Brown Stadium, Dec. 22, 2002.

• WR Robert Meachem – 106 yards on three catches, @ Paul Brown Stadium, Dec. 5, 2010.

• TE Hoby Brenner – 101 yards on three catches, @ the Louisiana Superdome, Nov. 29, 1970.

SAINTS-BENGALS CONNECTIONS

S Kurt Coleman prepped at Northmont (Clayton, Ohio) HS and played at Ohio State. CB Eli Apple, S Vonn Bell, CB Marshon Lattimore and WR Michael Thomas also played for the Buckeyes, where they played with Bengals DE Sam Hubbard and C Billy Price. Apple and Bengals K Randy Bullock were teammates with the Giants in 2016 and Bullock and Saints LB Demario Davis were Jets team-mates in 2015...QB Teddy Bridgewater, DT Sheldon Ran-

kins and Bengals LB Preston Brown were college teammates at Louisville...Head Coach Sean Payton served on the Miami of Ohio staff from 1994-95...Strength & Con-ditioning Coach Dan Dalrymple played at Miami from 1983-86 and supervised the Redhawks strength program from 1989-2005...former Saints T and current radio analyst Zach Strief prepped at Milford (Ohio) HS...Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach Charles Byrd coached at Miami from 2006-07...G Larry Warford prepped at Madison Central (Richmond, Ky.) HS and played at Kentucky...Offensive Line Coach Dan Roushar served in the same position at the University of Cincinnati from 2005-06...Quarterbacks Coach Joe Lombardi coached the Dayton defensive line from 1996-98...Strength and Conditioning Asst. Rob Wen-ning is a Coldwater, Ohio native who played at the Uni-versity of Findlay and served an internship at Ohio State from 2007-08...Asst. Special Teams Coach Kevin O’Dea and Bengals Defensive Coordinator Teryl Austin served on the same staff at Penn State from 1991-92...Bengals DT Geno Atkins is the son of former Saints S Gene At-kins...RB Alvin Kamara and Bengals WR Josh Malone were college teammates at Tennessee...Cincinnati Run-ning Backs Coach Kyle Caskey served as an assistant at the University of Mississippi in 2009 and as a grad. Asst. at Louisiana-Monroe from 2004-05...RB Mark Ingram played with Bengals CB Dre Kirkpatrick at Alabama.

2018 SAINTS-BENGALS STATISTICAL COMPARISON

League Rankings

Saints Bengals

Record 7-1 5-3 Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 34.9 (2) 27.7 (10) Opp. Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 27.3 (27) 29.6 (30) Total Off. (NFL Rank) 402.0 (7) 344.3 (24) Rushing Off. (NFL Rank) 112.1 (15) 92.8 (26) Passing Off. (NFL Rank) 289.9 (7) 251.5 (17) Total Def. (NFL Rank) 387.8 (25) 447.8 (32)Rushing Def. (NFL Rank) 76.4 (1) 128.4 (26)Passing Def. (NFL Rank) 311.4 (31) 319.4(32)Kickoff Return Avg. (NFL Rank) 22.2 (18) 26.5 (5)Punt Return Avg. (NFL Rank) 5.3 (28) 9.9 (9)Turnover Margin (NFL Rank) even (16t) +4(10t) Penalties 47 51 Penalty Yards 482 458 Opp. Penalties 43 64 Opp. Penalty Yards 412 532


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LAST MEETING

Cincinnati Bengals 27, Saints 10; Nov. 16, 2014 @ Mer-cedes-Benz Superdome – Cincinnati converted nine-of-13 third down attempts (69%) and New Orleans were hurt by the failure to convert and make stops in key situations on offense and defense

The Saints had taken a 3-0 lead after K Shayne Graham booted a 31-yard field goal upon getting the ball first, but the Bengals responded with 20 unanswered points, while holding the Saints scoreless in the second and third quar-ters. QB Drew Brees moved New Orleans to within 10 on a nine-yard pass to WR Kenny Stills, but Cincinnati quickly shut the door on a 24-yard touchdown connection between QB Andy Dalton and WR A.J. Green.

Brees completed 33 of 41 passes for 255 yards with a touchdown pass and a 100.7 passer rating. RB Mark In-gram had 97 total yards from scrimmage, including a career-high seven receptions. WR Marques Colston had a team-high 56 yards receiving on four grabs.

Dalton completed 16 of 22 passes for 220 yards with three touchdown passes and a 143.9 passer rating. Green recorded six catches for 127 yards with one touchdown while TE Jermain Gresham added two scoring grabs. Ben-gals RB Jeremy Hill rushed 27 times for 152 yards includ-ing a 62-yard run at the end of the second quarter to set up a field goal with one second left.

FEDEX AIR PLAYER OF THE WEEK NFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK WEEK 3: QB DREW BREES

New Orleans Saints 43, Atlanta Falcons 37 @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Sept. 23, 2018

Completed 39-of-49 passes for 396 yards, two touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns tying his single-game career high. Became the only player to have 350 passing yards, three touchdown passes, two rushing touchdowns and zero interceptions in a contest. With 396 yards passing, Brees recorded his 104th 300-yard game as a Saint, 111th overall. With his career-high tying 39 completions, Brees sur-passed Brett Favre (6,300) and is now the NFL’s all-time leader in completions.

NFC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK WEEK 4: LB DEMARIO DAVIS

New Orleans Saints 33, New York Giants 18 @ MetLife Stadium, Sept. 30, 2018

Started at weakside linebacker and recorded a team-high 11 tackles (nine solo), his highest total and solo total as a

Saint so far and tied a career-high with two sacks for loss of 17 yards.

NFC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE MONTH SEPTEMBER: K WIL LUTZ

Lutz drilled 10-of-11 field goals, all 11 PAT attempts and had 17 of his kickoffs sail into the end zone for touchbacks as he led the NFL in scoring (41 points) through Week Four. Lutz has made his last eight field goal attempts.

FEDEX GROUND PLAYER OF THE WEEK WEEK 4: RB Alvin Kamara

New Orleans Saints 33, New York Giants 18 @ MetLife Stadium, Sept. 30, 2018

Started and carried a career-high 19 times for a career-high 134 yards with a career-high three touchdowns and added five receptions for 47 yards for 181 total yards from scrimmage. Became only the third Saint in franchise history to have 180+ total yards from scrimmage games in back-to-back weeks.

FEDEX AIR PLAYER OF THE WEEK NFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK WEEK 5: QB DREW BREES

New Orleans Saints 43, Washington Redskins 19 @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Oct. 8, 2018

Completed 26-of-29 passes for 363 yards, three touch-downs, zero interceptions and a 153.2 passer ratiing. With 363 yards passing, Brees recorded his 105th 300-yard game as a Saint, 112th overall. Had a career-high 89.7% completion percentage. With his second quarter 62-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith, Brees surpassed former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning to become the NFL’s all-time passing yardage leader, finishing the contest with 72,103 career passing yards.

NFC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK WEEK 8: CB P.J. Williams

New Orleans Saints 30, Minnesota Vikings 10 @ U.S. Bank Stadium, Oct. 28, 2018

Williams’ third quarter 45-yard interception return for a touchdown, the first touchdown of his NFL career, gave New Orleans a 27-13 lead in the contest. This is Williams’ first NFC Defensive Player of the Week award the second by a Saint this season, joining LB Demario Davis in Week 4. It is the first time two different Saints defenders have captured the honor since 2009.


HONORS

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WEEK 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48, New Orle-ans Saints 40; September 9, 2018 @ Mercedes-Benz Superdome – The New Orleans Saints' 2018 regular season got off to a disappointing start as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took a 48-40 victory at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Trailing by 24 points in the fourth quarter, the Saints rallied behind two Alvin Kamara touchdowns, a one-yard run and a seven-yard pass from quarterback Drew Brees, The Saints converted two-point plays on both touchdowns. But Tampa was able to run out the clock to claim the road victory. Ryan Fitzpatrick, filling in for suspended starting quarterback Jameis Winston, had one of the most productive games of his career, passing for 417 yards and four touchdowns while rushing for another. Wide receivers Mike Evans (seven catches for 147 yards, one touchdown) and DeSean Jackson (five catches for 146 yards, two touchdowns) did the most damage as the Saints defense didn't force its first punt until 7:42 was remaining in the third quarter. The Saints offense kept up for the first half - scoring 24 points - but sputtered at the start of the second half with two punts and a lost fumble (wide receiver Michael Thomas) on the first three possessions. In the first half Bucs returned running back Mike Gil-lislee's fumble 34 yards for a score. Thomas' fumble was the lone miscue in a record-setting performance as the third-year receiver from Ohio State had 16 catches for 180 yards and one six-yard touchdown. He set the team's single-game re-ceptions record and was the highest receptions total on NFL kickoff weekend all-time. It was his fourth 100-yard game and he moved past 200 career re-ceptions. The Bucs finished with 529 yards of offense while the Saints had 475.

WEEK 2: New Orleans Saints 21, Cleveland Browns 18; September 16, 2018 @ Mercedes-Benz Superdome – The New Orleans Saints earned their first win of the 2018 season with a 21-18 come-from-behind victory over the Cleveland Browns at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

After the two clubs traded field goals in the first quar-ter, Cleveland kicker Zane Gonzalez kicked a 39-yard field goal with 1:55 left in the second quarter to give the Browns a 6-3 lead going into halftime.

To open up the second half, the Cleveland defense forced a three-and-out. Browns quarterback Tyrod Taylor then led them on a 12-play, 79-yard drive that ended with a one-yard touchdown run by running back Carlos Hyde to take a12-3 lead following a missed extra point attempt.

New Orleans’ offensive struggles continued as a promising drive that had the Saints at third-and-one at the Cleveland 40-yard line was derailed when Brees was sacked by Larry Ogunjobi for a ten-yard loss to be forced to punt.

Cleveland advanced to the New Orleans 26-yard line on the subsequent drive that entered into the fourth quarter, but a 44-yard field goal attempt by Gonzalez went wide left. The Saints got the ball back at their 34-yard line and Brees engi-neered a nine-play, 66-yard drive that ended with a two-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Michael Thomas that put the Saints within two. The two clubs then traded three-and-outs, but safety Marcus Williams picked off Taylor at the Cleveland 40 and returned it 22 yards to the 18-yard line. Four plays later, Brees connected with Thomas for a five-yard touchdown with a successful two-point conversion rush by running back Alvin Kamara to give the Saints an 18-12 lead. The Browns answered when Taylor connected with wide receiver Andrew Callaway on a 47-yard touch-down, but Gonzalez’s extra point attempt went wide left. Brees and the Saints got the ball back and he led them down the field to set up a game-winning Wil Lutz 44-yard field goal with 21 seconds left.

WEEK 3: New Orleans Saints 43, Atlanta Falcons 37; September 23, 2018 @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium – The Saints improved to 2-1 with this overtime victory at Atlanta, with QB Drew Brees becoming the NFL’s completions lead-er, passing for 396 yards and tossing three touchdowns and running for two more, one a fourth quarter seven-yard rush in the fourth quarter, the second a dramatic quarterback sneak to end overtime. RB Alvin Kamara and WR Michael Thomas also had monster performances, backed by a stout offensive line, DE Cameron Jordan had two sacks and special teams made a significant contribution with a blocked punt.

With their first offensive drive at their 25-yard line to start, the Saints marched 75 yards in six plays, with Brees con-necting with WR Ted Ginn Jr. on a four-yard touchdown pass. Atlanta responded on their second possession of the contest with an 18-yard touchdown connection from QB Matt Ryan to WR Calvin Ridley.

K Wil Lutz booted a pair of second quarter field goals, but Ryan gave Atlanta a 14-13 lead when he connected with Ridley on a 75-yard touchdown. But New Orleans took ad-vantage of a late possession at their 42 and Brees complet-ed quick throws to Kamara and TE Benjamin Watson to set up a 45-yard Lutz field goal to give New Orleans a 16-14 lead at halftime.

Atlanta got the ball coming out of the half and they took the lead back on a nine-yard touchdown connection between Ryan and Ridley. Midway through the third quarter, DE Alex Okafor blocked a punt by Falcons P Matt Bosher and LB Craig Robertson recovered the ball at the Falcons 16-yard line. Four plays later, Brees completed an 11-yard touchdown to WR Cameron Meredith.

Three plays into the final quarter, RB Tevin Coleman capped a 12-play, 82-yard with a five-yard TD reception followed by a successful two-point conversion to give the Falcons a six-point lead. But the Saints put together a lengthy drive, with Brees finding FB Zach Line for a one-yard touchdown. Ryan’s five-yard touchdown pass to WR Mohamed Sanu and a two-point conversion gave Atlanta a seven-point lead, but the Saints marched 81 yards in 11 plays and Brees had a seven-yard rush for a touchdown to tie the score. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE


GAME SUMMARIES

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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE-WEEK 3 AT ATLANTA

New Orleans took the opening kickoff of overtime and drove 80 yards, the game ending with the one-yard quarterback sneak by Brees.

Thomas had ten receptions for 129 yards. Kamara had a career-high 190 total yards from scrimmage with 16 carries for 66 yards and a career-best 15 re-ceptions for 124 yards. Adding in 16 punt return yards, the workhorse on offense and special teams finished with 206 all-purpose yards. Jordan led an inspired effort by the defense with two sacks.

WEEK 4: New Orleans Saints 33, New York Gi-ants 18; September 30, 2018 @ MetLife Stadium – The Saints posted an impressive victory against the Giants behind a powerful running game and an out-standing run-stopping effort.

The Giants scored on their first offensive drive, taking a 7-0 lead on a two-yard touchdown connection be-tween QB Eli Manning and WR Sterling Shepard.

When the Saints got the ball back, QB Drew Brees engineered a 15-play, 51-yard drive that ended with a Wil Lutz 42-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter, the first of four successful kicks in the quarter to give the Saints a 12-7 halftime lead. The Saints defense then proceeded to clamp down on the Giants offense as they allowed only 65 rush-ing yards, fumbles were forced by DT Tyeler Da-vison and CB P.J. Williams and recovered by CB Marshon Lattimore and DL Taylor Stallworth, while Manning was sacked three times, the defense allowing him to average only 5.3 yards per attempt..

QB Drew Brees completed 18 of 32 passes for 217 yards as the Saints ran up 170 yards on the ground. RB Alvin Kamara carried 19 times for a career-high 134 yards (7.1 avg) and three touchdowns. In the passing game, Kamara also led the team in receiving with five grabs for 47 yards, for a game-high total of 181 total yards from scrimmage. TE Josh Hill added three receptions for a team-high 63 yards.

LB Demario Davis led the New Orleans pass rush with two sacks and added a team-high 11 tackles, while Davison added a quarterback takedown and forced fumble in the fourth quarter. Lattimore’s fum-ble return was for 37 yards as New Orleans finished +2 in turnover ratio, not giving away the football.

• The Saints held the Giants to 299 net yards, the first time this season they have held an opponent to under 300 yards. Surrendering only 44 yards rushing to Giants RB Saquon Barkley, New Orleans has not allowed an opposing running back to reach the cen-tury mark for their last ten regular season games.

• With a career-high 134 yards rushing and 181 total yards from scrimmage, Graham had the third back-to-back 180-yard games by a New Orleans player, join-ing RBs Rueben Mayes (1986-two straight) and Deuce McAllister (2003-three straight).

• Davis’ two sacks were the second time in his seven-year career that he has posted more than one quarterback takedown, but his first as a Saint.

• The victory improved New Orleans’ all-time record vs. New York to 14-16, giving the Saints their first win at Met-Life Stadium.

• With the Saints having now won their last three games, New Orleans has enjoyed their 13th win streak of at least three contests since Sean Payton became head coach in 2006.

WEEK 5: New Orleans Saints 43, Washington Redskins 19; October 8, 2018 @ Mercedes-Benz Superdome – The Saints won their fourth consecutive game in a standout Monday night performance on both offense and defense, which also saw quarterback Drew Brees become the Na-tional Football League’s all-time passing yardage leader.

The Saints first jumped out to a 6-0 first quarter lead on their first drive of the contest when running back Mark In-gram, returning from a four-game suspension had a two-yard rushing touchdown. Carolina got on the board when kicker Dustin Hopkins drilled a 37-yard field goal at the end of the first quarter.

The Saints jumped out to a commanding 26-6 lead when Ingram rushed for a one-yard touchdown and Brees and Smith connected on the record-setting touchdown with 2:36 left in the second quarter. The Redskins cut the halftime deficit to 26-13 when they converted a fumble by wide re-ceiver Cameron Meredith into a four-yard touchdown run by quarterback Alex Smith.

Getting the ball first at the start of the second half, Brees connected with Smith on a 35-yard touchdown. Smith was then picked off by Saints defensive back Justin Hardee, seeing the first regular season defensive action of his two-year NFL career and the interception was returned 77 yards to set up a one-yard touchdown run by quarterback Taysom Hill to extend New Orleans’ lead to 40-13. A third quarter Washington fumble set up a 44-yard field goal by kicker Wil Lutz.

Brees completed 26-of-28 passes for 363 yards with three touchdowns, zero interceptions and a153.2 passer rating as his 89.7 completion percentage set a career-high. Smith finished with three receptions for a game-high 111 yards.

• Safety Vonn Bell led the Saints with eight tackles (seven solo) and one pass defensed, while defensive end Marcus Davenport, defensive end Cameron Jordan and defen-sive tackle Sheldon Rankins each recorded sacks with Dav-enport forcing a fumble.

• Smith’s 62-yard reception on the record-setting play from Brees was the longest catch by a Saints rookie since a 76-yard scoring grab by wide receiver Kenny Stills in 2013.

• After recording a sack in the contest, Smith become the 27th quarterback that Jordan has dropped in the regular season in his eight-year career.

• The victory improved New Orleans’ all-time record vs. Washington to 10-17, giving the Saints back-to-back home wins over the Redskins for the first time.


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WEEK 7: New Orleans Saints 24, Baltimore Ravens 23; October 21, 2018 @ M&T Bank Stadium – Quarterback Drew Brees helped New Orleans rebound from a 17-7 fourth quarter deficit as he led the Saints on three drives that produced 17 points including two touchdowns against Baltimore defense that had not allowed an opponent into the end zone in the second half all season. New Orleans captured their fifth consecutive contest.

Brees completed 22-of-30 passes for 212 yards with two touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 114.9 passer rating as his second quarter one-yard touchdown pass to tight end Benjamin Watson marked his 500th career scoring throw. With the win, Brees has now defeated all 32 Nation-al Football League teams, becoming the third signal-caller to do so and Head Coach Sean Payton has defeated all 31 opponents. Wide receiver Michael Thomas led New Orle-ans in receiving with seven grabs for 69 yards, including a fourth quarter five-yard touchdown grab to put New Orle-ans up 21-17.

• Linebacker A.J. Klein sparkled with a team-high seven tackles as he led a run-stopping effort that gave up only 77 yards rushing and surrendered only a 3.3 yards per carry clip.

WEEK 8: New Orleans Saints 30, Minnesota Vikings 20; October 28, 2018 @ U.S. Bank Stadium – The New Orle-ans Saints improved to 6-1 after defeating the Minnesota Vikings in Minnesota on Sunday Night Football by a score of 30-20. New Orleans jumped out to a 7-0 lead after quar-terback Drew Brees found running back Alvin Kamara in the first quarter on a three-yared pass, which was then matched by the Vikings when quarterback Kirk Cousins completed a one-yard touchdown to wide receiver Stefon Diggs.

Early in the second quarter, the Vikings took a 13-7 lead on a one-yard run by running back Latavius Murray followed up by a failed extra point. kicker Will Lutz then connected on a 52-yard field goal to put New Orleans within three. With 1:11 left in the first half, linebacker Alex Anzalone caused a fumble by the Vikings’ Adam Thielen that was returned by cornerback Marshon Lattimore 53 yards. Kamara punched in a one-yard touchdown two plays later that gave the Saints a 17-13 halftime lead..

Lutz made his second field goal of the night early in the third to bring the score to 20-13 and on Minnesota’s next possession the lead was extended to 27-13 on a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown by cornerback P.J. Wil-liams, which would earn him NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors.

In the fourth quarter, Lutz drilled a second 42-yard kick. Minnesota made a TD drive late while the Saints defense had switched to a prevent mode to set up a finale score of 30-20.

• Quarterback Drew Brees threw a first half interception, which was his first pick after he went 264 regular season pass attempts over a nine-game period without one.

WEEK 9: New Orleans Saints 45, Los Angeles Rams 35; November 4, 2018 @ Mercedes-Benz Superdome – Despite a furious second half rally by the Rams, where they came back from an 18-point halftime deficit and tied the score at 35 apiece early in the fourth quarter, the Saints scored the last ten points of the contest as the improved to 7-1 and extended their winning streak to seven contests.

The Saints took charge from the start in the contest when on their first offensive drive they marched down the field in ten plays, ending with a 11-yard touchdown by running back Alvin Kamara. The Rams would quickly strike back when running back Todd Gurley rushed for an eight-yard score. The Saints struck back when quarterback Drew Brees found Kamara for a 16-yard score on a screen. Los Angeles knotted the score back up at the start of the sec-ond quarter when quarterback Jared Goff found wide re-ceiver Brandin Cooks for a four-yard touchdown.

On the next play from scrimmage, running back Mark In-gram lost a fumble, but the Saints defense and special teams backed the runner up when on a fourth down fake field goal attempt, linebacker Craig Robertson stopped holder Johnny Hekker short of the first down marker. The Saints would then score 21 unanswered points in the sec-ond quarter to take a 35-17 halftime lead as they set an NFL record with 24 first half, first downs.

Goff led a furious second half rally, engineering drives for two touchdowns and one field goal to tie the score. Howev-er Brees found wide receiver Michael Thomas for an 18-yard third down completion to set up a field goal and on New Orleans’ next drive, the duo connected on a 72-yard touchdown.

The Saints outgained the Rams 487 yards to 483, but New Orleans scoring a touchdown following an interception in the first half and forcing the first three-and-out of the con-test in the fourth quarter made for the slim difference. Thomas had 12 receptions for a franchise-record 211 yards, the NFL season’s highest receiving yardage total, while Brees completed 25-of-36 passes for 346 yards, four touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 137.0 passer rating.

• LB Demario Davis led the Saints defense with seven tack-les.

• Kamara scored three touchdowns for the third time this season, carrying 19 times for a game-high 82 yards with two rushing scores and catching four passes for 34 yards and a 16-yard scoring grab.

• This was New Orleans’ second win against their former NFC West rivals in the past three seasons, as they haven’t lost to the Rams in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome since 2007. The Saints now trail the Rams 41-33 in the all-time regular season series

• One week after earning NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors when he returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown at Minnesota, cornerback P.J. Williams started in the nickel and had a career-high three passes defensed.


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JULY

18 – Signed RB Shane Vereen and waived/injured RB Daniel Lasco.

19 – Placed RB Daniel Lasco on Reserve/Physically Una-ble to Perform.

24 – Placed WR Brandon Coleman on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform.

26 – Placed TE Michael Hoomanawanui on Reserve/Non Football Injury.

AUGUST

1 – Signed WR Michael Floyd, WR Brandon Tate and OL Don Barclay, activated TE Michael Hoomanawanui from Reserve/Non Football Injury and waived/injured WRs Josh Smith, Travin Dural and Eldridge Massington.

2 – Placed WRs Josh Smith, Travin Dural and Eldridge Massington on Injured Reserve.

