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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WEEKLYMEDIA INFORMATION GUIDE

LOS ANGELES RAMS VS. NEW ORLEANS SAINTSNOVEMBER 4, 2018 @ MERCEDESBENZ SUPERDOME

GAME INFORMATION • ROSTERS • DEPTH CHART • TEAM AND PLAYER STATISTICS

LOS ANGELES RAMS (8-0)

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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (6-1) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2018 – 3:25 PM (CST)

MERCEDES-BENZ SUPERDOME – NEW ORLEANS, LA.

TV: FOX (WVUE-FOX 8 locally) – Joe Buck (play-by-play), Troy Aikman (color analyst) and Erin Andrews (sideline)

NATIONAL RADIO: ESPN Radio – Bill Rosinski (play-by-play), Bill Polian (color analyst) and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline)

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 (color analyst) and Victor Quinonez (sideline)

THE MATCHUP The NFC South-leading New Orleans Saints (6-1) host the 8-0 Los Angeles Rams on Sunday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, with the winner getting an edge in the NFC race, setting up a battle between division leaders for the Black and Gold for the fourth contest in a row. Four sacks, two takeaways and one defensive touch-down for a resurgent Saints defense played a significant role in their 30-20 victory against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night. The Rams defeated the Green Bay Packers 29-27 at home on Sunday. After dropping a 48-40 decision to Tampa Bay to open the season on Sept. 9, New Orleans has picked up with a six-game winning streak, the fifth such run since Head Coach Sean Payton took the reigns of the Saints in 2006 and tenth overall. Payton has led the surge by emphasizing toughness on offense, defense and special teams out on the practice field and in the meeting room. Out of it has come the ability to win a battle in the trenches against the Vikings on Sun-day night. While the nine sacks surrendered by the Saints is the lowest total in the NFL, New Orleans also leads the league in opponent rushing yards per game and opponent rushing yards per carry. The Sunday night matchup against Minnesota required a patient, balanced approach on offense, while a pair of takeaways resulted in 14 points for the Black and Gold. The offensive line and running backs tandem of RBs Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara powered a rushing attack that outgained Minnesota 108-85. Both Ingram (63 yards) and Kamara (45 yards) each carried the ball 13 times as

the club achieved the balance between the duo that helped power the Saints offense in 2017. In the passing game, third-year WR Michael Thomas again helped QB Drew Brees in powering the passing at-tack, grabbing five balls for 81 yards, including a 44-yard catch from QB Taysom Hill. Thomas continues to impress as he ranks among league leaders with 58 receptions for 669 yards and four touchdowns. On a defense led by a pair of captains in DE Cameron Jordan, who ranks first on the club with five sacks and LB Demario Davis, who has a club-leading 55 stops other younger players are stepping up. DT Sheldon Rankins was disruptive up front for the Saints as he recorded two takedowns in the first multi-sack game of his career. Rook-ie DE Marcus Davenport also added two sacks with these two players tied for second on the club with four takedowns apiece. The secondary also stepped up against the Vikings. CB Marshon Lattimore recovered a fumble late in the sec-ond quarter and returned it 54 yards to get up a Kamara one-yard rushing touchdown and give the Saints a 17-13 halftime lead. CB P.J. Williams had a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter to further extend New Orleans’ lead. While Lattimore has not recorded a pick with quarterbacks throwing away from him, he’s cur-rently tied for second in the NFL with two defensive fumble recoveries. In The NFC South This Week: The Tampa Bay Bucca-neers (3-4) will travel to the Carolina Panthers (5-2) in a key NFC South matchup, while the Atlanta Falcons (3-4)returned from a Week Eight bye and will play at NFC East-leading Washington (5-2).

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THE COACHES New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton has posted a 118-77 overall record (.605), 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.