4 – Reached an injury settlement with WR Josh Smith.

5 – Reached an injury settlement with WR Eldridge Massington. Signed DB Rickey Jefferson and TE John Phillips. Waived/failed physical WR Brandon Coleman and waived/injured OL John Fullington.

6 – Placed OL John Fullington on Injured Reserve.

10 – Reached an injury settlement with OL John Fullington.

11 – Waived CB De’Vante Harris.

12 – Signed DBs Robert Nelson Jr. and Marcus Williams. Waived G Trevor Darling.

21 – Terminated contract of RB Terrance West. Waived WR Josh Huff. Waived/injured S Rickey Jefferson.

22 – Placed S Rickey Jefferson on Injured Reserve.

29 – Acquired QB Teddy Bridgewater from the New York Jets and signed WR Tanner McEvoy.

SEPTEMBER

1 – Waived QB J.T. Barrett, LBs Jayrone Elliott and KeShun Freeman, TE Garrett Griffin, DT Woodrow Hamilton IV, DB Natrell Jamerson, DE Alex Jenkins, LBs Colton Jumper and Hau’oli Kikaha, WR Keith Kirk-wood, OL Rick Leonard, WR Tanner McEvoy, DL Henry Mondeaux, DB Kamrin Moore, DE Al-Quadin Muham-mad, DB Linden Stephens, G Andrew Tiller, OL Landon Turner, RB Jonathan Williams, OL Nate Wozniak and TE Deon Yelder. Waived/injured DB Sharrod Neasman. Terminated the contracts of G Don Barclay, DT Jason

Bromley, WR Michael Floyd, DE George Johnson, G Josh LeRibeus, DB Robert Nelson Jr., OL Michael Ola, TE John Phillips, QB Tom Savage, WR Brandon Tate and CB Marcus Williams. Traded DL Devaroe Lawrence to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for future considerations. Placed TE Michael Hoomanawanui and RB Shane Vereen on Injured Reserve. RB Mark Ingram II placed on Reserve/Suspended by Commissioner.

2 – Agreed to terms on practice squad contracts with QB J.T. Barrett, LB Vince Biegel, TE Garrett Griffin, DT Woodrow Hamilton, DE Alex Jenkins, WR Keith Kirk-wood, T Rick Leonard, RBs Dwayne Washington and Jonathan Williams, OL Nate Wozniak and TE Deon Yelder and placed DB Sharrod Neasman on Injured Re-serve.

3 – Signed RB Mike Gillislee, re-signed G Josh LeRibeus, waived RB Trey Edmunds, terminated contract of LB Nate Stupar and reached an injury settlement with DB Shar-rod Neasman.

5 – Re-signed T Michael Ola and waived RB Boston Scott.

6 – Reached an injury settlement with RB Shane Vereen.

7 – Signed RB Boston Scott to the practice squad. Termi-nated practice squad contract of QB J.T. Barrett.

8 – Promoted RB Jonathan Williams to the active roster from the practice squad, terminated the contract of OL Jer-mon Bushrod and re-signed QB J.T. Barrett to the prac-tice squad.

12 – Re-signed T Jermon Bushrod and terminated the con-tract of T Michael Ola.

19 – Re-signed DT Jay Bromley, placed WR Tommylee Lewis on Injured Reserve, signed LB Darnell Sankey to the practice squad and terminated the practice squad con-tract of QB J.T. Barrett.

21 – Promoted LB Vince Biegel to the active roster from the practice squad, waived CB Arthur Maulet and re-signed QB J.T. Barrett to the practice squad.

26 – Re-signed WR Brandon Tate, placed CB Patrick Rob-inson on Injured Reserve, terminated practice squad contract of QB J.T. Barrett and signed CB Arrion Springs to the practice squad.

27 – Terminated practice squad contract of DT Woodrow Hamilton and signed DT Thomas Laulile to the prac-tice squad.

28 – Promoted RB Dwayne Washington to the active roster from the practice squad, waived RB Jonathan Williams and re-signed QB J.T. Barrett to the practice squad.


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TRANSACTIONS

OCTOBER

1 – Suspension of RB Mark Ingram lifted by commissioner (club has roster exemption).

4 – Terminated practice squad contracts of QB J.T. Bar-rett, T Rick Leonard, CB Arrion Springs and TE Deon Yelder, signed WR Tanner McEvoy, G Will Holden, CB Darius Hillary and S Chris Lammons to the practice squad, terminated contracts of DTJay Bromley and WR Brandon Tate and signed CBs Demetri Goodson and Josh Robinson.

7 – Activated RB Mark Ingram from roster exemption and terminated contract of RB Mike Gillislee.

17 – Re-signed DT Jay Bromley, terminated contract of CB Demetri Goodson, signed DB Chris Campbell and WR Shane Wynn to the practice squad and terminated practice squad contracts of DB Darius Hillary and WR Tan-ner McEvoy.

18 – Re-signed OL Michael Ola and placed WR Ted Ginn Jr. on Injured Reserve.

20 – Re-signed QB J.T. Barrett to the practice squad and terminated practice squad contract of DB Chris Lammons.

23 – Acquired CB Eli Apple from the New York Giants in exchange for a fourth round draft pick in 2019 and a sev-enth found draft choice in 2020. Placed DT Jay Bromley on Injured Reserve.

24 – Signed OL Chaz Green Placed G Jos LeRibeus on Injured Reserve. Signed G Landon Turner to the practice squad. Terminated practice squad contract of QB J.T. Bar-rett.

27 – Terminated practice squad contract of G Landon Turner. Re-signed QB J.T. Barrett to the practice squad.


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PRESEASON

Date Opponent Result/Time

Aug. 9 @Jacksonville Jaguars W, 24-20

Aug. 17 ARIZONA CARDINALS L, 15-20

Aug. 25 @Los Angeles Chargers W, 36-7

Aug. 30 LOS ANGELES RAMS W, 28-0

REGULAR SEASON

Date Opponent Result/Time

Sept. 9 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS L, 40-48

Sept. 16 CLEVELAND BROWNS W, 21-18

Sept. 23 @Atlanta Falcons W, 43-37 OT

Sept. 30 @New York Giants W, 33-18

Oct. 8 WASHINGTON REDSKINS W, 43-19

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Oct. 21 @Baltimore Ravens W, 24-23

Oct. 28 @Minnesota Vikings W, 30-20

Nov. 4 LOS ANGELES RAMS W, 45-35

Nov. 11 @Cincinnati Bengals 12:00PM/FOX

Nov. 18 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 3:35PM/FOX

Nov. 22 ATLANTA FALCONS 7:20PM/NBC

Nov. 29 @Dallas Cowboys 7:20PM/FOX/NFLN

Dec. 9 @Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12:00PM/FOX

Dec. 17 @Carolina Panthers 7:15PM/ESPN

Dec. 23 PITTSBURGH STEELERS 3:25PM/CBS

Dec. 30 CAROLINA PANTHERS 12:00PM/FOX

POSTSEASON

Jan. 5/6 NFC Wild Card Playoff TBD

Jan. 12-13 NFC Divisional Playoff TBD

Jan. 27 NFC Championship TBD

Feb. 3 Super Bowl LIII TBD

New Orleans Saints Pronunciation Guide

LB Alex Anzalone (anne-zuh-LOAN-ee)

T Terron Armstead (ter-RON)

LB Vince Biegel (BEE-gull)

QB Taysom Hill (Tay-Sum)

RB Alvin Kamara (kuh-Mare-Uh)

DL Mitchell Loewen (LAY-ven

DE Alex Okafor (OH-kuh-for)

DT David Onyemata (Un-ye-mah-tah)

T/G Andrus Peat (ANN-druss PEET)

T Ryan Ramczyk (RAM-check)

WR Tre’Quan Smith (Tray-Kwan)

LB Manti Te’o (MAN-tie TAY-oh)

Senior Defensive Asst. Peter Giunta (GEN-ta).

Following the road contest against the Bengals, New Orle-ans will return home to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to face the Philadelphia Eagles (4-4) in a 3:25 p.m. CT con-test televised on FOX (WVUE-FOX 8 locally) against the defending Super Bow champions. The Eagles lead the regular season series 16-11, while New Orleans has cap-tured two of three playoff meetings. On October 11, 2015 in the last meeting between the clubs, the Saints fell to the Eagles 39-17 at Lincoln Financial Field. It will be the third straight season the Saints will host defending champs.

FAMILY TIES

Numerous New Orleans Saints players, coaches and play-er personnel department staffers are not the only members of their families to make a name for themselves in profes-sional football. No fewer than 16 Saints players, coaches or front office personnel have relatives who have played, coached or served in the front office in the National Foot-ball League.

Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen - late father, Grady, played linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons from 1968-72.

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Offensive Coordinator Pete Carmichael - Father, Pete, served as an assistant coach in the National Football League from 1994-2003 with the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Chicago Bears.

Quarterbacks Coach Joe Lombardi - The grandson of legendary National Football League head coach Vince Lombardi, who led both the Green Bay Packers and Wash-ington Redskins and was an assistant for this week’s oppo-nent, the New York Giants.

Secondary Coach Aaron Glenn - Younger brother, Ja-son, was a linebacker and sixth-round draft pick of the Li-ons in the 2001 NFL Draft, playing six seasons in the NFL with the Jets, Dolphins and Vikings.

Linebackers Coach Mike Nolan - Father, Dick, played safety in the National Football League for nine years before becoming a coach. He led the San Francisco 49ers from 1968 to 1975 and was the head coach of the Saints from 1978 to 1980 after serving as an assistant with the Black and Gold to Hank Stram from 1976-77.

Asst. GM/College Scouting Director Jeff Ireland– Step-son of Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame linebacker/center E.J. Holub and the grandson of former Philadelphia Eagles running back and Chicago Bears personnel executive Jim Parmer.

National Scout Terry Wooden - Brother, JoJo, is Director of Player Personnel for the Los Angeles Chargers.

Cornerback Ken Crawley - Cousin, Stephon Morris, spent the 2012 season with the New England Patriots.

Running Back Mark Ingram II - Father, Mark Ingram Sr., was a 10-year NFL veteran who played for the New York Giants, Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers and Philadel-phia Eagles.

Defensive End Cameron Jordan - Father, Steve, had a 13-year career at tight end with this week’s opponent, the Minnesota Vikings, with six Pro Bowl selections.

Defensive Lineman Mitchell Loewen - Father, Chuck, played on the offensive line for San Diego from 1980-84.

Defensive End Alex Okafor - Cousin Eric Alexander was a seven-year NFL veteran for three teams.

Tackle/Guard Andrus Peat - Father, Todd, played six Na-tional Football League seasons with the Phoenix Cardinals and the Los Angeles Raiders.

Wide Receiver Michael Thomas - Uncle, Keyshawn John-

son, is a former wide receiver himself, spending 11 sea-sons in the NFL with the Jets, Buccaneers, Cowboys and Panthers, earning three Pro Bowls and the Super Bowl XXXVII title.

Area Scout Scott Campbell - Late father, Marion was for-mer head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and also a longtime assistant coach.

Scouting Assistant Matt Phillips - Father, Ted is the president/CEO of the Chicago Bears.

COACHES IN THE NFL

Seven members of the 2018 Saints coaching staff have prior playing experience in the National Football League.

Head Coach Sean Payton - Played for the Chicago Bears in 1987.

Special Teams Coordinator Bradford Banta - A fourth round (106th overall) draft pick of the Indianapolis Colts in 1994 out of the University of Southern California and played in 156 career games, primarily as both a long snap-per and tight end with the Colts, New York Jets, Detroit Lions and Buffalo Bills

Asst. Head Coach/Tight Ends Dan Campbell - A third round draft pick of the New York Giants in 1999 out of Tex-as A&M, who appeared in 114 games with 75 starts for the Giants, Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions, where he caught 91 passes for 934 yards and 11 touchdowns, while serving as a force in the run game.

Assistant Wide Receivers Coach Ronald Curry - A sev-enth round draft pick (235th overall) of the Oakland Raiders in 2002 out of the University of North Carolina and played for the Raiders from 2002-08, appearing in 76 games with 32 starts, registering 193 receptions for 2,347 yards with 13 touchdowns.

Secondary Coach Aaron Glenn - The 12th overall pick of the Jets in 1994 out of Texas A&M and started 176 of 205 games with five teams and was a three-time Pro Bowl se-lection. Glenn recorded 41 interceptions with six brought back for touchdowns, adding a score on a kick return.

Defensive Assistant Leigh Torrence— Enjoyed a seven-year career with the Atlanta Falcons, Washington and New Orleans for his final four seasons, where he played in 73 games.

Pass Rush Specialist Brian Young - Played in the Nation-al Football League from 2000-08 with the St. Louis Rams his first four seasons, who originally selected him in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft (139th overall) from UTEP and final five with the Saints, playing in 124 career regular sea-son games, recording 22.5 sacks and eight fumble recover-ies.


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ON THIS DATE

This week’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals is being played on November 11. There have been seven Nov. 11 Saints games with New Orleans posting a 4-3 record on the date, posting a 1-2 mark on the road:

Date Opp/loc W/L Score

11/11/1973 @LAR L 7-29

11/11/79 SF W 31-20

11/11/84 @Atl. W 17-13

11/11/90 TB W 35-7

11/11/01 @SF L 27-28

11/11/07 StL L 29-37

11/11/12 Phi. W 28-13

HONORING TOM BENSON

This season, the Saints are honoring Tom Benson, the club’s late Owner from 1985-2018, by wearing a commem-orative patch and helmet decal on their uniforms.

Benson, who passed away on March 15, purchased the Saints in 1985. Prior to the purchase the club had never experienced a winning season or playoff berth. During his ownership tenure, the club went to the playoffs 11 times, captured six division titles and won Super Bowl XLIV. He is honored with a “TB” patch on the uniforms and decal on the back of the helmet. Benson was inducted into the team Ring of Honor at halftime of the club’s Sept. 9 opener.

MY HOMETOWN

Saints players come from 19 different states, Washington D.C. and Nigeria. Of the 53 players currently on the team’s active roster, the state which claims the most members of the team is Texas with seven.

ROSTER FACTS AND FIGURES

Oldest Saints player: QB Drew Brees, 38, 1/15/79

Youngest Saints player: S Marcus Williams, 22, 9/8/96

Most Seasons as a Saint: QB Drew Brees - 13

Most NFL seasons: QB Drew Brees, 18

Most consecutive starts: DE Cameron Jordan, 105

Most consecutive games played: DE Cameron Jordan, 120

Most playoff experience: QB Drew Brees, 13 games

Heaviest Saint: OL Chaz Green, 318

Tallest Saint: T/G Andrus Peat, 6-7

Shortest Saint: RB Mark Ingram II, 5-9

Former 1st round draft picks: 12 - CB Eli Apple, QB Ted-dy Bridgewater, DE Marcus Davenport, WR Ted Ginn Jr., DE Cameron Jordan, RB Mark Ingram II CB Marshon Lat-timore, T/G Andrus Peat, T Ryan Ramczyk, DT Sheldon Rankins, TE Benjamin Watson.

Pro Bowlers: 11 - QB Drew Brees, T/G Jermon Bushrod, QB Teddy Bridgewater, RB Mark Ingram II, DE Cameron Jordan, RB Alvin Kamara, CB Marshon Lattimore, P Thom-as Morstead, WR Michael Thomas, C Max Unger, G Larry Warford

Coaches who played in the NFL: 7 - Sean Payton, Brad-ford Banta, Dan Campbell, Ronald Curry, Aaron Glenn, Leigh Torrence, Brian Young

College with the most Saints: Ohio State - 5

WINNING STREAKS

After losing the 2018 opener, New Orleans has won their last seven games. Under Head Coach Sean Payton, the Saints have put together four winning streaks of at least seven games, including the club’s current seven-game run. On Sunday at Cincinnati, the Saints will be looking for their fourth win streak of at least eight games since Payton ar-rived in 2006. Below is a list of the team’s winning streaks of at least seven games:

Sept. 13-Dec. 13, 2009—13 games

Oct. 18-Dec. 27, 1987—9 games

Dec. 23, 1990-Oct. 20, 1991—9 games

Nov. 6, 2011-Jan. 1, 2012-8 games

Sept. 24-Nov. 19, 2017-8 games

Sept. 16, 2018-present-7 games

Sept. 11-Oct. 23, 1988-7 games

Oct. 8-Nov. 12, 2000-7 games

DOUBLE DIGIT WINS

In 2017, posting an 11-5 record, capturing the NFC South title and advancing to the NFC Divisional Playoff round, the New Orleans won at least ten games for the sixth time since Payton became head coach after posting double-digit win totals five times from 1967-2005. The Saints will be attempting to have double-digit wins in consecutive sea-sons for the fourth time in franchise history in 2018 and for the second time under Payton.


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IN THE NFC SOUTH

The Saints have the best record among NFC South teams since 2006, a period where they’ve won four division titles including in 2017, tied with for the most during that time. They’ve posted a 43-31 mark within the NFC South since 2006.

REGULAR SEASON RECORDS OF NFC SOUTH TEAMS SINCE 2006

Team W L T Pct.

New Orleans Saints 119 81 0 .595

Atlanta Falcons 109 91 0 .545

Carolina Panthers 108 91 1 .543

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 75 125 0 .375

ROAD WARRIORS

Since 2006, the Saints are tied for the fourth-best road rec-ord in the NFL at 54-46 (.540). Since 2009, with a 42-34 (.553) regular season road mark, the Saints are tied for the third-best road winning percentage. The Saints are now 4-0 on the road for the first time since the 2009 season as they will be looking for their first winning home mark since 2011.

NFL REGULAR SEASON ROAD RECORDS SINCE 2006

Team Record

1. New England 72-28

2. Dallas 57-43

3. Pittsburgh 57-42-1

4t. New Orleans 54-46

4t. Philadelphia 54-46

6. Green Bay 52-48-1

7. Indianapolis 53-48

NFL REGULAR SEASON ROAD RECORDS SINCE 2009

Team Record


2. Pittsburgh 44-30-1

3t. New Orleans 42-34

3t. Dallas 42-34

5. Green Bay 39-37

6. Denver 38-38

DOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE

Since 2008, the New Orleans Saints have posted a 59-25 home record, ranked fifth in the National Football League, including a 7-1 mark in 2017 and a 3-1 start in 2018.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON HOME RECORDS SINCE 2008

Team Record


2. Green Bay 62-20-2

3t. Baltimore 61-23

3t. Pittsburgh 61-23

5. New Orleans 59-25

PAYTON’S PLACE AMONG HEAD COACHES

Sean Payton has had an impressive run as head coach of the New Orleans Saints for the last 13 seasons.

The Saints clinched the 2017 NFC South title, earning their fourth division title under Payton after winning only two prior to his hiring.

Payton the highest winning percentage (.607) and most wins (119) among the 16 Saints head coaches, also ranked 35th all-time in National Football League record books.

Payton is the first coach in franchise history with dou-ble-digit win totals in six seasons.

SEAN PAYTON YEAR-BY-YEAR BREAKDOWN

Year Reg. Season Postseason

2006 10-6 NFC Champ Game (1-1)

2007 7-9 -

2008 8-8 -

2009 13-3 SB XLIV Championship (3-0)

2010 11-5 Wild Card Round (0-1)

2011 13-3 Divisional Round (1-1)


2014 7-9 -

2015 7-9 -

2016 7-9 -


2018 7-1

TOTAL 112-72 7-5



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TOP THREE WINNINGEST SAINTS HEAD COACHES (REGULAR SEASON AND POSTSEASON)

Coach W L Pct.

Sean Payton 119 77 .607

Jim Mora 93 78 .544

Jim Haslett 46 52 .469

Sean Payton’s 119 career wins in the regular season and postseason since being hired by the New Orleans Saints in 2006 ranks fifth among active National Football League coaches, second among current NFC head coach coaches and his winning percentage since 2006 is ranked fifth among current NFL head coaches.

WINNING PERCENTAGES AMONG ACTIVE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE COACHES SINCE 2006

(Min. 50 games)

Coach W L T Pct.

Bill Belichick 174 51 0 .773

Mike Tomlin 128 69 1 .649

Pete Carroll 92 57 1 .617

Mike McCarthy 134 83 2 .616

Sean Payton 119 77 0 .607

Mike Zimmer 45 30 1 .599

John Harbaugh 108 76 0 .587

WINNINGEST ACTIVE NFL COACHES SINCE 2006

(Min. 50 games)

Coach W L T Pct.

Bill Belichick 174 51 0 .773

Mike McCarthy 134 83 2 .616

Mike Tomlin 128 69 1 .649

Andy Reid 125 87 1 .589

Sean Payton 119 77 0 .607

John Harbaugh 108 76 0 .587

NFC SOUTH COACHES RECORDS IN DIVISION PLAY

Payton has the most regular season division wins by NFC South coaches in division play since 2006.

Coach W L Pct.

Sean Payton 40 28 .588

Ron Rivera 24 20 .546

Dan Quinn 12 9 .571

Dirk Koetter 6 9 .400

SEAN PAYTON’S REGULAR SEASON RECORD VS. NFC SOUTH TEAMS

Team W L Pct.

Atlanta 16 7 .696

Tampa Bay 13 10 .565

Carolina 11 11 .500

PRO BOWL PLAYERS COACHED BY SEAN PAYTON

Payton’s coached 23 players who’ve earned 45 Pro Bowl selections as a head coach and assistant with the Saints, Cowboys Giants, including seven selections in 2017.

PRO BOWL PLAYERS COACHED BY SEAN PAYTON AS A HEAD COACH AND ASSISTANT

Pos. Player Pro Bowls Years G Larry Allen 1 2005 QB Drew Brees 10 2006, 08--14, 16-17 T Jammal Brown 2 2006, 08 T Jermon Bushrod 1 2011 G Jahri Evans 5 2009-11, 13-14 C Jonathan Goodwin 1 2009 TE Jimmy Graham 3 2011, 13-14 G Ben Grubbs 1 2013 S Roman Harper 2 2009-10 RB Mark Ingram II 2 2014, 2017 DE Cameron Jordan 3 2013, 2015, 2017 RB Alvin Kamara 1 2017 CB Marshon Lattimore 1 2017 G Carl Nicks 2 2010-11 S Darren Sharper 1 2009 TE Jeremy Shockey 1 2002 DE Will Smith 1 2006 T Jon Stinchcomb 1 2009 G Ron Stone 2 2000-01 WR Michael Thomas 1 2017 LB Jonathan Vilma 2 2009-10 G Larry Warford 1 2017 TE Jason Witten 1 2005


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2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS TEAM NOTES ROAD WARRIORS

THE SAINTS WHEN

Below is the record in various situations the Saints have compiled under Sean Payton as head coach as well as their record under these circumstances in 2018.

SEAN PAYTON’S REGULAR SEASON RECORD WHEN (2006-11, 2013-)

Leading After First Quarter..........................................63-16 Leading at Halftime.....................................................92-13 Leading After Third Quarter.........................................91-11 Saints Score First........................................................65-22 Saints 200+ Yards Passing........................................100-65 Opponent Under 200 Yards Passing...........................44-19 Saints Have 100+ Yards Rushing...............................76-23 Forcing 3+ Turnovers....................................................29-6 Defense Has 3+ Sacks................................................53-19 Indoors........................................................................73-45 Outdoors......................................................................38-28 At Home......................................................................61-31 On The Road...............................................................51-41 On Artificial Turf….......................................................80-47 Scoring 20 Or More Points.........................................106-42 Allowing 20 Or Fewer Points.........................................68-7 Committing Zero Turnovers..........................................37-5

THE SAINTS IN 2018 WHEN?