Named the 23rd full-time head coach in Los Angeles Rams team history on Jan. 12, 2017, Sean McVay became the youngest head coach in modern NFL history. He led the Rams to an 11-5 record and the NFC West title in his first

season in 2017 as he was named the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year. In 2018, he has the Rams off to a blazing 8-0 start as the only undefeated team in the Nation-al Football League through Week Eight. McVay completed his third season as the Redskins’ offensive coordinator in 2016 after initially being promoted to the position in 2014. Prior to his promotion, McVay spent three seasons as the Redskins’ tight ends coach (2011-13) and one as an offen-sive assistant (2010). McVay joined the Redskins prior to 2010 after an undefeated regular season with the Florida Tuskers of the UFL. The Tuskers finished a perfect 6-0 be-fore losing in the UFL’s inaugural championship game. McVay originally entered the NFL as an offensive assistant with Tampa Bay in 2008. McVay played wide receiver at Miami (Ohio). His grandfather, John McVay, served in vari-ous administrative roles, including director of research de-velopment for the New York Giants (1976), vice president/director of football operations for the San Francisco 49ers (1983-94), as well as serving as general manager one year in San Francisco (1998-99). John McVay oversaw five Su-per Bowl championship squads and earned induction into the 49ers Hall of Fame in 2013.

SERIES HISTORY

The Saints and Rams have played 73 times in the regular season with Los Angeles holding a 41-32 edge, while New Orleans has captured the lone playoff contest. Former longtime foes in the NFC West, the Saints have played only the Atlanta Falcons (98) and the San Francisco 49ers (75) more often than the Rams. Since Sean Payton be-came head coach of the Saints in 2006, the Rams have won five of the seven meetings, a trend which New Orleans will be looking to reverse on Sunday afternoon. From 1985-95, New Orleans won 15-of-20 meetings with the Rams.

In the 73 regular meetings of the series between the Saints and Rams there has been:

• 1,507 points scored by New Orleans, 1,650 al-lowed.

• A seven-game New Orleans winning streak from 1990-93.

• Two three-game New Orleans winning streaks in contests played at the Superdome from 1985-87 and 1990-92.

• 39 games decided by double-digits.

• Ten games decided by 21 or more points.

• 33 games decided by eight points or less.

• One 31-point win by New Orleans.

• A 31-point loss by New Orleans.

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SAINTS-RAMS SERIES FAST FACTS

TEAM

Saints’ Largest Margin of Victory: 31 (Saints 37, Rams 6, 10/3/93 at Anaheim Stadium)

Rams’ Largest Margin of Victory: 31 (Rams 43, Saints 12, 11/28/99 at Trans World Dome)

Current Series Streak: Rams 1 (11/26/17-present)

Saints’ Longest Win Streak: 7 (12/9/90-10/3/93)

Rams’ Longest Win Streak: 5, Two times (10/26/75-10/16/77 and 9/11/83-11/3/85)

Most Points by Saints: 49, Rams 21 (11/27/16 at Mer-cedes-Benz Superdome)

Most Points by Rams: 45, Saints 28 (12/5/71 at Los An-geles Memorial Coliseum)

Most Points, Both Teams: 73 (Rams 45, Saints 28, 12/5/71 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum)

Fewest Points by Saints: 0, Rams 24 (9/22/74 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum)

Fewest Points by Rams: 0, last Saints 6 (11/9/86 at Lou-isiana Superdome)

Fewest Points, Both Teams: 6, (Saints 6, Rams 0, 11/9/86 at Louisiana Superdome)

INDIVIDUAL

Most Rushing Yards (Saints): Running back George Rogers, 162 yards on 29 carries (5.6 avg.) with one touchdown on 9/13/81 at Louisiana Superdome.

Most Passing Yards (Saints): Quarterback Drew Brees, 393 yards on 30-of-56 passing with one touchdown on 12/15/13 at Edward Jones Dome.

Most Receptions (Saints): Wide receiver Andre Has-tings, nine receptions for 113 yards (12.6 avg.) on 11/28/99 at the Trans World Dome and wide receiver Mi-chael Thomas, nine receptions for 108 yards (12.0 avg.) with two touchdowns on 11/27/16 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Most Receiving Yards (Saints): Wide receiver Willie Jackson, 156 yards on eight receptions (19.5 avg.) with one touchdown on 12/17/01 at Louisiana Superdome.