(REGULAR SEASON)

Leading After First Quarter..............................................3-0 Tied After First Quarter....................................................3-0 Leading at Halftime.........................................................5-0 Leading After Third Quarter.............................................5-0 Saints Score First............................................................4-1 Saints 200+ Yards Passing.............................................6-1 Saints Have 100+ Yards Rushing...................................5-0 Recording 0 Takeaways..................................................2-1 + 2 Turnover Margin........................................................1-0 +1 Turnover Margin…......................................................2-0 Recording 1 Takeaway....................................................1-0 Even Turnover Margin.....................................................2-0 - 2 Turnover Margin.........................................................0-1 - 1 Turnover Margin.........................................................2-0 Defense Has 3+ Sacks....................................................5-0 Indoors............................................................................5-1 Outdoors..........................................................................2-0 At Home..........................................................................3-1 On The Road...................................................................4-0 On Artificial Turf...............................................................6-1 On Natural Grass........................................................... 1-0 Scoring 20 Or More Points..............................................7-1 Allowing 20 Or Fewer Points...........................................4-0 Committing Zero Turnovers.............................................2-0

BUCKING THE ODDS

Below is the list of the 30 undrafted rookies who were signed by the Saints as free agents following the NFL Draft since 2006 who have earned opening day roster spots. Two undrafted free agents earned roster spots in 2018, defensive back J.T. Gray who has two special teams tack-les and defensive tackle Taylor Stallworth:

YEAR PLAYER

2006 P Steve Weatherford

2007 QB Tyler Palko, RB Pierre Thomas

2008 LB Jo-Lonn Dunbar

2009 LB Jonathan Casillas, WB Rod Harper

2010 OLB Junior Galette, RB Chris Ivory

2011 S Isa Abdul-Quddus

2012 RB Travaris Cadet, DE Tyrunn Walker

2013 DE Glenn Foster, TE Josh Hill, C/G Tim Lelito, ILB Kevin Reddick, RB Khiry Robinson, CB Rod Sweeting

2014 CB Brian Dixon, OLB Kasim Edebali

2015 DE Tavaris Barnes, DT Kaleb Eulls, DE Bobby Richardson

2016 DB Ken Crawley, DB De’Vante Harris, K Wil Lutz, WR Tommylee Lewis, OL Landon Turner

2017 RB Trey Edmunds

2018 DB J.T. Gray, DT Taylor Stallworth

IN THE NFL

The Saints have the second-best regular season record in the NFC and are tied for the fourth-best mark in the NFL since 2006. Since 2009, their 94-58 record’s ranked fourth.

REGULAR SEASON RECORDS IN THE NFL SINCE 2006

Team W L T Pct.

New England Patriots 158 43 0 .786

Pittsburgh Steelers 129 70 1 .648

Green Bay Packers 124 74 2 .625

Indianapolis Colts 119 81 0 .595


Baltimore Ravens 116 85 0 .577

Dallas Cowboys 114 86 0 .570


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REGULAR SEASON RECORDS IN NFL SINCE 2009

Team W L T Pct.

New England Patriots 119 34 0 .778

Pittsburgh Steelers 99 52 1 .655

Green Bay Packers 97 53 2 .645


Seattle Seahawks 88 62 1 .586

POINTS PER GAME

Since 2006, the Saints have averaged 27.9 points per game (5,576 points) in 200 regular season games, second in the NFL. Since 2006, they’ve scored 20 or more points in 160 contests (80.0%) and 30 or more in 91 (45.6%). 12 of the team’s top 14 single-game point totals have oc-curred since 2006. In 2018, the Saints are ranked second (34.9 ppg.) in scoring overall, and first in fourth quarter scoring.

NFL POINTS PER GAME LEADERS SINCE 2006

Team Pts. Pts./Gm.

1. New England 5,945 29.6

2. New Orleans 5,576 27.9

3. Green Bay 5,212 26.1

2018 NFL POINTS PER GAME LEADERS

Team Pts. Pts./Gm.

1. Kansas City 327 36.3

2. New Orleans 279 34.9

3. LA Rams 299 33.2

4. New England 270 30.0

5. Chicago 235 29.4

2018 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING LEADERS

Team Pts. Pts./Gm.

1. New Orleans 95 11.9

2. Indianapolis 86 10.8

3. Carolina 81 10.1

SINGLE-GAME POINTS SCORED IN NEW ORLEANS SAINTS HISTORY

Rk. Opponent Pts. Date

1. vs. Indianapolis 62 10/23/11

2t. vs. Detroit 52 10/15/17

2t. vs. NYG 52 11/1/15

4t. vs. Green Bay 51 11/24/08

4t. at St. Louis 51 11/2/69

4t. at Seattle 51 11/21/76

7t. vs. NYG 49 11/28/11

7t. vs. LA Rams 49 11/27/16

7t. vs. Dallas 49 11/10/13

10t. at Philadelphia 48 9/20/09

10t. at Arizona 48 12/18/16

10t. vs. NYG 48 10/18/09

13 at Buf. 47 11/12/17

14 At Mia. 46 10/25/09

NEARLY UNBEATABLE AT 30

Since Sean Payton was hired as head coach, of the New Orleans Saints in 2006, the team has posted an 82-14 rec-ord (85.4%) in regular season and postseason games where they’ve scored at least 30 points, including a 5-1 mark in 2018 following a 45-point output on Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams.

30-POINT GAME OUTPUTS BY SEASON (2006-11, 13-18) FOR NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

2006: 6-1

2007: 5-0

2008: 6-2

2009: 12-0 (Including 3-0 in postseason)



2012: 6-2

2013: 6-0

2014: 4-1

2015: 3-1

2016: 6-3


2018: 5-1


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SAINTS BY THE NUMBERS

1 – Super Bowl appearances and Championships

2 – NFC Championship appearances

6 – Division Championships

364 – Franchise wins (regular season and postseason)

10 – Pro Football Hall of Famers

5 – Ring of Honor members, including Owner Tom Ben-son, who was inducted in Week One of the 2018 season.

33 – Number of years the club was owned by Tom Ben-son, who passed away this spring.

51 – Saints Hall of Famers

52 – The club is in its 52nd season of play.

84,728 – Largest home crowd (US), a November 3, 1968 contest vs. the Dallas Cowboys played at Tulane Stadium.

73,373 – Largest crowd at the Mercedes-Benz Super-dome, a November 24, 2014 contest vs. Baltimore.

119 – Games won by Head Coach Sean Payton (regular season and postseason), ranked first in club history and tied for 35th in National Football League record books.

6,435 – National Football League-record number of com-pletions by Drew Brees.

72,781 – National Football League-record number of pass-ing yards by Brees.

506 – Career touchdown passes by Brees, third in NFL records.

64.5 – Sacks by defensive end Cameron Jordan, fifth in team records.

86 – Team-high points scored by running back Alvin Kamara in 2017.

76 – Team-high points scored by Kamara in 2017 through eight games.

1,554 – Team-high 2017 yards from scrimmage by Kama-ra.

917 – Team-high total yards from scrimmage total by Kamara in 2018, ranked seventh In the National Football League.

196 – Number of receptions in his first two seasons by wide receiver Michael Thomas, a National Football League Record.

211 – team-record number of receiving yards by Thomas in Sunday’s win vs. the Los Angeles Rams, also the high-est single-game NFL total this season

70 – Receptions by Thomas in 2018, ranked second In the NFL.

722 – Career tackles by linebacker Demario Davis.

44 – Seasons at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

DOMINATING OFFENSE

Since 2006, the Saints have been the NFL’s top ranked

offense (404.0 ypg.). In 2018, they are ranked seventh in

the NFL (402.0 ypg.).

NFL TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS SINCE 2006

(NET YARDS PER GAME)

Team Yds. Yds./Gm.

1. New Orleans 80,809 404.0

2. New England 77,633 386.2

3. Philadelphia 74,486 372.4

NFL TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS IN 2018

(NET YARDS PER GAME)

Team Yds. Yds./Gm.

1. Los Angeles Rams 4,024 447.1

2. Tampa Bay 3,574 446.8

3. Kansas City 3,901 433.4

4. Pittsburgh 3,322 415.3

5. Atlanta 3,298 412.3

6. Green Bay 3253 406.6

7. New Orleans 3,216 402.0

8. LA Chargers 3,194 399.3

YARDAGE RAMPAGE

Since 2006, the Saints have racked up the team’s top six highest single-game net yardage totals. Prior to Payton’s hiring, New Orleans had only reached 500 yards in seven games. Since then, they’ve met the mark in 25 contests.

TOP FIVE SAINTS TOTAL NET YARDAGE GAMES

Rk. Opponent Yds. Rush Pass Date

1. vs. Dallas 625 242 383 11/10/13

2. vs. Carolina 617 208 409 1/1/12

3. vs. NYG 608 103 505 11/1/15

4. vs. Cincinnati 595 91 504 11/19/06

5. vs. NYG 577 205 372 11/28/11


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KEEPING DRIVES GOING

The New Orleans Saints have converted an NFL-best 46.6 of their third down attempts in the regular season since 2006.

NFL THIRD DOWN CONVERSION LEADERS SINCE 2006

Team Made Att. Pct.

1. New Orleans 1,224 2,625 46.6

2. New England 1,170 2,659 44.0

3. Indianapolis 1,161 2,641 44.0

FIRST DOWNS

The New Orleans Saints rank first in the NFC and second in the NFL with 4,561 first downs in the regular season since 2006, including a league-best 3,000 first downs pass-ing.

NFL FIRST DOWN LEADERS SINCE 2006

Team Tot. Rush Pass Pen

1. New England 4,663 1,461 2,783 419

2. New Orleans 4,561 1,253 3,000 308

3. Indianapolis 4,178 1,127 2,667 384

THROUGH THE AIR

Each season since 2006, the Saints have ranked in the National Football League’s top five in passing, averaging 295.8 net yards per game to lead the league during the period.

NFL NET PASSING YARDS PER GAME SINCE 2006

Rk. Team Yds. Yds./Gm.

1. New Orleans 59,168 295.8

2. New England 53,693 267.1

3. Green Bay 51,024 255.1

YARDS AFTER THE CATCH

Since 2006, the New Orleans Saints rank first in the NFL in yards after the catch (29,107). New Orleans ranked first in the NFL in 2017 with 2,401 yards after the catch with rookie running back Alvin Kamara ranked second in the NFL (705).

YARDS AFTER THE CATCH BY NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TEAMS SINCE 2006

Team YAC

1. NO 29,107

2. NE 27,652

3. GB 27,299

FOUR DOWN TERRITORY

Since 2006, the New Orleans Saints are ranked second in the conference and fourth in the National Football League in fourth down conversion rate, converting 116-of-203 at-tempts (57.1 Pct.). In 2017, New Orleans converted 12-of-15 third down attempts (80.0%), best in the NFL and are ranked second in 2018, having converted nine-of-ten. In Sunday’s win vs. the Rams, the Saints converted both fourth down attempts, including a fourth and one late in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.

FOURTH DOWN CONVERSION RATE

IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SINCE 2006

Rk. Team Conv./Att. Pct.

1. New England Patriots 122/195 62.6

2t. Dallas Cowboys 96/166 57.8

2t. Cincinnati Bengals 96/166 57.8

4. New Orleans Saints 116/203 57.1

5. Philadelphia Eagles 113/205 55.1


IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN 2017



2. Jacksonville Jaguars 10/13 76.9

3. Philadelphia Eagles 17/26 65.4


IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN 2018



2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6/6 100.0

3. Kansas City Chiefs 5/6 83.3

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THE TRIPLETS

RBs Mark Ingram II (1,540), Alvin Kamara (1,554) and WR Michael Thomas (1,245) were the only NFL trio in 2017 to each be over 1,100 total yards from scrimmage.

SAINTS TRIOS WITH 1,000 YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE

1. 4,339 - 2017, RB Mark Ingram (1,540), RB Alvin Kama-ra (1,554) and WR Michael Thomas (1,245)

2. 4,071 - 2001, WR Joe Horn (1,269), WR Willie Jackson (1,046) and RB Ricky Williams (1,756)

3. 3,702 - 2016, WR Brandin Cooks (1,203), RB Mark In-gram II (1,362) and WR Michael Thomas (1,137)

4. 3,600 - 2006, RB Reggie Bush (1,307), WR Marques Col-ston (1,038) and RB Deuce McAllister (1,255)

The trio all finished 2017 in the top 10 in the NFL for first downs. In 2018, Kamara’s ranked second and Thomas sixth

2017 NFL FIRST DOWN LEADERS

Rush Rec. Tot.

1. Le’Veon Bell, Pit. 74 31 105

2. Todd Gurley, LA Rams 66 32 98

3. Melvin Gordon, LAC 58 22 80

4t. Alvin Kamara, NO 40 38 78

4t. Kareem Hunt, KC 60 18 78

4t. LeSean McCoy, Buf. 55 23 78

7. Keenan Allen, LAC 0 74 74

8. Antonio Brown, Pit. 0 71 71

9. Michael Thomas, NO 0 70 70

10t. Mark Ingram, NO 50 19 69

10t. DeAndre Hopkins, Hou. 0 69 69

2018 NFL FIRST DOWN LEADERS

Rush Rec. Tot.

1. Todd Gurley, LAR 49 15 64

2. Alvin Kamara, NO 35 20 55

3t. Kareem Hunt, KC 40 14 54

3t. James Conner, Pit. 37 17 54

5. Adam Thielen, Min. 1 51 52

6. Michael Thomas, NO 0 46 46

HOLDING THE LINE

Since 2006, the Saints have allowed the fewest sacks in the NFL, surrendering only 303 takedowns in 200 regular sea-son games, 20 in 2017, the second-lowest total in the league and nine in 2018, the fewest

SACKS ALLOWED FROM 2006-

Rk. Team Sacks

1. New Orleans 303

2. New York Giants 354

3. Indianapolis 365

FEWEST SACKS ALLOWED IN 2017

Rk. Team Sacks

1. LA Chargers 18

2. New Orleans 20

3t. Pittsburgh 21

3t. Atlanta 24

3t. Jacksonville 24

FEWEST SACKS ALLOWED IN 2018

Rk. Team Sacks

1. New Orleans 9

2. Indianapolis 10

3. Pittsburgh 11

Ahead is a synopsis of several returning players and new-comers through the draft, free agency and trade to the 2018 Saints offensive line:

Left tackle Terron Armstead - The club’s first third round draft choice in 2013 out of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Armstead impressed scouts by running the fastest 40-yard dash time (4.71) by an offensive lineman in the history of the NFL Scouting Combine. He has opened 53 regular season games for New Orleans and four postseason contests and is a prime candidate for his first Pro Bowl selection in 2018, having opened all eight contests.

Tackle/guard Jermon Bushrod - A fourth round selection in the 2007 NFL Draft out of Towson, Bushrod developed into a starting left tackle by his third season and opened 62 regular season contests at left tackle. Bushrod returns to serve as a top backup off the bench.



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Tackle/guard Andrus Peat - A first round selection (13th overall) in the 2015 NFL Draft out of Stanford, Peat was considered one of the top college offensive linemen in 2014. In his final season in Palo Alto as a junior, Peat start-ed all 13 games at left tackle and was named a first-team All-American by ESPN.com, The Sporting News and SI.com and received second-team honors from the Associ-ated Press. In his first three seasons, Peat has played in 43 games with 38 starts, opening a contest at every position except center. In 2017, Peat took a massive step forward, opening 15 contests at left guard and left tackle, also open-ing the NFC Divisional Playoff at left guard. Headed into his fourth season, Peat made his 2018 debut in the Sept. 16 win over Cleveland. Peat possesses both a veteran’s expe-rience and youthful athleticism, making him a key to the Saints’ future success.

Right tackle Ryan Ramczyk - The Black and Gold used their second first round selection in the 2017 NFL Draft to snag Ramczyk out of the University of Wisconsin, viewed by many as one of the best linemen in the entire draft. The 6-6, 314 lb. tackle moved from Division III Wisconsin-Stevens Point to Wisconsin, and in just one season with the Badgers, he flourished. Ramczyk started all 14 games in 2016 and was a consensus All-American, blocking for an offense that gained 203.1 rushing yards per game and al-lowing just one sack. Ramczyk figures to make an immedi-ate impact in year two in holding down the right side follow-ing after opening all 16 games and both postseason con-tests in 2017 and being selected as a PFWA All-Rookie.

Center Max Unger - After being acquired by the Saints via trade in the 2015 offseason, Max Unger has anchored the middle of the line for the past four seasons, starting all 55 contests he’s appeared in at center and serving as a three-time team captain. A second round draft pick of the Seattle Seahawks in 2009, Unger has been named an AP first-team All-Pro in 2012 and is a two-time Pro Bowler. The Hawaii native’s opened all 121 regular season contests he has played in since 2009. Right guard Larry Warford - Originally selected by Detroit in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft (65th overall) out of Kentucky, this sixth-year blocker brought size, strength and foot quickness to the Saints’ line in 2017, as he started all 14 regular season games and both postseason contests at right guard. New Orleans’ rush offense responded to his addition, as the ground game finished fifth in the National Football League as he was named to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career. Center/guard Cameron Tom - Signed as an undrafted free agent out of Southern Mississippi in 2017, this Baton Rouge native and former Catholic High School standout was elevated from the practice squad to 53-man roster midway through his rookie year. Tom’s development came into play on Oct. 21 at Baltimore, where he was sent into the lineup at left guard in place of an injured Josh LeRibeus in New Orleans’ come-from-behind victory. Center/guard Will Clapp - A technically proficient play-er, who through the combination of size, strength and intel-

ligence, was a three-year starter on the LSU offensive line, starting all 36 games that he appeared in (13 at center, 12 at left guard, 11 at right guard), earning first-team All-SEC honors at guard and center. Blocking for 1,000-yard rush-ers in each of his three college seasons, Clapp settled in at center in 2017, where he was a first-team All-SEC selection and a Rimington Trophy finalist.

DEFENSIVE DRAFTS

Over the last four NFL Drafts from 2015-18, New Orleans has shown a commitment to improving the defense, spend-ing 17-of-28 picks on that side of the ball. With nine picks in the 2015 NFL Draft, the Saints picked six defensive play-ers, the most taken since New Orleans chose nine defen-sive players in a 12-round selection meeting in 1990. Below is an overview of the players selected by New Orleans from 2015-18 on the 53-man roster:

Linebacker Alex Anzalone, Florida (D3b-17) - A 6-3, 241 lb. linebacker, Anzalone showcased plenty of potential at the University of Florida. As a senior in 2016, he started the first eight contests for the Gators until a broken forearm prematurely ended his final campaign in Gainesville. De-spite the shortened season, Anzalone still ranked third on the team with 53 tackles and racked up three sacks and one fumble recovery. The three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient plays with both physicality and intelligence and made an immediate impact as a starter on the outside from day one in 2017 where he recorded 14 tackles, one sack and one pass defensed for being placed on Injured Reserve in Week Five. Anzalone has started three con-tests on the inside and the outside in 2018, posting 24 tackles (17 solo), one interception, two passes defensed and one forced fumble.

Safety Vonn Bell, Ohio State (D2b-16) - Selected in the second round (61st overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft, Bell was a consensus All-American and one of the top rated defen-sive backs in the NFL Draft. As a senior, the Rossville, Ga. native was a Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist after recording 65 tackles and adding two interceptions, one brought back for a touchdown, one fumble recovery and 11 passes de-fensed. Bell has translated that collegiate success to the NFL with ease in his first three seasons, appearing in 40 games with 28 starts and filling up the stat sheet with 211 tackles (145 solo), 5.5 sacks, ten passes defensed, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.

Defensive end Marcus Davenport, Texas-San Antonio (D1-18) - Davenport joined the Saints with the 14th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft after showing potential and production as a pass rusher during his college career at Texas-San Antonio. In four college seasons, Davenport posted 22 sacks, including 8.5 in 2017 when he captured Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year honors. Davenport’s strength on the line should be a valuable asset for the Saints front in the future, playing an important role in the club’s packages in 2018, recording four sacks and one forced fumble, including a two-takedown performance in the Oct. 28 win at Minnesota. Davenport’s takedown total is currently tied for second among NFL rookies.


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Defensive tackle Tyeler Davison, Fresno State (D5b-15) - This run-stopping widebody defensive lineman played in 53 career games at Fresno State from 2011-14 and made 28.5 stops for a loss and 14.5 sacks. After moving into the starting lineup in 2016, Davison continued to improve in 2017, with his 31 tackles (21 solo), one pass defensed and two forced fumbles not showing his true value as a run-stopper. In the postseason, he added nine tackles and one sack. Davison has played an important role in the middle on a defense that is ranked first In opponent yards per game and in opponent yards per carry, posting ten stops, one sack and one fumble recovery

Defensive end Trey Hendrickson, Florida Atlantic (D3c-17) - This former third round draft choice in the 2017 NFL Draft (103rd overall) out of Florida Atlantic brought his raw talent, size, strength and speed to a youthful Saints defen-sive line. In his first season as a pro the rotational pass rusher appeared in 14 regular season games posting 14 tackles (eight solo), two sacks for 15 yards lost, two passes defensed and one forced fumble.

Cornerback Marshon Lattimore, Ohio State (D1a-17) - The 11th overall selection in the 2017 NFL draft and the first corner taken possesses all the traits of a lockdown de-fender. With his agile, fluid style, Lattimore has the ability to shut down the best wide receivers. He played a critical role in the Black and Gold pass defense unit as a rookie in 2017, as he moved into the starting lineup immediately. In October, he became the first Saints rookie since 2000 to capture NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month, when he had 16 tackles, two interceptions, one returned for a touch-down, five passes defensed and a fumble recovery and also captured the award in December. For the season, he finished with 53 stops, five picks, to lead NFL rookies and the Saints, tying a team rookie record, a club-best 18 pass-es defensed, a forced fumble and a recovery. Lattimore was the first Saints corner selected to the Pro Bowl since 1995 and was selected as Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year. His two defensive fumble recoveries in 2018 lead the team and are tied for second in the NFL, while his 91 yards of returns lead the league..

Defensive tackle David Onyemata, Manitoba (D4-16) - Possessing a unique combination of size and speed, this Lagos, Nigeria native had an impressive rookie year after becoming the first player from the University of Manitoba to be drafted into the National Football League. Despite being extraordinarily new to the sport of football, the 2016 fourth round draft pick became a critical member on the interior of the Saints defensive front in 2017, playing in all 16 games for the second consecutive season with six starts, making

40 tackles and two sacks, while adding three more stops in the postseason. In 2018, he’s played in all eight games with four starts, posting 17 stops (12 solo).

Defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins, Louisville (D1-16) - Selected 12th overall in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft, the Georgia native played in 46 games along the line at Louisville from 2012-15, producing 133 total tackles (72 solo), 31.5 tackles for loss and 18 sacks. On Nov. 12, 2017, Rankins recorded his first career interception. In the week 15 win vs. Atlanta, he closed out the contest with a sack. In the NFC Divisional Playoff at Minnesota, Rankins added his first career postseason takedown. In 2018, Ran-kins is tied for second on the Saints with four sacks after a career-high two-takedown performance in the Oct. 28 win over Minnesota. Overall Rankins has posted 21 stops (13 solo).