Most Rushing Yards (Rams): Running back Willie El-lison, 247 yards on 26 carries (9.5 avg.) with one touch-down on 12/5/71 at Los Angeles Coliseum.

Most Passing Yards (Rams): Quarterback Jim Everett, 454 yards on 29-of-51 passing with one touchdown on 11/26/89 (OT) at Louisiana Superdome.

Most Receptions (Rams): Wide receiver Flipper Ander-son, 15 receptions for 336 yards (22.4 avg.) with one touchdown on 11/26/89 (OT) at Louisiana Superdome.

Most Receiving Yards (Rams): Wide receiver Flipper Anderson, 336 yards on 15 receptions (22.4 avg.) with one touchdown on 11/26/89 (OT) at Louisiana Superdome.

SAINTS-RAMS SUPERLATIVES

A look at the top individual performances for Saints players against the Rams in the previous 73 meetings between the two clubs.

RUSHING YARDAGE vs. RAMS (100+yards)

• RB George Rogers – 30 carries for 162 yards, @ the Su-perdome, Sept. 13, 1981.

• RB George Rogers – 24 carries for 161 yards, @ Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Nov. 8, 1981.

• RB Mark Ingram – 14 carries for 146 yards and one touchdown, @ Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Nov. 27, 2016.

• RB Dalton Hilliard – 24 carries for 112 yards, @ the Su-perdome, Nov. 26, 1989.

• RB Chuck Muncie – 15 carries for 109 yards, @ Los An-geles Memorial Coliseum, Nov. 28, 1976.

• RB Aaron Stecker – 18 carries for 105 yards, @ Edward Jones Dome, Sept. 26, 2004.

• RB Mario Bates – 22 carries for 106 yards, @ the Su-perdome, Oct. 29, 1995.

• RB Gil Fenerty – 10 carries for 104 yards, @ Anaheim Stadium, Dec. 9, 1990.

• RB Tony Galbreath – 20 carries for 100 yards, @ the Su-perdome, Oct. 30, 1977.

PASSING YARDAGE vs. RAMS (300+yards)

• QB Drew Brees – 39-of-56 for 393 yards, @ Edward Jones Dome, Dec. 15, 2013.

• QB Aaron Brooks – 24-of-41 for 316 yards, @ Edward Jones Dome, Sept. 26, 2004.

• QB Drew Brees – 28-of-36 for 310 yards with four TDs and 0 interceptions, @ Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Nov. 27, 2016.

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RECEIVING YARDAGE vs. RAMS (100+ yards)

• WR Willie Jackson – Eight receptions for 156 yards, @ the Superdome, Dec. 17, 2001.

• WR Eric Martin – Six receptions for 132 yards, @ the Su-perdome, Oct. 30, 1988.

• WR Marques Colston – Eight receptions for 129 yards, @ the Superdome, Nov. 11, 2007.

• WR Joe Horn – Eight receptions for 121 yards, @ Dome at America’s Center, Oct. 28, 2001.

• WR Andre Hastings – Six receptions for 120 yards, @ the Superdome, Dec. 7, 1997.

• WR Eric Martin – Five receptions for 116 yards, @ Ana-heim Stadium, Oct. 22, 1989.

• WR Andre Hastings – Nine receptions for 113 yards, @ Trans World Dome, Nov. 28, 1999.

• WR Michael Thomas – Nine receptions for 108 yards and two touchdowns, @ Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Nov. 26, 2016.

• WR Eric Martin – Five receptions for 107 yards, @ the Superdome, Nov. 26, 1989.

• WR Eric Martin – Six receptions for 103 yards, @ the Superdome, Oct. 11, 1992.

• RB Alvin Kamara – Six receptions for 101 yards and one touchdown, @ Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Nov. 26, 2017.

• WR Az-Zahir-Hakim – Six receptions for 100 yards, @ Edward Jones Dome, Oct. 23, 2005.

SACKS vs. RAMS (3+)

• LB Pat Swilling – Three sacks, @ Anaheim Stadium, Oct. 22, 1989.

• LB Pat Swilling – Three sacks, @ Anaheim Stadium, Nov. 3, 1991.

• LB Rickey Jackson – Three sacks, @ the Superdome, Oct. 11, 1992.

• DT La’Roi Glover – Three sacks, @ the Superdome, Nov. 15, 1998.

• DT La’Roi Glover – Three sacks, @ Trans World Dome, Nov. 26, 2000.

• DE Charles Grant – Three sacks, @ Edward Jones Dome, Sept. 26, 2004.

SAINTS-RAMS CONNECTIONS

Rams Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips served as de-fensive coordinator of the Saints from 1981-85 under his father Head Coach Bum Phillips and handled interim coaching duties for the last four contests of the 1985 cam-paign...Saints Pass Rush Specialist Brian Young was a fifth round draft pick of the Rams in 2000 and played for them from 2000-03...Rams Defensive Line Coach Bill Johnson is a Monroe native who played at Northwestern State and coached at his alma mater, McNeese State and Louisiana Tech and served in the same position with the Saints from 2009-16. Saints Def. Coordinator Dennis Allen also served on the same coaching staff with Phillips and Johnson in Atlanta...Rams Run Game Coord. Aaron Kromer served on the New Orleans staff from 2008-12...Rams Scout Billy Johnson also served a post-graduate year as Tulane’s long-snapper...Saints Special Teams Coordinator Bradford Banta played at USC and served on the same Detroit staff with Rams Asst. Head Coach/Linebackers Joe Barry in Detroit in 2008...Rams DL Michael Brockers played at LSU from 2010-11…Saints Defensive Line Coach Ryan Nielsen is a Simi Valley, Calif. native, who started 30 games at defensive tackle at USC from 1998-2001, fin-ished his college playing career with 107 career tackles and was voted the team’s Defensive Lineman of the Year in 1999. He coached at his alma mater in 2002 as a gradu-ate assistant and played for the Arena Football League’s Los Angeles Avengers in 2004...Saints RB Mark Ingram and Rams LB Mark Barron won the 2009 BCS National Championship at Alabama as teammates in Tuscaloosa…Rams WR Cooper Kupp is the grandson of former New Orleans OL Jake Kupp, who is a member of the Saints All-50th team…Rams T Andrew Whitworth is a Monroe native who played at LSU and was a member of the team’s 2003 national championship team…Saints DT Sheldon Rankins and Rams G Jamon Brown played together at Louisville…Rams DT Tanzel Smart is a Baton Rouge native who played at Tulane for Saints Senior Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers Curtis Johnson, who served as head coach for the Green Wave…Saints WR Michael Thomas prepped at Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, Calif.) and Taft Charter (Woodland Hills, Calif.) HS, where as a senior in 2010, he caught 86 passes, 21 for touchdowns…Saints S Marcus Williams prepped at Eleanor Roosevelt (Eastvale, Calif.) HS and played with Rams CB Dominique Hatfield at Utah…Saints CB P.J. WIlliams played with Rams S Lamarcus Joyner at Florida State…Rams WR Mike Thomas played at Southern Mississippi…Saints Senior Defensive Assistant Peter Giunta was defensive backs coach for the Rams in 1997, then was the co-defensive coordinator during the 1998-1999 seasons and in 2000 was the defensive coordinator...Rams WR Brandin Cooks was New Orleans’ first round draft pick in 2014 and played for the club in his first three NFL seasons.