Safety Marcus Williams, Utah (D2-17) - A three-year starter at Utah, Williams was twice named All-Pac 12 and earned second-team All-American as a junior before de-claring for the NFL Draft. In 2016, he tied for second in the conference with five interceptions, despite missing two games due to injury. The defender boasts a dangerous mix of speed, fluidity, and instinct that allows him to read of-fenses and make breaks on the ball. His athleticism showed in his rookie season in 2017 as he made 70 tack-les, four interceptions and six passes defensed in 15 regu-lar season games, adding ten more stops (seven solo) and another pick in two postseason contests. In the Sept. 16 win over Cleveland, Williams recorded a key fourth quarter pick. In 2018, he has posted 27 tackles (22 solo), the Week Two pick, two passes defensed and two special teams stops.

Cornerback P.J. Williams, Florida State (D3b-15) - Wil-liams’ career was limited in the beginning by missing all but two games his first two seasons with various injuries, but rebounded from the adversity early in his career to come on strong in 2017, when he played in all 16 regular season games and both postseason contests. An experienced starter from Florida State, who developed into one of the nation’s top cover corners as a junior in 2014, Williams fin-ished his college career with 123 tackles (82 solo), four interceptions and 18 passes defensed. Williams finished with 47 tackles, his first two career interceptions and nine passes defensed in 2017, while adding 28 more stops (22 solo), one 45-yard interception for a touchdown, five pass-es defensed and one forced fumble in 2018 while serving primarily in the nickel cornerback role following an ankle injury to Patrick Robinson. Williams is coming off of his fin-est moment Oct. 28 at Minnesota, when his third quarter interception return for a 45-yard touchdown helped pace the Saints’ 30-20 victory earning him NFC Defensive Player of the Week, followed up by a career-high-tying three pass-es defensed in the Rams win on Sunday.

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RUSH DEFENSE

After giving up 4.4 yards per carry in 2017, through the first four games of the 2018 season, New Orleans has reduced that clip by a full yard, surrendering only 3.4 rushing yards per attempt to ranked first in the NFL.

OPPONENT RUSHING YARDS PER CARRY IN 2018

Team Opp. Yards/Carry

1. NO 3.39

2. Dal. 3.55

3. Hou. 3.60

In total rush defense, the Saints have given up only 76.4 net yards per game in 2018, ranked first in the NFL after giving up 129.4 per game in 2017. In Sunday’s win vs. the Rams, the Saints gave up only 92 rushing yards.

OPPONENT RUSHING YARDS PER GAME IN 2018

Team Opp. Yards/Game

1. NO 76.4

2. Phi. 83.8

3. Chi. 84.9

STOPPING THE RUN

The Saints have produced their most impressive run-stopping effort in several seasons through the last seven games, all wins. The club has not surrendered 100 rushing yards to an opponent since the season opener vs. Tampa Bay, Sept. 10. The Saints have not held an opponent to under this marking point for seven consecutive games since the 1991 season. If they hold Cincinnati to under 100 yards on November 11, it will be the second-longest streak for holding teams below the century mark for consecutive games. Below are the longest streaks in franchise history that the defense has gone without surrendering 100 yards.

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITHOUT SURRENDERING 100 YARDS RUSHING

Time Period Games

1. 10/1/89-12/10/89 11

t2. 9/17/18-Present 7

t2. 9/16/07-10/28/07 7

t2. 9/1/91-10/20/91 7

t5. 10/4/92-11/8/92 5

t5. 10/12/86-11/9/86 5 t5. 9/12/82-12/5/82 5

JUST KICKING IT

Between deep passes for touchdowns and athletic inter-ceptions, players often use their hands to produce the game’s flashiest plays. However, the players who use their feet often make the difference between winning and losing, between drilling clutch field goals or flipping the field with a well-executed punt. K Wil Lutz went undrafted in 2016, joining the Baltimore Ravens for training camp. Prior to the start of the regular season, Lutz joined the Black and Gold and immediately took on placekicking and kickoff duties. Lutz has kicked in 40 games, converting 75-of-87 field goal attempts (86.2 percent) and 123-of-128 PATS (96.1 percent). He has also recorded 142 touchbacks on 235 career kickoffs. His 86.2 percent field goal percentage is best among kickers with at least 50 made field goals in team history. In 2018, Lutz has made 16-of-17 field goal attempts, in-cluding his last 14, 27-of-28 PAT attempts and has record-ed 35 touchbacks. P Thomas Morstead was the first punter drafted by the Saints since 1984. The club’s fifth round draft choice (164th overall) in 2009 from Southern Methodist University, Mor-stead has been a weapon in the field position game with his strong leg, outstanding placement abilities and booming kickoffs. In ten seasons, he has a gross average of 47.0 on 544 punts with a 41.4 net and 189 punts inside the 20-yard line, while also booming 259 kickoffs in the end zone for touchbacks. Morstead is ranked 13th on the club’s all-time games played list with 150 regular season appearances and his consistency has carried over to the 2018 season, where he’s averaged a 42.6 net punting average, with sev-en dropped inside-the-20.

SWISS ARMY KNIFE

New Orleans QB Taysom Hill, in his second year with the club, has brought unheralded versatility to the Saints on both offense and special teams. A participant on every spe-cial teams unit except field goal and PAT, as well as a sig-nal-caller, runner and receiver on offense, Hill has aver-aged 24.4 yards per return on nine kickoff returns, is tied for second on the team with three coverage stops and com-pleted a ten-yard pass on a fake punt in Week Four. In Sunday night’s win at Minnesota, returned two kickoffs for 50 yards, caught a pass for gain of five yards and complet-ed a 44-yard pass on offense. Overall in 2018, Hill’s carried 23 times for 133 yards, ranked third on the team, with a club best 5.8 average and has completed two of three passes for 54 yards.

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RETURN TO SENDER

The New Orleans Saints kickoff return game has found juice through several avenues in 2018, led by Hill who brought back a kickoff 47 yards in Week two and has taken over return duties averaging 22.2 yards per return, running back Alvin Kamara recorded a 106-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in Week 17 at the Buccaneers in 2017 the long-est play in team history and also has the ability to be a threat in the punt return game to go with his gamebreaking abilities on offense. Below are the three-longest kickoff re-turns in club records:

LONGEST KICKOFF RETURNS IN NEW ORLEANS SAINTS HISTORY

Rk. Player Yards Year

1. Alvin Kamara 106t 2017

2. Eric Guliford 102t 1997

3. Mel Gray 101t 1986

COVERAGE/BLOCK UNITS

New Orleans’ coverage units have been led the past two seasons by S Chris Banjo and DB Justin Hardee. Hardee led the team with nine stops and a blocked punt recovered for a touchdown as a rookie in 2017 and Banjo finished with eight tackles and a forced fumble. Hardee leads the team with seven stops with Banjo and Hill tied for second with three apiece. DE Alex Okafor also made a game-changing play at Atlanta, Sept. 23, when his third quarter blocked punt that was recovered by LB Craig Robertson at the Falcons 16-yard line, set up a subsequent New Orleans touchdown. Robertson also made a big play in Sunday’s win over Los Angeles when he stopped H Johnny Hecker short of the first down marker on a fake field goal attempt. New Orleans’ punt coverage unit ranks fourth in the NFL, surrendering only 5.4 yards per return.

DREW BREES

• Since signing with the Saints as an unrestricted free agent in 2006 from the San Diego Chargers, quarterback Drew Brees has thrown for 4,000 or more yards in each of his 12 seasons with the club, became the only National Football League signal-caller to throw for 5,000 yards five different times and ranked at or near the top in every pass-ing category.

• Brees is enjoying another standout campaign in 2018, completing 213-of-279 passes (76.3%) for 2,336 yards with 18 touchdowns, only one interception and a 120.6 passer rating. Brees is currently ranked first in the National Foot-ball League in completion percentage, passer rating and third down passer rating (120.9) and second in interception percentage and fourth quarter passer rating (129.6), while setting the league’s all-time records in both completions and passing yardage. • Since first signing with New Orleans in 2006 and starting all 198 regular season games he has appeared in, surpas-sing K Morten Andersen first place in club record books for games played, Brees leads the NFL with 60,433 passing yards, 426 touchdown passes, 7,764 attempts, 5,310 com-pletions, a 68.4% completion percentage, 106 games with at least 300 yards passing, 16 with at least 400 yards pass-ing, 462 completions of 25 yards or more and stands at third in the league with a 100.2 passer rating.

• Brees has been selected to play in a team-record ten Pro Bowls as a member of the Saints, with 11 overall berths in the National Football League’s all-star game, twice as a starter, including his most recent selection in 2017. His sev-en consecutive selections (2008-14) as a Saint is tied for first in club history with Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle William Roaf.

• Brees has posted a 119-79 regular season mark in games he has started since signing with the Saints in 2006. In Week 15 of the 2016 season, Brees earned his 100th regular season victory in a Saints uniform. Including his seven playoff victories, his 126 total wins as a member of the Saints make him the winningest quarterback in team history and the NFL’s second-winningest signal-caller since 2006.

• In his 18-year National Football League player career dur-ing which he has appeared in 257 regular season games with 256 starts, ranked sixth in National Football League record books for signal-callers, Brees has completed 6,434-of-9,573 passes (67.2%) for 72,781 yards, 506 touchdown passes and a 97.4 passer rating. He’s stands as the Na-tional Football League’s all-time most accurate passer, be-came the league’s recordholder in completions on Sept. 23, the passing yardage leader on Oct. 8, and is ranked third in touchdowns, having tossed his 500th career scoring pass to tight end Benjamin Watson in the October 23 win at Baltimore and passer rating.

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• The Saints have been led six times in the postseason be-hind the arm of Brees, who in the playoffs, has started all 13 games he has appeared in, 12 as a member of the Saints. He has completed 354-of-537 passes (65.9 pct.) for 4,209 yards, 29 touchdown passes, nine interceptions and a 101.6 passer rating, while posting a 7-6 mark, 7-5 as the starting signal-caller for the Saints from 2006-present.

3 – NFC Offensive Player of the Month awards won by Brees in his 13-year career in Black and Gold, the most monthly conference awards won by a Saints player in team history.

4 – Brees (2011 and 2012), Dan Marino (Miami in 1984 and 1986) Peyton Manning (Denver in 2013 and Indianap-olis in 2014), and Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay in 2011 and 2016) are the only four players to throw for 40 or more touchdowns twice. Also, the NFL-record number of consec-utive games that Brees threw for 350 yards in 2011.

5 – National Football League-record number of seasons (2008, 2011-13, 2016) that Brees has thrown for over 5,000 yards.

6 – National Football League-record number of regular sea-son contests where Brees has thrown five touchdowns and zero interceptions.

7 – League-record number of times Brees has led the league in passing, including in 2016 (5,208). Also the ca-reer-high and NFL-record tying number of touchdown pass-es he threw against the New York Giants on November 1, 2015.

8 – The NFL-record number of times Brees reached the 350-yard passing mark in 2011. He has reached it three times in 2018, including throwing for 363 yards vs. Wash-ington, Oct. 8.

9 – NFL-record stretch of consecutive games with at least 300 yards passing, which he’s accomplished twice. Brees’ nine-game winning streak (11/24/08-9/30/13) as a starter on Monday Night Football is tied for second all-time. Also, the team record number of seasons that Brees has been selected to the Pro Bowl. Also, the number of seasons overall and NFL-record consecutive campaigns (2008-16) that Brees has thrown for at least 30 touchdowns.

10 – In the postseason, Brees’ passing yardage (3,915) and completions (329) numbers both rank tenth in National Football League record books.

11 – The number of consecutive seasons Brees threw 25 touchdown passes from 2006-16, making him only the sec-ond player in history to do so, joining Manning (13, 1998-2010). Including once with San Diego in 2004, the number of times Brees has been selected to the Pro Bowl. He was

selected for the team-record tenth time as a Saint in 2017.

12 – Number of seasons Brees thrown 25 or more touch-downs, third in National Football League record books be-hind Tom Brady (13) and Manning (16). Also the number of seasons, all consecutive that Brees has tossed for at least 4,000 yards.

14 – After tossing for 246 yards on Nov. 26, 2017 at the Los Angeles Rams, 2017 became Brees’ 14th consecutive season with 3,000 yards passing, a feat surpassed only by Brett Favre (18). Also, with 13 300-yard games in 2011, Brees set the National Football League single-season rec-ord, surpassing the one he previously tied with 10 in 2008.

15 – In 2017, Brees became the fourth player in National Football League records to have 15 3,000-yard passing seasons, joining Brett Favre (18), Manning (16), currently tied with Brady (15).

16 – National Football League-record number of regular season contests where Brees has thrown for at least 400 yards after tossing for 439 yards in the Sept. 9 season opener vs. Tampa Bay.

20 – On Sept. 23 at Atlanta, Brees scored rushing touch-downs on a fourth quarter seven-yard run and a game-winning quarterback sneak in overtime to give him 20 ca-reer rushing touchdowns. It was the second time in Brees’ 18-year career that he’s scored two rushing TDs in a con-test.

22 – Club-record NFC Player of the Week awards won by Brees as a member of the Saints and the most conference Player of the Week honors since 2006. Including his five-year tenure with the Chargers, his 24 conference Player of the Week awards rank third all-time in NFL record books behind Brady (28) and Manning (27). Also the number of games with four touchdown passes and zero interceptions after Sunday’s winning performance against the Rams, tied for first in NFL record books with Brady.

32 – The number regular season contests by Brees with at least four touchdown passes, ranked second all-time be-hind Manning (35).

36 – Number of successful drives in the fourth quarter or overtime engineered by Brees for a touchdown or field goal in the regular season to lead the Saints to victory since joining the club in 2006, including four times in 2018.

37 – National Football League-record number of touch-down passes in a season opener. Brees surpassed Man-ning (34) after throwing for three touchdowns in the Sept. 9 opener vs. Tampa Bay.

45 – Consecutive regular season contests between 2012-15 with at least one touchdown pass, fifth-best in league history. The streak ended on November 29, 2015 at Hou-ston.

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54 – Consecutive regular season contests between 2009-12 with at least one touchdown pass, the longest streak in National Football League history, surpassing the record previously held by Johnny Unitas (47). It was set on Oct. 7, 2012 vs. San Diego. It ended on Nov. 29, 2012 after a TD-free outing at Atlanta.

58 – National Football League-record number of games with at least 30 completions, ahead of Manning (38). Also, the NFL-record number of consecutive regular season con-tests where Brees threw at least 20 completions until Octo-ber 13, 2013 at New England.

63 – Players that Brees’ 506 career touchdown passes have gone to. In the October 8 Monday night win vs. Wash-ington, rookie wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith became the 63rd player and the 48th Saint to catch a touchdown from Brees, the score which was actually also the one that gave him the National Football League’s career-passing yardage title.

67.2 – Career completion percentage, ranked first in Na-tional Football League record books.

68.4 – Team-record completion percentage as a Saint, ranked first in the National Football League during this 13-season period.

72.0 – Completion percentage in the 2017 season by Brees that set an National Football League record. Through the first six games of 2018, he’s completed a league-best 76.3% of his throws, on pace to break his own league record.

89.7 – Career-high completion percentage by Brees in the October 8 win over Washington, when he fired on 26 of his 29 throws.

105 – Games by Brees as a Saint where he’s posted a passer rating of 100 or more (min. 10 attempts) owning a 82-23 record in these contests, including posting a 120.6 mark in Sunday’s victory over the Los Angeles Rams. Overall, in his 18-year career, he has reached the mile-stone 120 times, having done so in six of eight games in 2018.

102.6 – Career passer rating indoors during the regular season, ranked third in the National Football League All-time.

106 – Club-record regular season contests by Brees with 300 yards or more passing as a member of the Saints, the highest total since 2006. Brees has reached the 300-yard mark 113 times, ahead of Manning (93) for the most all-time. Brees has done so four times in 2018, including for 346 yards in Sunday’s win over the Rams.

119 – Club-record regular season wins as a starter since signing with the club in 2006, making him the second-

winningest signal-caller in the National Football League and most in the NFC over that period. Including the playoffs, Brees has compiled a 126-84 record as the Saints’ starter.

154 – Regular season games Brees has with two or more touchdown passes in his 18-year career, the second-most by an active player behind Patriots signall-caller Tom Brady (160), including four in Sunday’s win over the Rams. Since signing with the Saints in 2006, Brees has 129 contests with multiple touchdown passes, first in the National Foot-ball League.

205 – October 4, 2015 vs. Dallas, with an 80-yard touch-down pass to running back C.J. Spiller, Brees reached 400 touchdowns in his 205th career regular season game, the quickest a player’s reached 400 touchdowns, eclipsing the record previously held by Peyton Manning (209).

243 – Regular season touchdown passes at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the most by a player at a specific stadi-um.

240 – Regular season games it took Brees to reach 6,000 career completions, which occurred, October 29, 2017 vs. the Chicago Bears, doing so 19 games sooner than Peyton Manning.

257 – Career regular season games played by Brees in his 18-year career, ranked 35th in National Football League record books. Brees also started his 256th career contest in Sunday’s win vs. the Rams.

426 – Touchdown passes as a Saint, ranked first in club records and in the National Football during this time period. With 506 career touchdown passes, he’s ranked third all-time behind Favre and Manning, having reached 500 with a second quarter one-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ben-jamin Watson in the October 21 win at Baltimore.

510 – Club-record and personal career-high passing yards that Brees threw for against this week’s opponent, the Ben-gals on November 19, 2016 at the Superdome

5,310 – Completions since signing with the Saints in 2006, the National Football League’s highest total over this 13-season period, including 25 in Sunday’s victory over the Los Angeles Rams.

6,410 – Career completions total, ranked first in the Nation-al Football League. Brees set the record on September 23 at Atlanta with a 17-yard completion to wide receiver Mi-chael Thomas.

60,087 – In the October 28 win at the Minnesota Vikings, Brees eclipsed 60,000 passing yards in his Saints career and now has 60,433.

72,781 – Brees has an NFL-best 72,781 career passing yards, first all-time after throwing for 346 yards in Sunday’s win over the Rams.

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Brees has posted a 119-79 regular season record since 2006, ranked second among National Football signal-callers and first in the conference. In his 18-year NFL ca-reer, he has 149 total victories as a starter, seeking his 150th on Sunday at Cincinnati. With the October 21 win at Baltimore, Brees joined Brett Favre and Peyton Manning as only the third quarterback to defeat all 32 National Football League clubs.

WINS BY NFL STARTING QUARTERBACKS SINCE 2006

(REGULAR SEASON)

1. Tom Brady 144

2. Drew Brees 119

3. Ben Roethlisberger 118

4. Philip Rivers 112

5. Peyton Manning 107

Since 2006, Brees has engineered 36 regular season drives in the fourth quarter or overtime for a touchdown or a field goal to lead the Saints to victory from a deficit or tie, first in the NFL since 2006. Brees moved into first after helping produce ten unanswered fourth quarter points for New Orleans on Sunday vs. the Los Angeles Rams after the score was tied 35-35 in the fourth quarter.

GAME-WINNING DRIVES SINCE 2006

Rk. Quarterback No.

1. Drew Brees, NO 36

2. Matt Ryan, Atl. 35

3. Ben Roethlisberger, Pit. 33

4t. Eli Manning, NYG 32

4t. Matthew Stafford, Det. 32

With 105 regular season contests (min. 10 attempts) with a passer rating of at least 100 since 2006, Brees is first in the NFL over this period. The Saints have an 82-23 (.781) mark in these games where he’s reached the century mark. In 2018, Brees has posted a 100 passer rating in six of eight games, including 137.0 on Nov. 4 vs. the Rams.

REGULAR SEASON GAMES WITH A 100+ PASSER RATING SINCE 2006 (min. 10 att.)

Rk. Quarterback No. 1. Drew Brees, NO 105 2. Tom Brady, NE 94 3. Aaron Rodgers, GB 84

With a 97.4 career passer rating, Drew Brees has the fourth-best rating of all-time in National Football League record books.

TOP FIVE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE CAREER PASSER RATINGS

(Min. 1500 Att.) Rating Quarterback 103.5 Aaron Rodgers 99.5 Russell Wilson 97.6 Tom Brady 97.4 Drew Brees 97.1 Tony Romo Brees’ 103.9 passer rating finished ranked second in the National Football League in 2017 and first in the NFC. He reached the century mark in 11 regular season contests, tying his career-best from 2011 and also in one postseason contest. Having reached the century mark in five contests in 2018, Brees is ranked first in the league. TOP THREE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PASSER

RATINGS IN 2017

Rating Quarterback

104.7 Alex Smith

103.9 Drew Brees

102.8 Tom Brady

TOP THREE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PASSER RATINGS IN 2018

Rating Quarterback

120.6 Drew Brees

116.7 Patrick Mahomes

116.5 Philip Rivers

Brees’ 67.2 percent career completion percentage is first in National Football League records. He’s completed a club record 68.3 percent of his passes since coming to the Saints in 2006.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ALL-TIME LEADERS IN COMPLETION PERCENTAGE

(min. 1,500 atts.)

Quarterback Years Comp. %

1. Drew Brees 2001- 67.2 (6,435-9,574)

3. Kirk Cousins 2012- 66.3 (1,631-2,459)

3. Chad Pennington 2000-10 66.0 (1,632-2,471)

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RATING SUCCESS

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Brees’ 72.0% completion percentage in 2017, set a single season National Football League record. It was the eighth time he finished with a completion percentage of at least 68 percent, with 2017 marking the fifth consecutive one he did so. Brees’ 76.3% completion percentage in 2018 through Week Nine leads the league.

NFL SINGLE-SEASON COMPLETION PERCENTAGE LEADERS

Quarterback Team Comp. %

1. Drew Brees (2017) NO 72.0 (386-536)

2. Sam Bradford (2016) Min. 71.6 (295-552)

3. Drew Brees (2011) NO 71.2 (468-657)

2018 COMPLETION PERCENTAGE LEADERS

Quarterback Team Comp. %

1. Drew Brees NO 76.3 (213-279)

2. Derek Carr Oak. 71.7 (167-233)

3. Kirk Cousins Min. 71.3 (259-363)

With 6,435 career regular season completions, Brees is now ranked first all-time in NFL record books after he tossed a 17-yard completion to Michael Thomas at Atlanta, Sept. 23

ALL-TIME NFL COMPLETIONS LEADERS

Completions Quarterback

6,435 Drew Brees

6,300 Brett Favre

6,125 Peyton Manning

Brees has the top three and six of the top eight marks for completions in a season.

MOST COMPLETIONS IN A NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SEASON

Quarterback Year Comp.

1. Drew Brees, NO 2016 471



With 72,781 career passing yards in the regular season, Drew Brees is now ranked first in the category in NFL rec-ord books. On a second quarter 62-yard scoring throw to rookie wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith vs. Washington, Oct. 8, Brees became the National Football League’s all-time passing yardage leader.

ALL-TIME NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PASSING YARDAGE TOTALS

Yards QB Teams

72,781 Drew Brees SD/NO

71,940 Peyton Manning Ind./Den.

71,838 Brett Favre GB/NYJ/Min.

68,653 Tom Brady New England

61,361 Dan Marino Miami

Brees is the first player to throw for 5,000 yards five times. He has five of the top eight passing yardage figures to his name. Below are all of the 5,000 yard passing seasons in National Football League record books.