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LAST MEETING

Los Angeles Rams 26, Saints 20; November 26, 2017 @ Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum – Quarterback Jared Goff passed for 354 yards and hit wide receiver Sammy Watkins and rookie wideout Josh Reynolds for touch-downs, and the Los Angeles Rams snapped the New Orleans Saints’ eight-game winning streak with a 26-20 victory on Sunday in a meeting of NFC division leaders. Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein kicked four field goals for the Rams, who earned their fifth victory in six games. For the first time since the 2006 campaign, this revital-ized Rams franchise is guaranteed not to finish the regu-lar season with a losing record. Los Angeles turned in a gritty defensive effort against the high-scoring Saints offense, holding quarterback Drew Brees to only 246 yards passing – just 96 yards in the first three quarters – and sacking him three times. New Orleans rookie running back Alvin Kamara made an early 74-yard touchdown run and a late touchdown re-ception, who finally lost for the first time since Sept. 17. One week after rallying from 15 points down late in the fourth quarter to beat Washington in overtime, the Saints fell behind on the opening drive and never caught up. New Orleans struggled to stop Goff’s passing game with its top two cornerbacks sidelined by injuries, and the Rams methodically moved the ball to win a meeting be-tween two of the NFL’s top three highest-scoring teams at the time. Goff went 28 of 43, patiently picking at the Saints’ de-fense in his fourth 300-yard game of 2017 despite the absence of wide receiver Robert Woods. Rookie wide receiver Cooper Kupp, the son of former Saints offensive lineman Jake Kupp set career-highs with eight catches for 116 yards, and Reynolds made his first career touch-down catch in the second quarter. The Rams made two lengthy drives ending in fourth-quarter field goals, and Watkins recovered the onside kick after the Saints finally trimmed Los Angeles’ lead to one score on Kamara’s touchdown catch with 1:45 left. The Rams scored on their opening drive for the second straight week, with Watkins catching a slant for a five-yard touchdown. Los Angeles also sacked Brees twice early, but the Saints adjusted and got back in it with that brilliant run by Kamara. Reynolds’ touchdown catch capped an 86-yard drive for Los Angeles in the second quarter. The methodical Rams outgained New Orleans 250-166 in the first half and held the ball for 18:35.

2018 SAINTS-RAMS STATISTICAL COMPARISON

League Rankings

Saints Rams

Record 6-1 8-0 Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 33.4 (2) 33.0 (3) Opp. Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 26.1 (23) 19.4 (6) Total Off. (NFL Rank) 389.9 (8) 442.6 (2) Rushing Off. (NFL Rank) 108.0 (17t) 150.9 (1) Passing Off. (NFL Rank) 281.9 (9) 291.8 (7) Total Def. (NFL Rank) 374.1 (23) 331.4 (8)Rushing Def. (NFL Rank) 74.1 (1) 100.9 (12)Passing Def. (NFL Rank) 300.0 (28) 230.5 (10)Kickoff Return Avg. (NFL Rank) 21.9 (19) 21.5 (20)Punt Return Avg. (NFL Rank) 5.3 (29) 13.1 (4)Turnover Margin (NFL Rank) even (17t) +7 (3t) Penalties 45 41 Penalty Yards 462 349 Opp. Penalties 39 45 Opp. Penalty Yards 380 398

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.



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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 ca-reer-high 134 yards with a career-high three touch-downs 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 touchdowns, 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 quar-terback Peyton Manning to become the NFL’s all-time passing yardage leader, finishing the contest with 72,103 career passing yards.

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 touch-down) and DeSean Jackson (five catches for 146 yards, two touchdowns) did the most damage as the Saints de-fense 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 Gillislee'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 receptions 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 ca-reer receptions. 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 quarter, 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.



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GAME SUMMARIES

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WEEK 3: New Orleans Saints 43, Atlanta Falcons 37; September 23, 2018 @ Mercedes-Benz Stadi-um – The Saints improved to 2-1 with this overtime victory at Atlanta, with QB Drew Brees becoming the NFL’s completions leader, 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 con-tribution 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 connecting 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 advantage of a late possession at their 42 and Brees completed quick throws to Kama-ra 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 con-nection between Ryan and Ridley. Midway through the third quarter, DE Alex Okafor blocked a punt by Falcons P Matt Bosher and LB Craig Robertson re-covered 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 recep-tion 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.

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 Giants 18; September 30, 2018 @ MetLife Stadium – The Saints posted an impressive victory against the Giants behind a powerful running game and an outstanding run-stopping effort.

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

When the Saints got the ball back, QB Drew Brees engi-neered 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 rushing yards, fumbles were forced by DT Tyeler Davison and CB P.J. Williams and recovered by CB Marshon Lat-timore 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 fumble 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 op-posing running back to reach the century 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, joining 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.



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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 Davenport 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.

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 right 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 Drew Brees found Alvin Kamara in the first quarter on a three-yared pass, which was then matched by the Vikings when Kirk Cousins completed a one-yard touchdown to Stefon Diggs.

Early in the second quarter, the Vikings took a 13-7 lead on a one-yard run by Latavius Murray followed up by a failed extra point. Will Lutz then connected on a 52-yard field goal to put New Orleans within three. With 1:11 left in the first half, Alex Anzalone caused a fumble by the Vikings’ Adam Thielen that was returned by 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 P.J. Williams.

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.

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

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.


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TRANSACTIONS

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 Fulling-ton.

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 Lan-don Turner, RB Jonathan Williams, OL Nate Wozniak and TE Deon Yelder. Waived/injured DB Sharrod Neas-man. Terminated the contracts of G Don Barclay, DT Jason Bromley, WR Michael Floyd, DE George John-son, G Josh LeRibeus, DB Robert Nelson Jr., OL Mi-chael Ola, TE John Phillips, QB Tom Savage, WR Bran-don 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 In-gram II placed on Reserve/Suspended by Commission-er.

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 Reserve.

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 ros-ter from the practice squad, waived RB Jonathan Williams and re-signed QB J.T. Barrett to the practice squad.

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.



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OCTOBER

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.

2018 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Greg Bensel-Senior Vice President of Communications

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (504) 731-1794

Doug Miller-Executive Director of Football Communica-tions


Phone: (504) 731-1895

Justin Macione-Director of Football Communications/Publications Director


Phone: (504) 731-1848

Evan Meyers-Football Communications Manager/Legends Program Coordinator


Phone: (504) 731-1844

Jordy Spitale-Corporate Communications Manager


Phone: (504) 731-1894

Sam Shannon-Communications Associate


Phone: (504) 731-1843


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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 3:25PM/FOX

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

Nov. 18 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 12:00PM/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 contest against the Rams, New Orleans will return home to the road to face the Cincinnati Bengals (5-3) in a contest televised on FOX (WVUE-FOX 8 locally) between a pair of serious playoff contenders. The Bengals lead the series 7-6 On Nov. 16, 2014, New Orleans fell to Cincinnati 27-10 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. New Orleans will be looking to defeat the Bengals, who will be coming off of a bye and make them the 12th National Foot-ball League club that the Saints have at least a .500 record against all-time.

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 Los Angeles Rams is being played on November 4. There have been six Nov. 4 Saints games with New Orleans posting a 3-3 record on the date, posting a 2-2 mark at home:

Date Opp/loc W/L Score

11/4/1973 Buf. W 13-0

11/4/79 at Den. L 3-10

11/4/84 GB L 13-23

11/4/90 @Cin. W 21-7

11/4/01 NYJ L 9-16

11/4/07 Jax W 41-24

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, 104

Most consecutive games played: DE Cameron Jordan, 119

Most playoff experience: Quarterback 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 six games. Under Head Coach Sean Payton, the Saints have put together five winning streaks of at least six games, including the club’s current six-game run where they’ve defeated Cleveland, Atlanta, the New York Giants, Washington, Baltimore and Minnesota. On Sunday night at Minnesota, the Saints will be looking for their fourth win streak of at least seven games since Payton arrived in 2006. Below is a list of the five winning streaks of at least five games since 2006:

Sept. 13-Dec. 13, 2009—13 games

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

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

Oct. 21-Dec. 12, 2010-6 games

Sept. 16, 2018-present-6 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 118 81 0 .593