MOST PASSING YARDS IN A NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SEASON

Rk. Quarterback Year Yards

1. Peyton Manning, Den. 2013 5,477

2. Drew Brees, NO 2011 5,476

3. Tom Brady, NE 2011 5,235

4. Drew Brees, NO 2016 5,208

5. Drew Brees, NO 2012 5,177

6. Drew Brees, NO 2013 5,162

7. Dan Marino, Mia. 1984 5,084

8. Drew Brees, NO 2008 5,069

9. Matthew Stafford, Det. 2011 5,038

Brees has led or tied for the league lead in passing yard-age for an NFL-record seven times.

ALL-TIME NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PASSING YARDAGE TITLE LEADERS

Seasons Quarterback

7 Drew Brees

5 Sonny Jurgensen

5 Dan Marino

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1 – The first completion of Brees’ 18-year National Football League career, for a seven-yard gain to running back Ter-rell Fletcher, as a member of the Chargers in his National Football League debut on November 4, 2001 vs. Kansas City.

80 – The number of players who have caught a pass from Brees in the regular season, including himself off of deflec-tions.

30,000 – Brees reached 30,000 yards passing on a 12-yard completion to wide receiver Devery Henderson at At-lanta, December 13, 2009.

40,000 – Brees reached 40,000 yards passing on a 16-yard throw to wide receiver Marques Colston at Minnesota, December 18, 2011.

50,000 – Reached 50,000 yards on a 22-yard completion to tight end Jimmy Graham vs. Carolina, December 8, 2013.

52,349 – With an eight-yard completion to running back Travaris Cadet in his 132nd game as a Saint, vs. Tampa Bay, October 5, 2014, Brees reached 40,000 passing yards with a single team in the fewest contests in National Foot-ball League history.

60,000 – On his 27-yard touchdown throw to wide receiver Brandin Cooks on December 21, 2015 against Detroit, Brees eclipsed 60,000 passing yards for his career, becom-ing just the fourth player to reach the mark.

70,000 – On a first quarter 12-yard completion thrown to running back Mark Ingram II vs. Atlanta, December 24, 2017, Brees eclipsed 70,000 career passing yards.

72,103 – With a 363-yard passing effort vs. Washington on Monday, October 8, Brees became the NFL’s all-time pass-ing yardage leader ending the night at 72,103, surpassing Peyton Manning (71,940) on a second quarter 62-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith.

Brees is the only signal-caller in NFL record books to throw for 4,000 yards in 12 consecutive seasons, which he’s done every campaign since joining New Orleans in 2006.

FIVE OR MORE CONSECUTIVE 4,000-YARD PASSING SEASONS

Rk. QB No. Years

1. Drew Brees 12 2006-17

2. Peyton Manning 6 1999-2004

3t. Peyton Manning 5 2006-10

3t. Tom Brady 5 2011-15

Brees is only the third player in NFL history to pass for 35 or more touchdowns in three consecutive seasons:

QBS WITH 3 OR MORE STRAIGHT 35 TD SEASONS

Rk. Quarterback No. Yrs.

1t. Drew Brees 3 2011-13

1t. Brett Favre 3 1995-97

1t. Peyton Manning 3 2012-14

Brees has thrown for 400 yards in an NFL-best 16 regular season games, all as a Saint.

CAREER GAMES WITH 400-PLUS YARDS PASSING

Rk. Quarterback No.

1. Drew Brees 16


3. Dan Marino 13

Brees is one of just four players with 14 3,000 yard passing seasons, tied for third in NFL record books.

MOST 3,000 YARD PASSING SEASONS

Rk. QB No.

1. Brett Favre 18


3t. Drew Brees 14

3t. Tom Brady 14

With ten Pro Bowl appearances as a Saint, no one’s been selected more than Brees in team records. No quarterback has been selected to the Pro Bowl more often during this 12-year period than Brees, who is tied with Tom Brady.

SAINTS ALL-TIME PRO BOWL SELECTIONS

Rk. Saint Pro Bowl Selections

1. Drew Brees 10

2. William Roaf 7

3t. Morten Andersen 6

3t. Jahri Evans 6

3t. Rickey Jackson 6

72,781 BY THE NUMBERS

12 STRAIGHT OF 4,000


35 TDS IN THREE STRAIGHT

16 OF 400

14 3,000 YARD SEASONS

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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE QUARTERBACK PRO BOWL SELECTIONS SINCE 2006

Rk. Saint Pro Bowl Selections

1t. Drew Brees 10

1t. Tom Brady 10

Brees has posted the 14 of the team’s top 15 passing yard-age totals.

TOP 15 SAINTS PASSING YARDAGE DAYS

Yds. Quarterback Att. Cmp. Opp. Date

510 Drew Brees 52 30 vs. Cin. 11/19/06

505 Drew Brees 50 39 vs. NYG 11/1/15

465 Drew Brees 49 34 vs. Car 10/16/16

446 Drew Brees 53 37 @ Dal. 12/23/12

446 Drew Brees 54 35 @ GB 9/30/12

445 Drew Brees 49 35 vs. Jac 11/4/07

441 Aaron Brooks 48 30 vs. Den. 12/3/00

439 Drew Brees 45 37 vs. TB 9/9/18

423 Drew Brees 42 28 vs. Oak. 9/11/16

422 Drew Brees 58 31 @Atl. 11/9/08

421 Drew Brees 48 39 @Den. 9/21/08

420 Drew Brees 45 35 vs. Bal. 11/24/14

419 Drew Brees 49 35 @ Was. 12/6/09

419 Drew Brees 49 32 @GB 9/8/11

413 Drew Brees 39 30 vs. Mia. 9/30/13

Brees owns the NFL’s longest streak of consecutive games with a TD pass in a streak that ran from 2009-12. He also owns the fifth-longest streak in league history.

MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A TD PASS

Rk. Quarterback No.

1. Drew Brees (2009-12) 54

2. Tom Brady 52


4. Johnny Unitas 47

5. Drew Brees (2012-15) 45

Brees’ 129 contests with more than one touchdown pass since 2006, including four in Sunday’s win over the Los Angeles Rams leads the National Football League during that period.

GAMES WITH MULTIPLE TOUCHDOWN PASSES SINCE 2006

Rk. Quarterback No.

1. Drew Brees 129

2. Philip Rivers 121

2t. Tom Brady 120

Brees’ 154 career games with at least two touchdown passes is fourth in National Football League record books all-time.

MOST GAMES WITH MULTIPLE TOUCHDOWN PASSES ALL-TIME

Rk. Quarterback No.


2. Brett Favre 159

3. Tom Brady 162

4. Drew Brees 154

Brees’ 10 five-touchdown pass games ranks first in the Na-tional Football League.

REGULAR SEASON GAMES IN NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE HISTORY WITH FIVE-PLUS TOUCHDOWN

PASSES

Rk. Quarterback No.

1. Drew Brees 10

2. Peyton Manning 9

3. Dan Marino 6

TOP OF THE CHARTS

PRO BOWL LEADER

54 STRAIGHT WITH A TD

MULTIPLE TD GAMES

FIVE TD GAMES

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Brees’ 33 games with at least four TDs are second all-time.

GAMES WITH FOUR-PLUS TOUCHDOWN PASSES

Rk. Quarterback No.


2. Drew Brees 33

3. Tom Brady 28

Brees is only the second quarterback to have thrown for at least 25 touchdown passes in 11 straight seasons.

10 OR MORE STRAIGHT 25 TD PASS SEASONS


1. Peyton Manning 13 1998-2010

2. Drew Brees 11 2006-2016

Brees is ranked third in NFL record books for the most sea-sons of 25 or more touchdown passes (12).

MOST SEASONS WITH 25 OR MORE TD PASSES

Rk. Quarterback No.


2. Tom Brady 13

3. Drew Brees 12

Brees is the first quarterback in NFL records to throw for 30 touchdowns in nine straight seasons. He’s tied for first in NFL records for the most seasons of 30 or more TDs.

FIVE OR MORE STRAIGHT 30 TD PASS SEASONS


1. Drew Brees 9 2008-16

2. Brett Favre 5 1994-98

MOST SEASONS WITH 30 OR MORE TD PASSES

Rk. Quarterback No.

1t. Drew Brees 9

1t. Brett Favre 9

1t. Peyton Manning 9

Brees’ 113 300-yard passing games in the regular season ranks first all-time in NFL record books.

300-YARD PASSING GAMES ALL-TIME

Rk. Quarterback No.

1. Drew Brees 113


3. Tom Brady 84

New Orleans Saints quarterback Brees’ 59 games of 350-yards or more passing ranks first in the National Football League all-time.

350 YARD PASSING GAMES ALL-TIME

Rk. Quarterback No.

1. Drew Brees 60

2. Tom Brady 42


With 506 career touchdown passes, New Orleans Saints quarterback Brees is ranked fourth all-time in the National Football League.

ALL-TIME NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PASSING TOUCHDOWN TOTALS

Touchdowns Quarterback

539 Peyton Manning

508 Brett Favre

506 Drew Brees

505 Tom Brady

420 Dan Marino

In four regular starts against the Bengals (one as a mem-ber of the San Diego Chargers), Brees has posted a 2-2 record against Cincinnati. He has completed 109-of-141 passes (77.3%) for 1,328 yards, seven touchdowns, four interceptions and a 107.8 rating. Brees made his first NFL start against the Bengals in 2002, a win and also set his career-high and the franchise-record for passing yardage (510) on November 19, 2006 against Cincinnati.

NINE OF 30

4+ TD GAMES

11 STRAIGHT OF 25

TOUCHDOWN LEADER

12 OF 25 OR MORE

60 OF 350

113 OF 300

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Drew Brees’ 506 career touchdown passes in the regular season have gone to 63 different players, 48 of them Saints teammates, seven currently on the 53-man roster after he hit wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith for a score in the second quarter of the Oct. 8 win vs. Washington. Ahead is a list of the top ten recipients of touchdowns by Brees:

DREW BREES’ TOP TEN ALL-TIME TOUCHDOWN PASS TARGETS (REGULAR SEASON)

Rk. Player No.

1. Marques Colston (2006-15) 72

2. Jimmy Graham (2010-14) 51

3. Lance Moore (2006-13) 38

4. Robert Meachem (2007-11, 13-14) 25

5. Antonio Gates (2003-05) 23

6. Brandin Cooks (2014-2016) 20

7. Michael Thomas (2016-) 19

8. Devery Henderson (2006-12) 17

9. Darren Sproles (2011-13) 16

10t. Reggie Bush (2006-10) 12

10t. Pierre Thomas (2007-14) 12

10t. Benjamin Watson (2013-15, 18-) 12

ALVIN KAMARA

• A talented runner and receiver with a 5-10, 215-pound frame who was selected by the Saints in the third round of the 2016 NFL Draft out of the Tennessee, Alvin Kamara is enjoyed an outstanding rookie campaign. He ranked first on the club and sixth in the NFL in total yards from scrim-mage (1,554), second on the team in rushing and receiv-ing, carrying 120 times for 728 yards (6.1 avg.) with eight TDs and a two-point conversion, while catching 81 passes for 826 yards (10.2 avg.) with five TDs and a kickoff return for a TD for a club rookie record 14 total scores, tied for second in the NFL with teammate Mark Ingram. Kamara finished the regular season ranked first in the NFL in yards per carry. In the postseason, Kamara added 188 all pur-pose yards and two more touchdowns as he carried 21 times for 66 yards with a score and added five grabs for 72 yards and a TD.

• He was the first Saints offensive rookie selected to the Pro Bowl since RB Rueben Mayes in 1986, as an Associat-

ed Press second team All-Pro at the Flex position, the clubs’ first rookie All-Pro since KR Tyrone Hughes in 1993 and was named The Sporting News NFL Rookie of the Year and the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year.

With eight rushing touchdowns and five receiving touch-downs in 2017, Alvin Kamara was one of only four rookies in National Football League record books to have at least five rushing touchdowns and five receiving touchdowns, joining three Pro Football Hall of Famers in Doak Walker (1950), Charley Taylor (1964) and Gale Sayers (1964). Adding in his kickoff return touchdown, Kamara joined Say-ers as the only rookie in NFL history with at least eight rushing touchdowns, five receiving scores and one return touchdown.

Kamara totaled 81 receptions during the 2017 season, the second-highest total in the NFL among running backs and the highest rookie reception total overall. His 826 receiving yards set a club record for running backs as well.

MOST RECEPTIONS BY RB-NFL (2017)

Player Rec. Yds. Avg. TDs

1. Le’Veon Bell, Pit. 85 655 7.7 2

2. Alvin Kamara, NO 81 826 10.2 5

3. Christian McCaffrey, Car. 80 651 8.1 5

Kamara had 27 ‘big play” runs (runs of 10+ yards) on the season on 120 carries. His 22.5 “big play” percentage was the best in the NFL (minimum 100 carries).

2017 NFL BIG PLAY RUNS PERCENTAGE LEADERS

Player (Team) Att. 10+ 10+%

1. Alvin Kamara, NO 120 27 22.5

2. Matt Breida, SF 105 17 16.2

3. Cam Newton, Car. 139 20 14.4

Kamara’s 705 yards after the catch in 2017 ranked second in the NFL

2017 YARDS AFTER THE CATCH LEADERS

Rk. Player No.

1. Todd Gurley, LA Rams 811

2. Alvin Kamara, NO 705

3. Le’Veon Bell, Pit. 688

TOUCHDOWN TARGETS

ALVIN TIME

RUNNING BACKS

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Kamara’s 1,554 total yards from scrimmage ranked sixth in the NFL, second among rookies and was the second-highest all-time total by a Saints rookie.

ALL-TIME SAINTS ROOKIE TOTAL YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE TOTALS

Saint Year Total Yds. Rush Receive

1. George Rogers, 1981 1,800 1,674 126

2. Alvin Kamara, 2017 1,554 728 826

3. Rueben Mayes, 1986 1,449 1,353 96

Kamara averaged a league-best 6.1 yards per carry in 2017 which represents the second-highest season average in franchise history and the first time a Saint led the NFL in rushing average since Hokie Gajan averaged 6.0 yards per carry in 1984.

SINGLE-SEASON NEW ORLEANS SAINTS YARDS PER CARRY LEADERS

(MIN 75 ATT.)

Saint, Year Att. Yards YPC.

1. Darren Sproles, 2017 87 603 6.9

2. Alvin Kamara, 2017 120 728 6.1

3. Hokie Gajan, 1984 102 615 6.0

Kamara finished 2017 ranked second in the NFL in touch-downs and is ranked fifth with six in 2018 following the Week Six bye..

2017 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TOUCHDOWN LEADERS

Rk. Player No.



3. DeAndre Hopkins, Hou. 13

4t. Mark Ingram, NO 12

4t. Melvin Gordon, LA Chargers 12

Kamara put together a solid follow-up in his 2018 season debut in the Saints season opener vs. Tampa Bay on Sep-tember 9. He received the start and rushed for 29 yards on eight carries, with two touchdowns, a successful run for a two-point conversion and through the air added nine catch-

es for a career-high 112 yards and one touchdown, for a career-high three touchdowns and 20 points. The point to-tal on September 9 was the third-highest in club record books. Kamara followed that up with a career-high 190 total yards from scrimmage on 16 carries for 66 yards and a career-high 15 receptions for 124 yards. The receptions total was tied for the second-most by an NFL running back and the most since Atlanta’s William Andrews in 1981.

SAINTS SINGLE-GAME POINTS LEADERS

Rk. Player Date Points

1t. Reggie Bush, vs. SF, 12/3/06 24

1t. Joe Horn, vs. NYG, 12/14/03 24

3. Alvin Kamara, vs. TB 9/8/18 20

With his start, where he has carried 111 times for a club-best 490 yards (4.4 avg.) with nine touchdowns and has caught 51 passes for 427 yards and three scores, Kamara is currently ranked seventh in the NFL in total yards from scrimmage (801).

2018 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TOTAL YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE LEADERS

Player Team Total Yds. Rush Receive

1. Todd Gurley LAR 1,230 868 362

2. James Conner Pit. 1,085 706 379

3. Saquon Barkley NYG 1,016 519 497

4. Kareem Hunt KC 995 683 312

5. Adam Thielen Min. 967 20 947

6. Julio Jones Atl. 944 11 933

7. Alvin Kamara NO 917 490 427

8. Ezekiel Elliott Dal. 906 680 226

Kamara’s 12 touchdowns in 2018 are ranked third in the NFL and first in the NFC, after scoring three touchdowns for the third time this season in Sunday’s victory over the Los Angeles Rams.


Rk. Player No.

1. Todd Gurley, LAR 16

2. Kareem Hunt, KC 13


4t. Melvin Gordon, LAC 10

4t. James Connor, Pit. 10

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Coming off of a performance Sept. 23 at Atlanta, where he carried 16 times for 66 yards and caught 15 passes for 124 yards for 190 total yards from scrimmage and followed by a game on September 30 at the New York Giants, where he carried 19 times for a career-best 134 yards with a career-high three touchdowns and adding five receptions for 47 yards for 181 total yards from scrimmage, Kamara became only the third Saint to have back-to-back contests of at least 180 total yards from scrimmage.

CONSECUTIVE 180-TOTAL YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE GAMES BY A SAINT

Player Games Dates

Deuce McAllister 3 11/16/03-11/30/03

Rueben Mayes 2 11/30/86-12/7/86

Alvin Kamara 2 9/23/18-9/30/18

MARK INGRAM II

• One of the club’s two first round draft picks in 2011, the 2009 Heisman Trophy winner has been an integral part of the rushing attack since his arrival in New Orleans as the 28th overall pick. For his career, he ranks second in club record books with 5,543 yards rushing, second with 46 rushing touchdowns and tied for fifth with 50 total touch-downs. In 2017, Ingram picked back up where he left off in 2016, playing in all 16 games with 12 starts and leading the team in rushing with 230 carries for a career-best 1,124 yards (4.9 avg.) with 12 touchdowns and adding a career-best 58 receptions for a 416 yards for 1,540 total yards from scrimmage as he was selected to his second Pro Bowl. Ingram finished the regular season seventh in the NFL in total yards from scrimmage, fifth in rushing yards and second in rushing touchdowns. Ingram had four 100-yard rushing performances in 2017.

• After missing the first four games of 2018, Ingram has played in the past three contests with one start and has carried 41 times for 148 yards with two touchdowns and has caught seven passes for 59 yards heading into Sun-day’s Week Nine matchup vs. the Rams.

Saints RB Mark Ingram has reached 100 rushing yards 13 times over his Saints career, including four times in 2017 New Orleans has posted a 11-2 record in those games.

• November 10, 2013 vs. Dallas - Carried 14 times for 145 yards (10.4 avg.) with one touchdown and two recep-tions for 15 yards for 160 yards of total offense.

• October 26, 2014 vs. Green Bay - Rushed for a career-high 172 yards on 24 carries (7.2 avg.) with one TD.

• October 30, 2014 at Carolina - Rushed 30 times for 100 yards with two touchdowns and added a 10-yard grab.

• November 9, 2014 vs. San Francisco - Became the first Saint to have 100 yards rushing in three consecutive games since 2003 with 27 carries for 120 yards.

• November 30, 2014 at Pittsburgh - Rushed 23 times for 122 yards (5.3 avg.) with a season-long 31-yard carry.

• October 25, 2015 at Indianapolis - Carried 14 times for 143 yards (10.2 avg.) with one touchdown.

• November 6, 2016 at San Francisco - Carried 15 times for 158 yards (10.5 avg.) with one touchdown.

• November 27, 2016 vs. Los Angeles Rams - Carried 14 times for 146 yards (10.4 avg.) with one touchdown.

• January 1, 2017 at Atlanta - Carried 20 times for 103 yards (5.2 avg.) with one touchdown.

• October 15, 2017 vs. Detroit - Carried 25 times for 114 yards (4.6 avg.) with two touchdowns.

• October 22, 2017 at Green Bay - Carried 22 times for 105 yards (4.8 avg.) with one touchdown.

Following back-to-back seasons of 1,000 rushing yards, including a career-high 1,124 in 2017, Mark Ingram is cur-rently ranked second on the club’s all-time rushing yardage list.

ALL-TIME NEW ORLEANS SAINTS RUSHING LIST

Player Att. Yds. Avg. TDs

1. Deuce McAllister 1,429 6,096 4.3 49

2. Mark Ingram 1,250 5,543 4.4 46

3. George Rogers 995 4,267 4.3 23

In seven seasons, Ingram has averaged 4.4 yards per car-ry, sixth in the NFL over that time span and second in team history.

ALL-TIME NEW ORLEANS SAINTS RUSHING AVG. LEADERS


1. Pierre Thomas 818 3,745 4.58 28

2. Mark Ingram 1,250 5,543 4.4 46

3. Chuck Muncie 788 3,393 4.3 28

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INGRAM’S BIG DAYS

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Ingram’s 277 rushing first downs is second in club records with his 50 rushing first downs in 2017 ninth in the NFL.

SAINTS ALL-TIME RUSHING FIRST DOWNS LEADERS

Rk. Player No.

1. Deuce McAllister (2001-09) 292

2. Mark Ingram (2011-) 277

3. Pierre Thomas (2007-14) 201

Ingram’s 1,677 yards after the catch ranks fifth among Saints running backs in club record books

SAINTS RBs YARDS AFTER THE CATCH LEADERS

Rk. Player No.

1. Pierre Thomas (2007-14) 3,084

2. Reggie Bush (2006-10) 2,027

3. Darren Sproles (2011-13) 1,949

5. Deuce McAllister (2001-09) 1,856

6. Mark Ingram (2011-) 1,677

In Sunday’s win over the Rams, Ingram become only the fifth Saint and the second runner to have 7,000 total yards from scrimmage.

SAINTS TOTAL YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE LEADERS

Player Total Yds. Rush Receive

1. Marques Colston 9,766 7 9,759

2. Eric Martin 7,865 11 7,854

3. Deuce McAllister 7,816 6,096 1,720

4. Joe Horn 7,653 31 7,622

5. Mark Ingram 7,033 5,543 1,490

Ingram’s yards rushing ranked fifth in the NFL in 2017, while he was second in the league in rushing touchdowns.

2017 NFL RUSHING LEADERS


1. Kareem Hunt 272 1,327 4.9 8

2. Todd Gurley 279 1,305 4.7 13

3. Le’Veon Bell 321 1,291 4.0 9

4. LeSean McCoy 287 1,138 4.0 6

5. Mark Ingram 230 1,124 4.9 12

2017 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RUSHING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS

Rk. Player No.


2. Mark Ingram, NO 12

3t. Le’Veon Bell, Pit. 9

3t. Jordan Howard, Chi. 9

3t. Leonard Fournette 9

Since 2015, Ingram ranks second in rushing average among NFL players with a minimum of 300 attempts over that period.

NFL RUSHING AVG. LEADERS SINCE 2015 (Min. 300 att.)


1. Cam Newton 434 2,091 4.82 25

2. Mark Ingram 651 3,117 4.79 26

3. Kareem Hunt 423 2,010 4.75 15

Ingram is tied for fifth all-time in club record books for total touchdowns.

SAINTS ALL-TIME TOUCHDOWN LEADERS

Rk. Saint No.

1. Marques Colston, 2006-15 72

2. Deuce McAllister, 2001-09 55

3. Dalton Hilliard, 1986-93 53

4. Jimmy Graham, 2010-14 51

5t. Mark Ingram, 2011- 50

5t. Joe Horn, 2000-06 50

Not only did Alvin Kamara lead the National Football League in yards per carry in 2017, after ranking third in 2016, Ingram’s finished fourth in 2017, giving New Orleans two players ranked in the top five.