Atlanta Falcons 108 91 0 .543

Carolina Panthers 107 91 1 .540

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 75 123 0 .379

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 56-42-1

4t. New Orleans 54-46

4t. Philadelphia 54-46

6. Green Bay 52-47-1

7. Indianapolis 53-48

NFL REGULAR SEASON ROAD RECORDS SINCE 2009

Team Record


2. Pittsburgh 43-30-1

3t. New Orleans 42-34

3t. Dallas 42-34

5. Green Bay 39-36

6. Denver 38-38

DOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE

Since 2008, the New Orleans Saints have posted a 58-25 home record, ranked fifth in the National Football League, including a 7-1 mark in 2017 and a 2-1 start in 2018.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON HOME RECORDS SINCE 2008

Team Record


2. Green Bay 62-20-2

3. Baltimore 61-22

4. Pittsburgh 61-23

5. New Orleans 58-25

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 (.605) and most wins (118) among the 16 Saints head coaches, also tied for 36th 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 6-1

TOTAL 111-72 7-5



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

Coach W L Pct.

Sean Payton 118 77 .605

Jim Mora 93 78 .544

Jim Haslett 46 52 .469

Sean Payton’s 118 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 173 51 0 .772

Mike Tomlin 127 69 1 .647

Pete Carroll 92 56 1 .621

Mike McCarthy 134 82 2 .619

Sean Payton 118 77 0 .605

Mike Zimmer 44 30 1 .593

John Harbaugh 108 75 0 .590

WINNINGEST ACTIVE NFL COACHES SINCE 2006

(Min. 50 games)

Coach W L T Pct.

Bill Belichick 173 51 0 .772

Mike McCarthy 134 82 2 .619

Mike Tomlin 127 69 1 .647

Andy Reid 124 87 1 .587

Sean Payton 118 77 0 .605

John Harbaugh 108 74 0 .590

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 23 20 .535

Dan Quinn 12 9 .571

Dirk Koetter 6 8 .429

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


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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..........................................62-16 Leading at Halftime.....................................................91-13 Leading After Third Quarter.........................................90-11 Saints Score First........................................................64-22 Saints 200+ Yards Passing.........................................99-65 Opponent Under 200 Yards Passing...........................44-19 Saints Have 100+ Yards Rushing...............................75-23 Forcing 3+ Turnovers....................................................29-6 Defense Has 3+ Sacks................................................53-19 Indoors........................................................................72-45 Outdoors......................................................................38-28 At Home......................................................................60-31 On The Road...............................................................51-41 On Artificial Turf….......................................................79-47 Scoring 20 Or More Points.........................................105-42 Allowing 20 Or Fewer Points.........................................68-7 Committing Zero Turnovers..........................................37-5

THE SAINTS IN 2018 WHEN?

(REGULAR SEASON)

Leading After First Quarter..............................................2-0 Tied After First Quarter....................................................3-0 Leading at Halftime.........................................................4-0 Leading After Third Quarter.............................................4-0 Saints Score First............................................................3-1 Saints 200+ Yards Passing.............................................5-1 Saints Have 100+ Yards Rushing...................................4-0 Recording 0 Takeaways..................................................2-1 + 2 Turnover Margin........................................................1-0 +1 Turnover Margin…......................................................2-0 Recording 1 Takeaway....................................................1-0 Even Turnover Margin.....................................................1-0 - 2 Turnover Margin.........................................................0-1 - 1 Turnover Margin.........................................................2-0 Defense Has 3+ Sacks....................................................5-0 Indoors............................................................................4-1 Outdoors..........................................................................2-0 At Home..........................................................................2-1 On The Road...................................................................4-0 On Artificial Turf...............................................................5-1 On Natural Grass........................................................... 1-0 Scoring 20 Or More Points..............................................6-1 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 the fifth-best mark in the NFL since 2006. Since 2009, their 93-58 record’s ranked fourth.

REGULAR SEASON RECORDS IN THE NFL SINCE 2006

Team W L T Pct.

New England Patriots 157 43 0 .785

Pittsburgh Steelers 128 70 1 .643

Green Bay Packers 124 73 2 .628

Indianapolis Colts 119 81 0 .595


Baltimore Ravens 116 84 0 .580

Dallas Cowboys 114 85 0 .573


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REGULAR SEASON RECORDS IN NFL SINCE 2009

Team W L T Pct.