2017 NFL YARDS PER CARRY LEADERS

Player, Team Att. Yards YPC.

1. Alvin Kamara, NO 120 728 6.1

2. Cam Newton, Car. 139 754 5.4

3. Dion Lewis, NE 180 896 5.0

4. Mark Ingram, NO 230 1,124 4.9

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The duo of Ingram and Kamara also gave the Saints the only team with two running backs in the top 10 in total yards from scrimmage.

2017 TOTAL YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE LEADERS

Player Total Yds. Rush Receive

1. Todd Gurley 2,093 1,305 788

2. Le’Veon Bell 1,946 1,291 655

3. Kareem Hunt 1,782 1,327 455

4. LeSean McCoy 1,586 1,138 448

5. Melvin Gordon 1,581 1,105 476

7. Alvin Kamara 1,554 728 826

8. Mark Ingram 1,540 1,124 416

9. Antonio Brown 1,533 0 1,533

Ingram and Kamara’s combined 2,912 total yards from scrimmage give them the second-most prolific combined total for a running back duo (minimum 1,200 yards per run-ning back), since the 16-game era began in 1978. Ingram and Kamara are the only duo where both running backs each had at least 1,500 total yards from scrimmage.

TOP FIVE RUNNING BACK DUO TOTAL YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE TOTALS SINCE 1978

Rk. Duo No.

1. Harper/Payton, Chi.-1978 3,207

2. Ingram/Kamara, NO-2017 3,094

3. Byner/Mack, Cle.-1985 2,863

4. Craig/Tyler, SF-1984 2,816

5. Collins/James, NE-1985 2,793

The dynamic duo also finished 2017 both ranked in the top five in touchdowns.


Rk. Player No.



3. DeAndre Hopkins, Hou. 13

4t. Mark Ingram, NO 12

4t. Melvin Gordon, LA Chargers 12

FB ZACH LINE

• First signed as an undrafted free agent by the Minnesota Vikings, where he spent four seasons, Line contributed to the club’s fifth-ranked run game in 2017 after joining the club early in the regular season, as well as on special teams. He has played in 55 career regular season games with 17 starts and has carried 20 times for 53 yards and two touchdowns, as well as adding 13 receptions for 124 yards and three TDs and three special teams tackles.

MICHAEL THOMAS

• A talented wideout with a 6-3, 212-pound frame who was selected by the Saints in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft out of Ohio State, Thomas had an outstanding rookie campaign, leading the Black and Gold with 92 receptions for 1,137 yards and a nine touchdown grabs. He became the first Saints rookie to break 1,000 yards in a season since Marques Colston went for 1,038 in 2006. In 2017, Thomas was New Orleans’ receiving leader in catches and yardage, making a club-record 104 receptions for 1,245 yards with five touchdowns to rank third in the National Football League in receiving and making him only the sec-ond player in NFL record books, joining Odell Beckham Jr. to have 90 catches in each of his first two seasons and his 196 grabs being the most by a player in NFL history in his first two seasons.

2017 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECEIVING LEADERS

Player Rec. Yds. Avg. TD

1. Jarvis Landry 112 987 8.8 9

2. Larry Fitzgerald 109 1,156 10.6 6

3. Michael Thomas 104 1,245 12.0 5

Thomas picked up where he left off from 2017 in the 2018 season opener vs. Tampa Bay on September 9. He set a club single-game record with 16 receptions for 180 yards and one touchdown. While the 16 grabs set a club record that stood for 40 years and are the most by a player on kickoff weekend in NFL history, surpassing the previous record of 15 held by the Chargers’ Keenan Allen (Spetember 13, 2015 vs. Detroit), Thomas’ 180 receiving yards were the fourth-highest total in club record books.

SAINTS SINGLE-GAME RECEIVNG LEADERS


1. Michael Thomas, 9/8/18 16 180 11.3 1

2. Alvin Kamara, 9/23/18 15 124 8.3 0

3. Tony Galbreath, 9/10/78 14 122 8.7 0

DOUBLE TROUBLE

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Through Week Nine, Thomas has 70 receptions for 880 yards and four touchdowns, leading the club in all three major receiving categories. Thomas is ranked second in the NFL in receiving.

2018 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECEIVING LEADERS

Player Rec. Yds. Avg. TD

1. Adam Thielen 78 947 12.1 7

2. Michael Thomas 70 880 12.6 5

3. DeAndre Hopkins 63 894 14.2 7

With 196 receptions from 2016-17, Thomas has surpassed Jarvis Landry to become the NFL player with the most re-ceptions after his first two seasons.

RECEPTIONS LEADERS THROUGH FIRST TWO NFL SEASONS

Player Years Rec. Yds. TDs

Michael Thomas 2016-17 196 2,382 14

Jarvis Landry 2014-15 194 1,915 9

Thomas picked up where he left off from 2017 in the 2018 season opener vs. Tampa Bay on Sunday. He set a club single-game record with 16 receptions for 180 yards and one touchdown. While the 16 grabs set a club record that stood for 40 years and are the most by a player on kickoff weekend in NFL history. Then on Sunday vs. The LA Rams, Thomas had a franchise-record 211 yards receiving.

SAINTS SINGLE-GAME RECEIVNG LEADERS


1. Michael Thomas, 9/8/18 16 180 11.3 1

2. Tony Galbreath, 9/10/78 14 122 8.7 0

3t. Joe Horn, 12/2/01 13 150 11.5 1

3t. Darren Sproles, 9/16/12 13 128 9.8 0

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS SINGLE-GAME RECEIVING YARDAGE LEADERS


1. Michael Thomas, 11/4/18 12 211 17.6 1

2. Wes Chandler, 9/2/79 6 205 34.2 1

3. Torrance Small, 12/24/94 6 200 33.3 2

TRE’QUAN SMITH

• A talented rookie wideout, who was selected by New Or-leans in the third round of the draft out of Central Florida, the 6-1, 210-pounder emerged as one of the Knights’ top weapons from 2015-17 and was a key figure in the emer-gence of their program. During that period, he caught 168 passes for 2,748 yards (16.4 avg.) with 22 touchdowns. In his final campaign for the 13-0 Knights in 2017, Smith ap-peared in and started all 13 games and hauled in 54 recep-tions for 1,082 yards (19.9 avg.) and 13 touchdowns, his first 1,000-yard receiving season. Working his way into the club’s wideout rotation, Smith has posted 12 receptions for 214 yards (17.8 avg.) with three touchdowns.

BENJAMIN WATSON

• Originally signed as an unrestricted free agent from the Cleveland Browns in 2013 and brought back in 2018 after spending the last two campaigns with Baltimore, Watson leads the team at the position at age 37. The former Geor-gia standout and 15-year NFL veteran who originally en-tered the league as a first round draft pick of the New Eng-land Patriots in 2004 (32nd overall) has career totals of 521 receptions for 5,777 yards (11.1 avg.) with 44 touchdowns in 187 games with 136 starts. Watson has also played in 11 postseason games with nine starts and has added 21 re-ceptions for 222 yards and three scoring grabs.

• Watson’s played in all eight games with four starts in 2018 and leads the tight ends with 26 receptions for 292 yards (11.2 avg.) with two touchdowns to ranked third on the club in receiving.

Benjamin Watson stands at 12th place all-time on the NFL’s all-time list for receptions at tight end with 521. He needs 20 to move into 11th and 26 to move into the top ten.

RECEPTIONS BY TIGHT ENDS, NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE HISTORY

Player, Yrs. Rec. Yds. Avg. TD

10. Jeremy Shockey, 2002-11 547 6,143 11.2 37

11. Kellen Winslow, 1979-87 541 6,741 12.5 45

12. Benjamin Watson, 2004- 521 5,777 11.1 44

13t. Dallas Clark, 2003-13 505 5,665 11.2 53

13t. Frank Wycheck, 1993-03 505 5,126 10.2 42

RUNNING BACKS RECORD-BREAKING 2018

RECEIVING LEADER

RECORD PERFORMANCES

TIGHT ENDS

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CAMERON JORDAN

• New Orleans’ first choice in the 2011 NFL Draft (24th overall) out of the University of California, Jordan enjoyed another standout season in 2017, recording 62 tackles, a career-high 13 sacks, one interception return for a touch-down, a career-high 11 passes defensed and two forced fumbles. Jordan was selected to his third Pro Bowl and was named a first-team Associated Press All-Pro for the first time in his career. With 64.5 sacks in eight seasons, Jordan is fifth on the Saints career sack list, closing in on fourth. Jordan’s also proven to be one of the National Football League’s best run defenders, as well as being known for generating pressure on quarterbacks that doesn’t always show up on the stat sheet, with him playing a lead role in a run defense that is currently ranked first in the National Football League in both opponent rushing yards per game and opponent yards per carry.

After recording 1.5 quarterback takedowns in the Novem-ber 5, 2017 win vs. Tampa Bay, Jordan inched to fifth place in club record books. After recording two sacks in back-to-back contests (Weeks Two and Three), with three quarter-

back takedowns in 2018, he would move into a tie for fourth place with his former teammate, the late Will Smith. Jordan also leads the club in the postseason all-time with an additional 3.5 sacks.

SAINTS ALL-TIME SACK LEADERS (Since 1982)

Rk. Player, Years No.

1. Rickey Jackson, 1982-93 115.0

2. Wayne Martin, 1989-99 82.5

3. Pat Swilling, 1986-92 76.5

4. Will Smith, 2004-12 67.5

5. Cameron Jordan, 2011- 64.5

6. Frank Warren, 1981-94 52.5

7. Joe Johnson, 1994-2001 50.5

8. La’Roi Glover, 1997-2001 50

9. Charles Grant, 2002-09 47

10. Jim Wilks, 1981-93 45.5

Since Week Eight of the 2014 season, Cameron Jordan has played among the NFL’s elite defensive ends. He’s seventh in the NFL since Oct. 26, 2014 with 42 sacks.

MOST SACKS IN THE NFL SINCE OCTOBER 26, 2014

Rk. Player, Team No.

1t. Chandler Jones, NE-Ari. 48.5

1t. Von Miller, Den. 48.5

3. Aaron Donald, LAR 47

4. Ryan Kerrigan, Was. 46.0

5. Khalil Mack, Oak.-Chi. 45.5

6. J.J. Watt 43.5

7. Cameron Jordan, NO 42.0

8. Carlos Dunlap, Cin. 41.5

Jordan has posted 64.5 career sacks and over the past eight seasons is only the second player, joining Houston’s J.J. Watt to have 60 takedowns and 35 passes defensed. During this time, the Saints own a 31-14 regular season record when he corrals a signal-caller, and they boast a 13-1 mark in a multi-sack performance in the regular season. They have a 2-1 mark in postseason games where he’s had a sack.

CAMERON JORDAN’S MULTIPLE SACK GAMES

Date Opp. Tackles Solo Asst. Sacks Yards

11/5/12 vs. Phi. 3 3 3 3 21

9/22/13 vs. Arz. 7 3 4 2 14

11/21/13 @ Atl. 7 3 4 2.5 10.5

12/8/13 vs. Car. 5 3 2 2 19

10/26/14 vs. GB 4 3 1 2 15

12/28/14 @ TB 6 4 2 1.5 9

10/15/15 vs. Atl. 7 6 1 3 12

10/25/15 @ Ind. 3 2 1 2 12

10/15/17 vs. Det. 5 4 1 2 12

11/5/17 vs. TB 7 5 2 1.5 9

11/26/17 @ LAR 4 4 0 2 20

12/24/17 vs. Atl. 3 3 0 2 10

9/16/18 vs. Cle. 2 2 0 2 11

9/23/18 at Atl. 5 4 1 2 8


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In 2017, Jordan finished tied for fourth in the NFL with a career-high 13 takedowns. Jordan’s the only Saint to have at least 7.5 sacks in six straight seasons, surpassing Rick-ey Jackson, who did so from 1983-87.

MOST SACKS IN THE NFL IN 2017


1. Chandler Jones, Ari. 17.0

2t. Calais Campbell, Jax. 14.5

2t. Demarcus Lawrence, Dal. 14.5

4t. Cameron Jordan, NO 13.0

4t. Everson Griffen, Min. 13.0

4t. Ryan Kerrigan, Was. 13.0

• In 2018, Jordan’s leads the Saints with five sacks to go with 24 tackles (18 solo), which lead the defensive linemen and three passes defensed. He has also played a key role in stopping the run with the club ranking first in the league in opponent yards per carry (3.4) and run defense (76.2 rushing yards per game).

With 120 consecutive games played and 105 consecutive starts in having never missed a contest in his eight-year NFL career, Jordan’s one of the NFL’s most durable defen-sive ends and all-time Saints.

MOST CONSECUTIVE REGULAR SEASON GAMES PLAYED AMONG ACTIVE NFL DEFENSIVE ENDS

Rk. Defensive End Team No.

1. Julius Peppers Car. 168

2. Cameron Jordan NO 120

3. Jerry Hughes Buf. 107

MOST CONSECUTIVE REGULAR SEASON GAMES STARTED AMONG ACTIVE NFL DEFENSIVE ENDS

Rk. Defensive End Team No.

1. Cameron Jordan NO 105

2. Carlos Dunlap Cin. 76

MOST CONSECUTIVE REGULAR SEASON GAMES STARTED BY SAINTS PLAYERS

Rk. Saint Dates No.

1. Wayne Martin (9/19/91-1/2/99) 144

2. Jahri Evans (9/10/06-9/15/13) 114

3. Cameron Jordan (1/2/12-) 105

ALEX OKAFOR

• Selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft, Okafor joined the Saints in 2017 where he added valuable depth on the defensive line. Okafor has appeared in 59 games with 42 starts in six years, collecting 19 sacks, an interception, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, ten passes defensed and a blocked punt. In 2017, he had 37 tackles (26 solo), 4.5 sacks to tie for sec-ond behind Jordan, four passes defensed and two forced fumbles. Recovered from an Achilles injury suffered in Week 11, Okafor re-signed in the offseason opened the 2018 season opener as a productive counterpart opposite Jordan and has posted 14 tackles (nine solo), one sack, one pass defensed and one blocked punt in starting all eight contests.

MARCUS DAVENPORT

• Trading up to the 14th spot in the 2018 NFL Draft, the Saints addressed the defensive line and the club’s pass rush with this gifted pass rusher, only the second draft choice ever from Texas-San Antonio. During his four colle-giate seasons, Davenport notched career totals of 186 tackles (97 solo), 22 sacks, 38 tackles for loss, six forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one returned for a touch-down and eight passes defensed, finishing his career as the school’s all-time leader for stops for loss, takedowns and quarterback hurries (21). In the first seven games of the season, having missed Sunday’s win over the Rams with a toe injury Davenport has posted 11 tackles (seven solo), four sacks, tied for second among rookies, two pass-es defensed and one forced fumble.

MOST SACKS BY NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAUGUE ROOKIES IN 2018


1. Bradley Chubb, Den. 7.0

2t. Marcus Davenport, NO 4.0

2t. Darius Leonard, Ind. 4.0

4. Derwin James, LAC 3.5

5t. Da’Ron Payne, Wash. 3.0

5t. Kemeko Turay, Ind. 3.0


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TYELER DAVISON

• This former fifth round draft pick has been a vital part of the Saints line since being drafted in the 2015 NFL Draft (154th overall). The Fresno State product followed up his first two seasons with an even more productive campaign in 2017, helping the defense post 42 sacks, ranking sev-enth in the league and allowing only 20.4 points per game, good for tenth in the NFL. In 2017, he started all 16 games posting 31 tackles (21 solo), one pass defensed and two forced fumbles. Overall in four seasons, the disruptive de-fensive tackle has 94 tackles (52 solo), 2.5 sacks, two pass deflections and three forced fumbles. In 2018, he’s made 11 tackles, one sack and one forced fumble, being a run-stopping force for a defense ranked first in the NFL in op-ponent rushing yards per game and per an attempt.

SHELDON RANKINS

• The third defensive lineman selected in the 2016 NFL Draft out of Louisville, Sheldon Rankins started all 16 games in 2017 posting 26 tackles (16 solo), two sacks for loss of 13 yards, one interception, one pass defensed and one forced fumble. He helped a defensive unit that went from 31st in the NFL, allowing 28.4 points per game in 2016 to allowing 20.4 points per game in 2017, good for tenth in the league. In his first full season after missing seven con-tests as a rookie, Rankins’ ability to rush the passer from the inside as well as take on double teams proved benefi-cial in 2017 helping the defense post 42 sacks, ranking seventh in the league, compared to only 30 takedowns in 2016. In 2018, Rankins has 21 tackles (13 solo) and four sacks to tie for second on the club after recording the first multi-takedown contest of his career with two on October 28 at Minnesota.

Key free agent acquisitions in both 2017 and 2018 com-bined with an extra year of growth for younger players have rendered the Saints linebacking corps a hard-hitting squad with a solid mix of both youth and experience.

ALEX ANZALONE • One of three third round picks in 2017, Anzalone came to the Saints after a solid career at Florida. In his rookie sea-son, Anzalone started four games before suffering a sea-son-ending shoulder injury and posted 16 tackles, a sack and a pass defensed. In seven games with three starts in 2018, he’s posted 24 tackles (17 solo), one interception

and a forced fumble. Anzalone has come on strong, the past two weeks, forcing a fumble in Week Eight and record-ing his first career pick in Week Nine.

DEMARIO DAVIS

• This dependable and sure-tackling defender joined the Saints after a breakout 2017, where he started 16 games for the Jets. Davis enjoyed his best season, posting a team-high and career-high 165 tackles (112 solo), a career-best five sacks, tied for second in the inside linebackers, three passes defensed and a fumble recovery. For his career, the Brandon, Miss. native has appeared in 103 games with 89 starts for the Jets (2012-15, 2017), Cleveland (2016) and Saints, recording 722 tackles (472 solo), 15.5 sacks, an interception, 18 passes defensed, two forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and 24 special team stops.

• In 2018, Davis has opened all eight contests at the weakside position and leads the team with 62 stops (38 solo), two sacks to lead the linebacker corps, one pass de-fensed and one forced fumble. Davis’ abilities to diagnose and tackle have played a key role in New Orleans ranking first in the NFL in both opponent rushing yards per game and opponent rushing yards per play.

A.J. KLEIN • Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Carolina in 2017, where he spent his first four NFL seasons, Klein has played a significant role in the club’s linebacker rotation. Opening 12 games on the strongside for the Saints in his first season with the club, Klein had 54 tackles (37 solo), two sacks, five passes defensed and one forced fumble. In eight contests with seven starts in 2018, he has posted 44 tackles (27 solo), two passes defensed and one fumble recovery, playing a key role in a run defense ranked first in the NFL in opponent yards per rush and opponent rushing yards per game.

MANTI TE’O

• Coming to New Orleans as a free agent in 2017, Te’o used his four seasons in San Diego to establish himself as a talented, linebacker. A second round pick in 2013 out of Notre Dame where he finished second in the voting for the 2012 Heisman Trophy, In 2017, his first season in New Orleans, he ranked among team leaders with 61 tackles (43 solo), three passes defensed and one fumble recovery. Teo has posted 12 tackles (eight solo) in four games in 2018, returning in Week Seven after missing three contests with a knee injury.

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.MARSHON LATTIMORE

• Selected by the Saints in the first round (11th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft, Lattimore captured a starting position in training camp and started all 13 games he appeared in. He totaled 53 tackles (44 solo), a forced fumble, one fum-ble recovery, five interceptions for 85 yards and 18 passes defensed, as he became the youngest Saint (21 years old) ever selected to the Pro Bowl and was selected as the AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

NFL LEADERS IN INTERCEPTIONS IN 2017

Player No.

1t. Darius Slay, Det. 8

1t. Kevin Byard, Ten. 8

3t. A.J. Bouye 6

3t. Eric Weddle, Bal. 6

5t. Marshon Lattimore, NO 5

5t. Antoine Bethea, Ari. 5

5t. Micah Hyde, Buf. 5

5t. Marcus Peters, KC 5

5t. Harrison Smith, Min. 5

5t. Tre Boston, LAC 5

5t. Jordan Poyer, Buf. 5

• In 2018, Lattimore has opened all eight contests and has posted 24 tackles (19 solo), a club-best five passes de-fensed, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries, re-turned for an NFL-best 91 yards.

Marshon Lattimore came through for the defense at the New York Giants (9/30). He made a big play in the second quarter when he picked up a fumble forced by his team-mate CB P.J. Williams and returned it to the New York 11-yard line 37 yards. He finished the day adding four solo tackles for his effort. Lattimore was also assigned to Giants standout WR Odell Beckham Jr. , who averaged only 8.6 yards per catch.

In the Oct. 28 win at Minnesota, Lattimore picked up a fum-ble deep in Saints territory and returned it 54 yards to set up a Saints touchdown before halftime that gave New Orle-ans the lead for good.

MARCUS WILLIAMS

• After being selected in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft (42nd overall) out of the University of Utah, this ball-hawking safety had an excellent rookie campaign starting all 15 games he appeared in posting 70 tackles (56 solo), four interceptions and 6 passes defensed. Williams led all rookie safeties in interceptions and was second for a rookie safety in total tackles and passes defensed, including two picks in the regular season finale. The talented safety post-ed his first career postseason interception, which was the only interception made by a rookie in the 2017 postseason. Williams looks to build on a great rookie season and contin-ue to grow with one of the NFL’s best young defensive backfields heading into the 2018 season.

With five and four interceptions respectively as rookies in 2017, Marshon Lattimore and Marcus Williams finished ranked first and tied for second respectively in picks among first-year players, setting the stage for a promising Saints secondary.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ROOKIE LEADERS IN INTERCEPTIONS IN 2017

Rookie No.

1. Marshon Lattimore, NO 5

2t. Tredavious White, Buf. 4

2t. Marcus Williams, NO 4

KURT COLEMAN

• This smart, versatile veteran safety brings experience and a wealth of knowledge to a young New Orleans sec-ondary. Originally a seventh round pick (244th overall) of the Eagles in the 2010 NFL Draft out of Ohio State, after spending his first four seasons in Philadelphia and one in Kansas City, Coleman recorded 11 interceptions over the three seasons in Carolina. Overall, for his career, he’s ap-peared in 124 regular season games with 79 starts, posting 515 tackles, two sacks, 21 interceptions, two returns for touchdowns, 29 passes defensed, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and 34 special teams stops. In 2018, he’s played in all eight games with five starts and has post-ed 18 stops (11 solo), providing a run-stopping presence on the backside.

DEFENSIVE BACKS

OUT OF THE MARSH

DB DUO

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VONN BELL

• Bell left onlookers impressed with his 2016 rookie cam-paign, alerting the NFL to his arrival through his hard-hitting play. Playing in every game with 14 starts, he totaled 98 tackles (59 solo) both second on the team. He added four passes defensed, a sack, two forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery. Drafted by New Orleans in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft (61st overall), Bell was a consensus first-team All-American, was voted First-team All-Big Ten and was also a Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist following his junior season at Ohio State. In 2017, he appeared in all 16 games with ten starts in the regular season and posted a team-high 78 tackles (57 solo), 4.5 sacks, to tie for second on the club and lead defensive backs, two passes de-fensed, two forced fumbles and five special teams stops. He led Saints defenders with 17 stops in the postseason and added a key takedown late in the NFC Wild Card Playoff win vs. Carolina. In 2018, he leads the Saints sec-ondary with 41 tackles (29 solo) three passes defensed.

P.J. WILLIAMS

• Originally a third round draft pick by the Saints in 2015 out of Florida State, Williams has appeared in 19 career games with nine starts for New Orleans, posting 58 tackles, two interceptions and 11 passes defensed. In 2018, he’s played in six contests with two starts and has posted 28 tackles (22 solo), a 45-yard interception return for a touch-down in the Oct. 28 win at Minnesota, five passes defensed and a forced fumble.

P THOMAS MORSTEAD

• Morstead’s established himself as one of the NFL’s top punters, where he’s posted career club-best 47.0 gross and 41.4 net punting averages. In 2018, he has punted 19 times for a 45.9 gross punting average and a 42.6 net with seven punts placed inside-the-20-yard line.

Morstead’s career 41.3 net ranks second in NFL records since the statistic was first compiled in 1976.

HIGHEST CAREER NET PUNTING AVERAGE

(Min. 250 punts, recorded since 1976)

Rk. Player, Team Net Avg.

1. Johnny Hekker, StL (2012-) 43.3

2. Thomas Morstead, NO (2009-) 41.4

3. Marquette King (2013-18) 40.8

K WIL LUTZ

• Lutz made an immediate impact in his rookie season in 2016 after signing prior to Week One. He was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week twice. Lutz was 28-of-34 on field goals and 49-of-50 on PATs in 2016, and was named to the PFWA All-Rookie team for his efforts.

• Lutz followed up with a strong sophomore campaign. In the regular season, he drilled 31-of-35 kicks, including four-of-five from 50 yards out, and with 47 PATs, finished sev-enth in the NFL in scoring among kickers with 140 points. Lutz’s 31 field goals tied a club record shared. His career-high 58 touchbacks were ranked fifth in the league.

• Lutz has kicked in 40 career games, converting 75-of-87 field goal attempts (86.2%) and 123-of-128 PATs (96.1%). He has also recorded 142 touchbacks on 235 career kick-offs. His 85.5 percent field goal percentage is best among kickers with at least 50 field goals in team history. Lutz’s 75 points in 2018 is ranked fifth in the NFL among kickers and first in the NFC.

2018 NFL SCORING LEADERS AMONG KICKERS

Rk. Kicker, Team Points

1. Stephen Gostowski, NE 84

2. Harrison Butker, KC 81

3t. Jason Myers, NYJ 78

3t. Ka’imi Fairbarn, Hou. 78

5. Wil Lutz, NO 75

In Week Three vs. Atlanta in 2016, Lutz converted a 57-yard field goal with no time left in the first half; that effort tied him for the third longest field goal in franchise history.

LONGEST FIELD GOAL, SAINTS HISTORY

(REGULAR SEASON)

Rk. Player Date Long

1. Tom Dempsey 11/8/70 63

2. Morten Andersen 10/27/91 60

3t. Wil Lutz 9/26/16 57

3t. Kai Forbath 11/29/15 57

SPECIAL TEAMS

FOLLOW THE LEADER

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2006 (1)

FREE AGENTS

QB Drew Brees (UFA-SD)

2009 (1)

DRAFT

P Thomas Morstead (5)

2011 (2)

DRAFT

DE Cameron Jordan (1a)

RB Mark Ingram (1b)

2013 (2)

DRAFT:

T Terron Armstead (3a)

FREE AGENTS:

TE Josh Hill (Rookie FA)

2015 (4)

DRAFT:

T Andrus Peat (1a)

CB P.J. Williams (3b)

DT Tyeler Davison (5b)

TRADE:

C Max Unger (Sea.)

2016 (9)

DRAFT:

DT Sheldon Rankins (1)

WR Michael Thomas (2a)

S Vonn Bell (2b)

DT David Onyemata (4)

FREE AGENTS:

S Chris Banjo (FA)

CB Ken Crawley (Rookie FA)

DE Mitchell Loewen (Rookie FA)

K Wil Lutz (FA)

LB Craig Robertson (UFA-Cle.)

2017 (18)

DRAFT:

CB Marshon Lattimore (1a)

T Ryan Ramczyk (1b)

S Marcus Williams (2)

RB Alvin Kamara (3a)

LB Alex Anzalone (3b)

DE Trey Hendrickson (3c)

FREE AGENTS:

WR Dan Arnold (Rookie FA)

WR Ted Ginn Jr. (UFA-Car.)

DB Justin Hardee (FA)

LB A.J. Klein (UFA-Car.)

FB Zach Line (UFA-Min.)

DE Alex Okafor (UFA-Ari.)

LB Manti Te’o (UFA-SD)

C Cameron Tom (Rookie FA)

G Larry Warford (UFA-Det.)

LS Zach Wood (FA)

WAIVERS:

WR Austin Carr (NE)

QB Taysom Hill (GB)

2018 (16)

DRAFT:

DE Marcus Davenport (1)

WR Tre’Quan Smith (3)

C/G Will Clapp (7)


HOW THE SAINTS WERE BUILT

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HOW THE SAINTS WERE BUILT (CONT.)

FREE AGENTS:

LB Vince Biegel (FA)

T Jermon Bushrod (UFA-Mia.)

S Kurt Coleman (FA)

LB Demario Davis (UFA-NYJ)

OL Chaz Green (FA)

DB J.T. Gray (Rookie FA)

WR Cameron Meredith (RFA-Chi.)

CB Josh Robinson (FA)

DL Taylor Stallworth (Rookie FA)

RB Dwayne Washington (FA)

TE Benjamin Watson (UFA-Bal.)

TRADE:

CB Eli Apple (NYG)

QB Teddy Bridgewater (NYJ)


No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Born Exp. College H.S. Hometown47 Anzalone, Alex LB 6-3 241 9/22/94 2 Florida Wyomissing, Pa.25 Apple, Eli CB 6-1 203 8/9/95 3 Ohio State Voorhees, N.J.72 Armstead, Terron T 6-5 304 7/23/91 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Cahokia, Ill.85 Arnold, Dan TE 6-6 220 3/15/95 2 Wisconsin-Platteville Fargo, N.D.31 Banjo, Chris S 5-10 207 2/26/90 5 Southern Methodist Sugar Land, Texas24 Bell, Vonn S 5-11 205 12/12/94 3 Ohio State Rossville, Ga.59 Biegel, Vince LB 6-3 246 7/2/93 2 Wisconsin Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.9 Brees, Drew QB 6-0 209 1/15/79 18 Purdue Austin, Texas5 Bridgewater, Teddy QB 6-2 215 11/10/92 5 Louisville Miami, Fla.

74 Bushrod, Jermon T 6-5 318 8/19/84 12 Towson King George, Va. 80 Carr, Austin WR 6-1 195 12/25/93 2 Northwestern Benicia, Calif.64 Clapp, Will C 6-5 311 12/10/95 R Louisiana State New Orleans, La.29 Coleman, Kurt S 5-11 208 4/1/88 9 Ohio State Clayton, Ohio20 Crawley, Ken CB 6-1 180 2/8/93 3 Colorado Washington, D.C.92 Davenport, Marcus DE 6-6 265 9/4/96 R Texas-San-Antonio San Antonio, Texas 56 Davis, Demario LB 6-2 248 1/11/89 7 Arkansas State Brandon, Miss.95 Davison, Tyeler DT 6-2 309 9/3/92 4 Fresno State Scottsdale, Ariz.48 Gray, J.T. DB 6-0 202 1/18/96 R Mississippi State Clarksdale, Miss. 77 Green, Chaz G/T 6-5 318 4/8/92 4 Florida Tampa, Fla. 34 Hardee, Justin DB 6-1 200 2/7/94 2 Illinois Cleveland, Ohio91 Hendrickson, Trey DE 6-4 270 12/5/94 2 Florida Atlantic Apopka, Fla.89 Hill, Josh TE 6-5 250 5/21/90 6 Idaho State Blackfoot, Idaho7 Hill, Taysom QB 6-2 221 8/23/90 2 Brigham Young Pocatello, Idaho

22 Ingram II, Mark RB 5-9 215 12/21/89 8 Alabama Flint, Mich.94 Jordan, Cameron DE 6-4 287 7/10/89 8 California Chandler, Ariz.41 Kamara, Alvin RB 5-10 215 7/25/95 2 Tennessee Atlanta, Ga.53 Klein, A.J. LB 6-1 240 7/30/91 6 Iowa State Kimberly, Wisc.23 Lattimore, Marshon CB 6-0 192 5/20/96 2 Ohio State Cleveland, Ohio42 Line, Zach FB 6-1 233 4/26/90 6 Southern Methodist Oxford, Mich.70 Loewen, Mitchell DL 6-5 275 2/14/93 2 Arkansas Lahaina, Hawaii3 Lutz, Wil K 5-11 184 7/7/94 3 Georgia State Newnan, Ga.

81 Meredith, Cameron WR 6-3 207 9/21/92 4 Illinois State Westchester, Ill.6 Morstead, Thomas P 6-4 235 3/8/86 10 Southern Methodist Pearland, Texas

57 Okafor, Alex DE 6-4 261 2/8/91 6 Texas Pflugerville, Texas65 Ola, Michael T 6-5 312 4/19/88 5 Hampton Riverdale, Ga. 93 Onyemata, David DT 6-4 300 11/13/92 3 Manitoba (Canada) Lagos, Nigeria75 Peat, Andrus G/T 6-7 316 11/4/93 4 Stanford Tempe, Ariz71 Ramczyk, Ryan T 6-6 314 4/22/94 2 Wisconsin Stevens Point, Wisc.98 Rankins, Sheldon DT 6-2 305 4/2/94 3 Louisville Covington, Ga.52 Robertson, Craig LB 6-1 234 2/11/88 6 North Texas Stafford, Texas32 Robinson, Josh DB 5-10 200 1/8/91 7 Central Florida Plantation, Fla.10 Smith, Tre'Quan WR 6-2 210 1/7/96 R Central Florida Delray Beach, Fla. 76 Stallworth, Taylor DT 6-2 305 8/18/95 R South Carolina Mobile, Ala.51 Te'o, Manti LB 6-1 241 1/26/91 6 Notre Dame Honolulu, Hawaii13 Thomas, Michael WR 6-3 212 3/3/93 3 Ohio State Woodland Hills, Calif.63 Tom, Cameron C 6-4 300 6/21/95 2 Southern Mississippi Baton Rouge, La.60 Unger, Max C 6-5 305 4/14/86 10 Oregon Kamuela, Hawaii67 Warford, Larry G 6-3 317 6/18/91 6 Kentucky Richmond, Ky.27 Washington, Dwayne RB 6-1 223 4/24/94 3 Washington Cerritos, Calif.82 Watson, Benjamin TE 6-3 251 12/18/80 15 Georgia Rock Hill, S.C.43 Williams, Marcus S 6-1 195 9/8/96 2 Utah Eastvale, Calif.26 Williams, P.J. CB 6-0 196 6/1/93 4 Florida State Ocala, Fla.49 Wood, Zach LS 6-3 255 1/10/93 2 Southern Methodist Rowlett, Texas

Players on Active Roster: 53

Practice Squad: 1016 J.T. Barrett QB 6-2 225 1/23/95 R Ohio State Wichita Falls, Texas28 Chris Campbell DB 6-1 195 11/27/95 R Penn State Phenix City, Ala.45 Griffin, Garrett TE 6-4 240 3/4/94 2 Air Force Louisburg, Kan.73 Holden, Will G 6-7 312 9/14/93 2 Vanderbilt Green Cove Springs, Fla.18 Kirkwood, Keith WR 6-3 210 12/26/93 R Temple Neptune, N.J.99 Laulile, Tomasi DT 6-3 300 5/22/95 R Brigham Young Thousand Oaks, Calif.44 Sankey, Darnell LB 6-0 247 10/11/94 2 Sacramento State San Jose, Cailf.30 Scott, Boston RB 5-6 203 4/27/95 R Louisiana Tech Zachary, La. 79 Wozniak, Nate OL 6-10 280 8/30/94 R Minnesota Greenwood, Ind. 15 Wynn, Shane WR 5-6 168 11/15/92 3 Indiana Cleveland, Ohio

International Practice Squad: 169 Jenkins, Alex DE 6-6 270 1/15/93 1 Incarnate Word Bath, England

Injured Reserve: 890 Bromley, Jay DT 6-3 314 5/28/92 5 Syracuse New York, N.Y.14 Dural, Travin WR 6-2 207 11/19/93 1 Louisiana State Breaux Bridge, La.19 Ginn Jr., Ted WR 5-11 180 4/12/85 12 Ohio State Cleveland, Ohio84 Hoomanawanui, Michael TE 6-4 265 7/4/88 9 Illinois Bloomington, Ill.46 Jefferson, Rickey S 5-11 208 12/28/94 1 Louisiana State Destrehan, La.61 LeRibeus, Josh G 6-2 315 7/2/89 6 Southern Methodist Richardson, Texas 11 Lewis, Tommylee WR 5-7 168 10/24/92 3 Northern Illinois Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.21 Robinson, Patrick CB 5-11 191 9/7/87 9 Florida State Miami, Fla.

Reserve PUP: 136 Lasco, Daniel RB 6-1 205 10/9/92 3 California The Woodlands, Texas

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER (as of 11/5/18)

HEAD COACH: SEAN PAYTON. Assistants: Dennis Allen (Defensive Coordinator), Bradford Banta (Special Teams Coordinator), Joseph Brady (Offensive Assistant), Charles Byrd (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Dan Campbell (Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends), Pete Carmichael (Offensive Coordinator), Ronald Curry (Assistant Wide Receivers), Dan Dalrymple (Head Strength and Conditioning), Peter Giunta (Senior Defensive Assistant), Aaron Glenn (Secondary), Michael Hodges (Defensive Assistant), Curtis Johnson (Senior Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers), Joe Lombardi (Quarterbacks), Ryan Nielsen (Defensive Line), Mike Nolan (Linebackers), Brendan Nugent (Assistant Offensive Line), Kevin O'Dea (Assistant Special Teams), Kevin Petry (Coaching Assistant), Dan Roushar (Offensive Line), Deuce Schwartz (Coaching Assistant), Joel Thomas (Running Backs), Leigh Torrence (Defensive Assistant), Rob Wenning (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Mike Westhoff (Special Teams), Brian Young (Pass Rush Specialist).

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College How Acquired GP GS DNP IA

3 Wil Lutz K 5-11 184 24 3 Georgia State FA-16 8 0 0 05 Teddy Bridgewater QB 6-2 215 26 5 Louisville TR-18 (NYJ) 2 0 6 06 Thomas Morstead P 6-4 235 32 10 Southern Methodist D5-09 8 0 0 07 Taysom Hill QB 6-2 221 28 2 Brigham Young WAI-17 (GB) 8 1 0 09 Drew Brees QB 6-0 209 39 18 Purdue UFA-06 (SD) 8 8 0 0

10 Tre'Quan Smith WR 6-2 210 22 R Central Florida D3-18 8 4 0 013 Michael Thomas WR 6-3 212 25 3 Ohio State D2a-16 8 8 0 020 Ken Crawley CB 6-1 180 25 3 Colorado FA-16 6 5 1 122 Mark Ingram II RB 5-9 215 28 8 Alabama D1b-11 4 2 0 023 Marshon Lattimore CB 6-0 192 22 2 Ohio State D1a-17 8 8 0 024 Vonn Bell S 5-11 205 23 3 Ohio State D2b-16 8 4 0 025 Eli Apple CB 6-1 203 23 3 Ohio State TR-18 (NYG) 7 7 0 026 P.J. Williams CB 6-0 196 25 4 Florida State D3b-15 8 3 0 027 Dwayne Washington RB 6-1 223 24 3 Washington FA-18 5 0 0 029 Kurt Coleman S 5-11 208 30 9 Ohio State FA-18 8 5 0 031 Chris Banjo S 5-10 207 28 5 Southern Methodist FA-16 8 0 0 032 Josh Robinson DB 5-10 200 27 7 Central Florida FA-18 4 0 0 034 Justin Hardee DB 6-1 200 24 2 Illinois FA-17 8 0 0 041 Alvin Kamara RB 5-10 215 23 2 Tennessee D3a-17 8 7 0 042 Zach Line FB 6-1 233 28 6 Southern Methodist FA-17 8 3 0 043 Marcus Williams S 6-1 195 22 2 Utah D2-17 8 8 0 047 Alex Anzalone LB 6-3 241 24 2 Florida D3b-17 8 3 0 048 J.T. Gray DB 6-0 202 22 R Mississippi State FA-18 5 0 0 349 Zach Wood LS 6-3 255 25 2 Southern Methodist FA-17 8 0 0 051 Manti Te'o LB 6-1 241 27 6 Notre Dame UFA-17 (SD) 4 2 0 452 Craig Robertson LB 6-1 234 30 7 North Texas UFA-16 (Cle) 8 0 0 053 A.J. Klein LB 6-1 240 27 6 Iowa State UFA-17 (Car) 8 7 0 056 Demario Davis LB 6-2 248 29 7 Arkansas State UFA-18 (NYJ) 8 8 0 057 Alex Okafor DE 6-4 261 27 6 Texas UFA-17 (Ari) 8 8 0 059 Vince Biegel LB 6-3 246 25 2 Wisconsin FA-18 6 0 0 060 Max Unger C 6-5 305 32 10 Oregon TR-15 (Sea) 8 8 0 063 Cameron Tom C 6-4 300 23 2 Southern Mississippi FA-17 4 0 1 364 Will Clapp C 6-5 311 22 R Louisiana State D7-18 0 0 0 865 Michael Ola T 6-5 312 30 5 Hampton Fa-18 3 0 0 167 Larry Warford G 6-3 317 27 6 Kentucky UFA-17 (Det) 8 8 0 070 Mitchell Loewen DL 6-5 275 25 2 Arkansas FA-16 1 0 0 771 Ryan Ramczyk T 6-6 314 24 2 Wisconsin D1b-17 8 8 0 072 Terron Armstead T 6-5 304 27 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff D3a-13 8 8 0 074 Jermon Bushrod T 6-5 318 34 12 Towson UFA-18 (Mia) 5 1 0 275 Andrus Peat G/T 6-7 316 25 4 Stanford D1a-15 5 5 0 376 Taylor Stallworth DT 6-2 305 23 R South Carolina FA-18 6 0 0 277 Chaz Green G/T 6-5 318 26 4 Florida FA-18 0 0 0 280 Austin Carr WR 6-1 195 24 2 Northwestern WAI-17 (NE) 8 1 0 081 Cameron Meredith WR 6-3 207 26 4 Illinois State RFA-18 (Chi.) 6 1 0 282 Benjamin Watson TE 6-3 251 37 15 Georgia UFA-18 (Bal) 8 4 0 085 Dan Arnold TE 6-6 220 23 2 Wisconsin-Platteville FA-17 4 0 0 489 Josh Hill TE 6-5 250 28 6 Idaho State FA-13 8 5 0 091 Trey Hendrickson DE 6-4 270 23 2 Florida Atlantic D3c-17 2 0 0 692 Marcus Davenport DE 6-6 265 22 R Texas San-Antonio D1-18 7 0 0 193 David Onyemata DT 6-4 300 25 3 Manitoba (Canada) D4-16 8 4 0 094 Cameron Jordan DE 6-4 287 29 8 California D1a-11 8 8 0 095 Tyeler Davison DT 6-2 309 26 4 Fresno State D5b-15 6 4 0 298 Sheldon Rankins DT 6-2 305 24 3 Louisville D1-16 8 8 0 0

Players on Active Roster: 53

Practice Squad: 1015 Shane Wynn WR 5-6 168 25 3 Indiana FA-18 0 0 0 016 J.T. Barrett QB 6-2 225 23 R Ohio State FA-18 0 0 0 018 Keith Kirkwood WR 6-3 210 24 R Temple FA-18 0 0 0 028 Chris Campbell DB 6-1 195 22 R Penn State FA-18 0 0 0 030 Boston Scott RB 5-6 203 23 R Louisiana Tech D6b-18 0 0 0 044 Darnell Sankey LB 6-0 247 24 2 Sacramento State FA-18 0 0 0 045 Garrett Griffin TE 6-4 240 24 2 Air Force FA-16 0 0 0 073 Will Holden G 6-7 312 25 2 Vanderbilt FA-18 0 0 0 079 Nate Wozniak OL 6-10 280 24 R Minnesota FA-18 0 0 0 099 Tomasi Laulile DT 6-3 300 23 R Brigham Young FA-18 0 0 0 0

International Practice Squad: 169 Alex Jenkins DE 6-6 270 25 1 Incarnate Word FA-17 0 0 0 0

Injured Reserve: 811 Tommylee Lewis WR 5-7 168 26 3 Northern Illinois FA-16 2 0 0 014 Travin Dural WR 6-2 207 24 1 Louisiana State FA-17 0 0 0 019 Ted Ginn Jr. WR 5-11 180 33 12 Ohio State UFA-17 (Car) 4 3 0 121 Patrick Robinson CB 5-11 191 31 9 Florida State UFA-18 (Phi) 3 1 0 046 Rickey Jefferson S 5-11 208 23 1 Louisiana State FA-18 0 0 0 061 Josh LeRibeus G 6-2 315 29 6 Southern Methodist FA-17 6 3 0 084 Michael Hoomanawanui TE 6-4 265 30 9 Illinois TR-15 (NE) 0 0 0 090 Jay Bromley DT 6-3 314 26 5 Syracuse FA-18 2 0 0 1

Reserve PUP: 136 Daniel Lasco RB 6-1 205 26 3 California D7-16 0 0 0 0

HEAD COACH: SEAN PAYTON. Assistants: Dennis Allen (Defensive Coordinator), Bradford Banta (Special Teams Coordinator), Joseph Brady (Offensive Assistant), Charles Byrd (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Dan Campbell (Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends), Pete Carmichael (Offensive Coordinator), Ronald Curry (Assistant Wide Receivers), Dan Dalrymple (Head Strength and Conditioning), Peter Giunta (Senior Defensive Assistant), Aaron Glenn (Secondary), Michael Hodges (Defensive Assistant), Curtis Johnson (Senior Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers), Joe Lombardi (Quarterbacks), Ryan Nielsen (Defensive Line), Mike Nolan (Linebackers), Brendan Nugent (Assistant Offensive Line), Kevin O'Dea (Assistant Special Teams), Kevin Petry (Coaching Assistant), Dan Roushar (Offensive Line), Deuce Schwartz (Coaching Assistant), Joel Thomas (Running Backs), Leigh Torrence (Defensive Assistant), Rob Wenning (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Mike Westhoff (Special Teams), Brian Young (Pass Rush Specialist).

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS NUMERICAL ROSTER (as of 11/5/18)

OFFENSE

WR 13 Michael Thomas 81 Cameron Meredith

LT 72 Terron Armstead 74 Jermon Bushrod 65 Michael Ola

LG 75 Andrus Peat 77 Chaz Green

C 60 Max Unger 63 Cameron Tom 64 Will Clapp

RG 67 Larry Warford 77 Chaz Green

RT 71 Ryan Ramczyk 74 Jermon Bushrod 65 Michael Ola

TE 82 Benjamin Watson 89 Josh Hill 85 Dan Arnold

WR 10 Tre'Quan Smith 80 Austin Carr

QB 9 Drew Brees 5 Teddy Bridgewater 7 Taysom Hill

RB 22 Mark Ingram II / 27 Dwayne Washington

41 Alvin Kamara

FB 42 Zach Line

DEFENSE

RDE 57 Alex Okafor 92 Marcus Davenport

NT 95 Tyeler Davison 76 Taylor Stallworth

DT 98 Sheldon Rankins 93 David Onyemata

LDE 94 Cameron Jordan 91 Trey Hendrickson 70 Mitchell Loewen

WILL 56 Demario Davis 52 Craig Robertson

MLB 51 Manti Te'o 47 Alex Anzalone

SAM 53 A.J. Klein 47 Alex Anzalone 59 Vince Biegel

LCB 25 Eli Apple 26 P.J. Williams 20 Ken Crawley

SS 29 Kurt Coleman 24 Vonn Bell 48 J.T. Gray

FS 43 Marcus Williams 31 Chris Banjo

RCB 23 Marshon Lattimore 34 Justin Hardee 32 Josh Robinson

SPECIAL TEAMS

P 6 Thomas Morstead

K 3 Wil Lutz

KO 3 Wil Lutz

LS 49 Zach Wood

H 6 Thomas Morstead 7 Taysom Hill

PR 41 Alvin Kamara

KR 7 Taysom Hill

Pronunciation Guide:

LB Alex Anzalone (anne-zuh-LOAN-ee)

T Terron Armstead (ter-RON)

LB Demario Davis (duh-MAR-ee-oh )

RB Alvin Kamara (Kuh-MARE-Uh)

DL Mitchell Loewen (LAY-ven)

DE Alex Okafor (OH-kuh-for)

DT David Onyemata (un-ye-mah-tah)

G/T Andrus Peat (an-druss pete)

T Ryan Ramczyk (Ram-check)

LB Manti Te'o (MAN-tie TE-O)

New Orleans Saints Unofficial Depth Chart (11/4/18)

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS / WEEK 9 / THROUGH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2018 WON 7, LOST 1 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/09 L 40-48 Tampa Bay 73,038 Kamara 111 490 4.4 49t 9 09/16 W 21-18 Cleveland 73,086 Ingram 50 181 3.6 12 2 09/23 W 43-37 OT at Atlanta 74,457 T. Hill 23 133 5.8 35 1 09/30 W 33-18 at N.Y. Giants 78,213 Gillislee 16 43 2.7 5 0 10/08 W 43-19 Washington 73,028 Ginn 3 26 8.7 20 0 10/21 W 24-23 at Baltimore 70,639 Brees 18 25 1.4 11 2 10/28 W 30-20 at Minnesota 66,801 Washington 2 2 1.0 3 0 11/04 W 45-35 L.A. Rams 73,086 J. Williams TM 3 0 0.0 1 0 11/11 at Cincinnati Bridgewater 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0 11/18 Philadelphia TEAM 229 897 3.9 49t 14 11/22 Atlanta OPPONENTS 180 611 3.4 28 8 11/29 at Dallas * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/09 at Tampa Bay Thomas 70 880 12.6 72t 5 12/17 at Carolina Kamara 51 427 8.4 35 3 12/23 Pittsburgh Watson 26 292 11.2 32 2 12/30 Carolina Smith 12 214 17.8 62t 3 N.O. Opp. Ginn 12 135 11.3 42 2 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 202 181 J. Hill 10 134 13.4 23 1 Rushing 66 34 Meredith 9 114 12.7 46 1 Passing 116 127 Ingram 8 62 7.8 28 0 Penalty 20 20 Carr 5 62 12.4 25 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 41/92 38/89 Line 4 13 3.3 5 1 3rd Down Pct. 44.6 42.7 Arnold 2 35 17.5 25 0 4th Down: Made/Att 9/10 6/13 T. Hill 2 1 0.5 5 0 4th Down Pct. 90.0 46.2 Hardee 1 10 10.0 10 0 POSSESSION AVG. 31:50 28:10 Gillislee 1 9 9.0 9 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 3216 3102 Brees 1 1 1.0 1 0 Avg. Per Game 402.0 387.8 J. Williams TM 1 1 1.0 1 0 Total Plays 520 491 TEAM 215 2390 11.1 72t 18 Avg. Per Play 6.2 6.3 OPPONENTS 206 2601 12.6 75t 18 NET YARDS RUSHING 897 611 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Game 112.1 76.4 Hardee 1 77 77.0 77 0 Total Rushes 229 180 P. Williams 1 45 45.0 45t 1 NET YARDS PASSING 2319 2491 M. Williams 1 22 22.0 22 0 Avg. Per Game 289.9 311.4 Anzalone 1 2 2.0 2 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 9/71 17/110 TEAM 4 146 36.5 77 1 Gross Yards 2390 2601 OPPONENTS 1 0 0.0 0 0 Att./Completions 282/215 294/206 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Completion Pct. 76.2 70.1 Morstead 19 873 45.9 42.6 1 7 58 0 Had Intercepted 1 4 TEAM 19 873 45.9 42.6 1 7 58 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 19/45.9 23/41.5 OPPONENTS 23 955 41.5 38.1 1 6 60 1 NET PUNTING AVG. 19/42.6 23/38.1 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD PENALTIES/YARDS 47/482 43/412 Kamara 6 4 43 7.2 15 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 11/7 9/4 Tate 3 0 15 5.0 8 0 TOUCHDOWNS 33 27 Lewis 2 1 0 0.0 0 0 Rushing 14 8 Ginn 0 2 0 --- --- 0 Passing 18 18 TEAM 11 7 58 5.3 15 0 Returns 1 1 OPPONENTS 8 7 43 5.4 16 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD TEAM 47 93 38 95 6 279 T. Hill 11 269 24.5 47 0 OPPONENTS 48 63 43 64 0 218 Lewis 3 69 23.0 26 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Ginn 1 1 1.0 1 0 Kamara 12 9 3 0 0 76 Line 1 16 16.0 16 0 Lutz 0 0 0 0 27/28 16/17 0 75 TEAM 16 355 22.2 47 0 Thomas 5 0 5 0 0 30 OPPONENTS 21 469 22.3 37 0 Smith 3 0 3 0 0 18 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Ginn 2 0 2 0 0 14 Lutz 0/ 0 2/ 2 5/ 5 7/ 8 2/ 2 Brees 2 2 0 0 0 12 TEAM 0/ 0 2/ 2 5/ 5 7/ 8 2/ 2 Ingram 2 2 0 0 0 12 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 0/ 0 8/ 8 0/ 2 2/ 4 Watson 2 0 2 0 0 12 Lutz: (36G)(31G,44N,44G)(49G,21G,45G)(42G,34G, J. Hill 1 0 1 0 0 6 37G,26G)(44G)(39G)(52G,42G,42G)(54G) T. Hill 1 1 0 0 0 6 OPP: (33G,36G,44N)(39G,39G,44N,52N)()(33G)(37G, Line 1 0 1 0 0 6 53G)(31G)()(51N,56G,34G) Meredith 1 0 1 0 0 6 P. Williams 1 0 0 1 0 6 TEAM 33 14 18 1 27/28 16/17 0 279 OPPONENTS 27 8 18 1 18/22 10/14 0 218 2-Pt Conv: Kamara 2, Ginn, TM 3-4, OPP 4-5 SACKS: Jordan 5, Davenport 4, Rankins 4, Davis 2, Davison 1, Okafor 1, TM 17, OPP 9 FUM/LOST: Brees 2/0, Ingram 2/1, Thomas 2/2, Gillislee 1/1, Ginn 1/1, T. Hill 1/1, Meredith 1/1, Tate 1/0 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Brees 279 213 2336 76.3 8.37 18 6.5 1 0.4 72t 9/ 71 120.6 T. Hill 3 2 54 66.7 18.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 0/ 0 109.7 TEAM 282 215 2390 76.2 8.48 18 6.4 1 0.4 72t 9/ 71 120.7 OPPONENTS 294 206 2601 70.1 8.85 18 6.1 4 1.4 75t 17/ 110 112.1

Name TKL AST TOT SACK YDS TFL QH IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FRDavis, Demario 43 19 62 2 17 6 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Klein, A.J. 25 17 42 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bell, Vonn 29 12 41 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Crawley, Ken 26 3 29 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Williams, P.J. 22 6 28 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Williams, Marcus 22 5 27 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Anzalone, Alex 17 7 24 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Jordan, Cameron 18 6 24 5 25 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Lattimore, Marshon 19 5 24 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Rankins, Sheldon 14 7 21 4 25 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Coleman, Kurt 12 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Onyemata, David 12 6 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Apple, Eli 13 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Okafor, Alex 9 4 13 1 10 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Te'o, Manti 8 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Davenport, Marcus 7 4 11 4 29 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Davison, Tyeler 2 9 11 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Robinson, Patrick 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bromley, Jay 3 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hardee, Justin 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Stallworth, Taylor 3 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Robertson, Craig 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hendrickson, Trey 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Banjo, Chris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Biegel, Vince 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Brees, Drew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Gillislee, Mike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ginn, Ted 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Gray, J.T. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hill, Taysom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ingram II, Mark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Line, Zach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ramczyk, Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0Robinson, Josh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Tate, Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Thomas, Michael 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Unger, Max 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0Washington, Dwayne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Wood, Zach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 314 127 441 17 110 37 34 4 32 7 4 26 7 0 1 1 6 0 0 2Defense: TKL: tackle, AST: assist, TOT: total, INT: interception, PD: pass defense, FF: forced fumble, FR: fumblerecovery. Special Teams: BL: kicks blocked, RBL: return blocks (special teams coaches' stat).

New Orleans Saints 2018 Regular Season Defensive Stats

Special Teams MiscellaneousRegular Defensive Plays

9/9 9/16 9/23 9/23 10/8 10/21 1028 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/22 11/29 12/9 12/17 12/23 12/31 Regular Season

Name TB CLE @ATL @NYG WAS @BAL @MIN LAR @CIN PHI ATL @DAL @TB @CAR PIT CAR GP-GS-DNP-IA

Anzalone, Alex ST PL ST ST PL PL PL PL 8-3-0-0Apple, Eli XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ST ST 7-7-0-0Armstead, Terron ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Arnold, Dan IA IA IA IA PL PL PL PL 4-0-0-4Banjo, Chris PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 8-0-0-0Barrett IV, J.T. PS PS PS PS XXX PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Bell, Vonn ST PL PL PL ST ST PL ST 8-4-0-0Biegel, Vince PS PS PL PL PL PL PL PL 6-0-0-0Brees, Drew ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Bridgewater, Teddy DNP DNP DNP DNP PL DNP PL DNP 2-0-6-0Bromley, Jay XXX XXX PL IA XXX PL IR IR 2-0-0-1Bushrod, Jermon XXX PL PL PL ST IA IA PL 5-1-0-2Campbell, Chris XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Carr, Austin ST PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 8-1-0-0Clapp, Will IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA 0-0-0-8Coleman, Kurt PL ST ST ST ST PL ST PL 8-5-0-0Crawley, Ken ST ST PL ST ST ST IA DNP 6-5-1-1Davenport, Marcus PL PL PL PL PL PL PL IA 7-0-0-1Davis, Demario ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Davison, Tyeler ST IA IA PL PL ST ST ST 6-4-0-2Dural, Travin IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Gillislee, Mike PL PL PL PL XXX XXX XXX XXX 4-0-0-0Ginn Jr., Ted ST PL ST ST IA IR IR IR 4-3-0-1Goodson, Demetri XXX XXX XXX XXX IA XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-1Gray, J.T. PL PL PL PL PL IA IA IA 5-0-0-3Green, Chaz XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX IA IA 0-0-0-2Griffin, Garrett PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Hamilton IV, Woodrow PS PS PS XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Hardee, Justin PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 8-0-0-0Hendrickson, Trey PL IA IA IA IA IA IA PL 2-0-0-6Hillary, Darius XXX XXX XXX XXX PS XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Hill, Josh PL ST PL ST PL ST ST ST 8-5-0-0Hill, Taysom PL PL PL PL PL PL ST PL 8-1-0-0Holden, Will XXX XXX XXX XXX PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Hoomanawanui, Michael IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Ingram II, Mark SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP ST PL PL ST 4-2-0-0Jefferson, Rickey IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Jenkins, Alex PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Jordan, Cameron ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Kamara, Alvin ST ST ST ST PL ST ST ST 8-7-0-0Kirkwood, Keith PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Klein, A.J. PL ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-7-0-0Lammons, Chris XXX XXX XXX XXX PS XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Lasco, Daniel PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP 0-0-0-0Lattimore, Marshon ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Laulile, Tomasi XXX XXX XXX PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Leonard, Rick PS PS PS PS XXX XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0LeRibeus, Josh ST PL ST PL PL ST IR IR 6-3-0-0Lewis, Tommylee PL PL IR IR IR IR IR IR 2-0-0-0Line, Zach PL PL PL ST PL ST PL ST 8-3-0-0Loewen, Mitchell IA PL IA IA IA IA IA IA 1-0-0-7Lutz, Wil PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 8-0-0-0Maulet, Arthur PL IA XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 1-0-0-1McEvoy, Tanner XXX XXX XXX XXX PS XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Meredith, Cameron IA IA ST PL PL PL PL PL 6-1-0-2Morstead, Thomas PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 8-0-0-0Neasman, Sharrod IR XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Okafor, Alex ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Ola, Michael PL XXX XXX XXX XXX PL PL IA 3-0-0-1Onyemata, David PL ST ST ST ST PL PL PL 8-4-0-0Peat, Andrus IA ST IA ST ST IA ST ST 5-5-0-3Ramczyk, Ryan ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Rankins, Sheldon ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Robertson, Craig PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 8-0-0-0Robinson, Josh XXX XXX XXX XXX PL PL PL PL 4-0-0-0Robinson, Patrick ST PL PL IR IR IR IR IR 3-1-0-0Sankey, Darnell XXX XXX PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Scott, Boston PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Smith, Tre'Quan PL ST PL PL ST ST ST PL 8-4-0-0Springs, Arrion XXX XXX XXX PS XXX XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Stallworth, Taylor IA PL PL PL PL IA PL PL 6-0-0-2Tate, Brandon XXX XXX XXX PL XXX XXX XXX XXX 1-0-0-0Te'o, Manti PL ST IA IA IA PL ST IA 4-2-0-4Thomas, Michael ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Tom, Cameron DNP IA PL IA IA PL PL PL 4-0-1-3Turner, Landon XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Unger, Max ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Warford, Larry ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Washington, Dwayne PS PS PS PL PL PL PL PL 5-0-0-0Watson, Benjamin ST ST ST PL ST PL PL PL 8-4-0-0Williams, Jonathan PL PL PL XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 3-0-0-0Williams, Marcus ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 8-8-0-0Williams, P.J. IA PL ST PL PL PL PL ST 8-2-0-1Wood, Zach PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 8-0-0-0Wozniak, Nate PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Wynn, Shane XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Yelder, Deon PS PS PS PS XXX XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0

DNP=Did Not Play PUP=Physically Unable to PerformIA=Inactive RE=Roster ExemptionIR=Injured Reserve ST=StartedPL=Played SUSP=SuspensionPS=Practice Squad XXX=Not With Team

2018 New Orleans Saints Game Participation

LEGEND

Date Opp. WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB

9/9 TB Ginn Armstead LeRibeus Unger Warford Ramczyk Watson Thomas Brees Kamara Carr (WR)

9/16 CLE Hill (TE) Armstead Peat Unger Warford Ramczyk Watson Thomas Brees Kamara Smith (WR)

9/23 @ATL Ginn Armstead LeRibeus Unger Warford Ramczyk Watson Thomas Brees Kamara Meredith

9/30 @NYG Ginn Armstead Peat Unger Warford Ramczyk Hill Thomas Brees Kamara Line

10/8 WAS Smith Armstead LeRibeus Unger Warford Ramczyk Hill Thomas Brees Kamara Line

10/21 @BAL Smith Armstead Peat Unger Warford Ramczyk Hill Thomas Brees Kamara T. Hill (TE)

10/28 @MIN Kamara Armstead Peat Unger Warford Ramczyk Hill Thomas Brees Ingram Line

11/4 LAR

11/11 @CIN

11/18 PHI

11/22 ATL

11/29 @DAL

12/9 @TB

12/17 @CAR

12/23 PIT

12/30 CAR

Date Opp. LDE LDT RDT RDE WLB MLB SAM LCB RCB SS FS

9/9 TB Jordan Rankins Davison Okafor Dav is Anzalone Robinson (NB) Lattimore Crawley Bell M. WIlliams

9/16 CLE Jordan Rankins Onyemata Okafor Dav is Te'o Klein Crawley Lattimore Coleman M. WIlliams

9/23 @ATL Jordan Rankins Onyemata Okafor Dav is Anzalone Klein P.J. Williams Lattimore Coleman M. WIlliams

9/30 @NYG Jordan Rankins Onyemata Okafor Davis Anzalone Klein Crawley Lattimore Coleman M. WIlliams

10/8 WAS Jordan Rankins Onyemata Okafor Davis Bell (NB) Klein Crawley Lattimore Coleman M. WIlliams

10/21 @BAL Jordan Rankins Davison Okafor Davis P.J. Williams (NB) Klein Crawley Lattimore Bell M. WIlliams

10/28 @MIN Jordan Rankins Davison Okafor Davis Te'o Klein Apple Lattimore Coleman M. WIlliams

11/4 LAR Jordan Rankins Davison Okafor Davis P.J. Williams (NB) Klein Apple Lattimore Bell M. WIlliams

11/11 @CIN

11/18 PHI

11/22 ATL

11/29 @DAL

12/9 @TB

12/17 @CAR

12/23 PIT

12/30 CAR

Date Opp. Inactive Inactive Inactive Inactive Inactive Inactive Inactive

9/9 TB Arnold Clapp Loewen Meredith Peat Stallworth Williams

9/16 CLE Maulet Tom Clapp Meredith Arnold Hendrickson Davison

9/23 @ATL Arnold Clapp Davison Hendrickson Loewen Peat Te'o

9/30 @NYG Arnold Bromley Clapp Hendrickson Loewen Te'o Tom

10/8 WAS Ginn Goodson Te'o Tom Clapp Loewen Hendrickson

10/21 @BAL Bushrod Clapp Gray Hendrickson Loewen Peat Stallworth

10/28 @MIN Bushrod Clapp Crawley Gray Green Hendrickson Loewen

11/4 LAR Clapp Davenport Gray Green Loewen Ola Te'o

11/11 @CIN

11/18 PHI

11/22 ATL

11/29 @DAL

12/9 @TB

12/17 @CAR

12/23 PIT

12/30 CAR

DEFENSE

2018 New Orleans Saints Game-By-Game Starters

INACTIVES

PAT FG 2P TOP

Game Pts T R Pa Pe Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. A C Yds TD Int Sk Yds # Lst # Yds # Yds Avg. P Yds KO Yds Int Yds Ru Pa Ret M/A M/A M/A

TB 40 26 5 19 2 59 475 8.1 13 43 3.3 45 37 439 3 0 1 7 2 2 8 77 3 156 52.0 1 0 3 69 0 0 2 3 0 3/3 1/1 2/2 27:51

CLE 21 18 4 11 3 61 275 4.5 23 62 2.7 35 28 243 2 0 3 30 2 2 4 53 4 179 44.8 1 0 1 47 1 22 0 2 0 1/1 2/3 1/1 32:41

@ATL 43 32 11 19 2 77 534 6.9 27 143 5.3 49 39 391 3 0 1 5 1 0 11 120 4 202 50.5 3 16 3 64 0 0 2 3 0 4/4 3/3 0/0 37:45

@NYG 33 25 10 12 3 67 389 5.8 32 170 5.3 34 19 219 0 0 1 8 1 0 5 51 2 95 47.5 3 15 2 17 0 0 3 0 0 3/3 4/4 0/0 31:00

WAS 43 27 8 15 4 63 447 7.1 32 98 3.1 29 26 349 3 0 2 14 2 1 4 45 0 0 0.0 1 0 2 43 1 77 3 3 0 4/5 1/1 0/1 33:17

@BAL 24 26 12 12 2 70 339 4.8 39 134 3.4 30 22 205 2 0 1 7 1 1 6 52 2 88 44.0 1 12 1 16 0 0 1 2 0 3/3 1/1 0/0 33:31

@MIN 30 17 6 9 2 53 270 5.1 29 106 3.7 24 19 164 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 64 2 86 43.0 1 15 2 50 1 45 1 1 0 3/3 3/3 0/0 28:37

LAR 45 31 10 19 2 70 487 7.0 34 141 4.1 36 25 346 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 20 2 67 33.5 0 0 2 49 1 2 2 4 0 6/6 1/1 0/0 33:41

@CIN

PHI

ATL

@DAL

@TB

@CAR

PIT

CAR

Totals 279 202 66 116 20 520 3216 6.2 229 897 3.9 282 215 2356 18 1 9 71 10 7 47 482 19 873 45.9 11 58 16 355 4 146 14 18 0 27/28 16/17 3/4 32:18

PAT FG 2P TOP

Game Pts T R Pa Pe Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. A C Yds TD Int Sk Yds # Lst # Yds # Yds Avg. P Yds KO Yds Int Yds Ru Pa Ret M/A M/A M/A

TB 48 26 5 17 4 62 529 8.5 34 112 3.3 28 21 417 4 0 0 0 1 0 7 70 1 42 42.0 3 19 2 33 0 0 1 4 1 6/6 2/3 0/0 32:09

CLE 18 16 4 10 2 60 327 5.5 27 93 3.4 30 22 246 1 1 3 12 3 0 4 43 3 118 39.3 1 0 3 82 0 0 1 1 0 0/2 2/4 0/0 27:19

@ATL 37 24 1 19 4 60 407 6.8 22 48 2.2 35 26 359 5 0 3 15 0 0 5 54 5 216 43.2 2 12 3 74 0 0 0 5 0 3/3 0/0 2/2 29:20

@NYG 18 22 3 18 1 59 299 5.1 15 65 4.3 41 31 234 1 0 3 21 2 2 6 67 4 204 42.3 0 0 3 60 0 0 1 1 0 1/1 1/1 1/1 29:00

WAS 19 18 6 12 0 60 283 4.7 18 39 2.2 39 23 244 0 1 3 31 1 1 6 38 3 110 36.7 0 0 2 45 0 0 2 0 0 1/1 2/2 0/1 26:43

@BAL 23 25 6 15 4 64 351 5.5 23 77 3.3 40 24 274 2 0 1 10 0 0 5 54 3 137 45.7 1 8 3 50 0 0 1 2 0 2/3 1/1 0/0 26:29

@MIN 20 27 4 19 4 67 423 6.3 22 85 3.9 41 31 338 2 1 4 21 2 1 6 54 2 81 40.5 1 4 2 37 1 0 1 2 0 2/3 0/0 0/0 31:23

LAR 35 23 5 17 1 59 483 8.2 40 28 391.0 40 28 391 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 32 1 47 47.0 0 0 3 88 0 0 1 3 0 4/4 2/3 1/1 26:19

@CIN

PHI

ATL

@DAL

@TB

@CAR

PIT

CAR

Totals 218 181 34 127 20 491 3102 6.3 201 547 2.7 294 206 2503 18 4 17 110 9 4 43 412 22 955 43.4 8 43 21 469 1 0 8 18 1 19/23 10/14 4/5 27:42

Saints

2018 New Orleans Saints Game-By-Game

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ReturnsPuntsPen.Fumb.Net Rushing

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