New England Patriots 118 34 0 .776

Pittsburgh Steelers 98 52 1 .652

Green Bay Packers 97 52 2 .649


Seattle Seahawks 88 61 1 .590

POINTS PER GAME

Since 2006, the Saints have averaged 27.8 points per game (5,531 points) in 199 regular season games, second in the NFL. Since 2006, they’ve scored 20 or more points in 159 contests (79.9%) and 30 or more in 90 (45.2%). 12 of the team’s top 14 single-game point totals have oc-curred since 2006. In 2018, the Saints are ranked second (34.0 ppg.) in scoring overall, and first in fourth quarter scoring.

NFL POINTS PER GAME LEADERS SINCE 2006

Team Pts. Pts./Gm.

1. New England 5,914 29.6

2. New Orleans 5,531 27.8

3. Green Bay 5,195 26.1

2018 NFL POINTS PER GAME LEADERS

Team Pts. Pts./Gm.

1. Kansas City 290 36.3

2. New Orleans 234 33.4

3. LA Rams 264 33.0

4. New England 239 29.9

5. Pittsburgh 204 29.1

2018 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING LEADERS

Team Pts. Pts./Gm.

1. New Orleans 85 12.1

2. Indianapolis 86 10.8

3. Carolina 74 10.6

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 81-14 rec-ord (85.3%) in regular season and postseason games where they’ve scored at least 30 points, including a 4-1 mark in 2018 following a 30-point output on October 28 at Minnesota.

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: 4-1


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SECOND HALF SCORING MARGIN

In 2017, the Saints jumped even further ahead in the sec-ond half of their contests while stopping opponents, ranked second in the NFL in second half/overtime point differential in the regular season. On Sunday vs. Baltimore, New Orle-ans outscored the Ravens 17-13 in a second half come-back, including 17-6 in the fourth quarter.

2017 NFL SECOND HALF/OT SCORING MARGIN

Team G Pts. Opp. Diff.

Seattle Seahawks 16 241 154 87

New Orleans Saints 16 226 160 66

Jacksonville Jaguars 16 220 157 63

SAINTS BY THE NUMBERS

1 – Super Bowl appearances and Championships

2 – NFC Championship appearances

6 – Division Championships

363 – 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.

118 – Games won by Head Coach Sean Payton (regular season and postseason), ranked first in club history and tied for 36th in National Football League record books.

6,410 – NFL record number of completions by Drew Brees.

72,435 – NFL-record number of passing yards by Brees.

502 – Career TD passes by Brees, fourth in NFL records.

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

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

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

801 – Team-high total yards from scrimmage total by Kamara in 2018, ranked seventh In the NFL.

196 – Number of receptions in his first two seasons by wide receiver Michael Thomas, an NFL Record.

58 – Receptions by Thomas in 2018, tied for fourth In the NFL.

720 – 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 (403.6 ypg.). In 2018, they are ranked eighth in the

NFL (389.9 ypg.).

NFL TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS SINCE 2006

(NET YARDS PER GAME)

Team Yds. Yds./Gm.

1. New Orleans 80,322 403.6

2. New England 77,200 386.0

3. Philadelphia 74,486 372.4

NFL TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS IN 2018

(NET YARDS PER GAME)

Team Yds. Yds./Gm.

1. Tampa Bay 3,273 467.6

2. Los Angeles Rams 3,541 442.6

3. Kansas City 3,402 425.3

4. Pittsburgh 2,927 418.1

6. LA Chargers 2,819 402.7

7. Atlanta 2,807 401.0

8. New Orleans 2,729 389.9

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 1,217 2,613 46.6

2. New England 1,166 2,648 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 4,530 first downs in the regular season since 2006, including a league-best 2,981 first downs pass-ing.

NFL FIRST DOWN LEADERS SINCE 2006

Team Tot. Rush Pass Pen

1. New England 4,635 1,450 2,770 415

2. New Orleans 4,530 1,243 2,981 306

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 295.6 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 58,822 295.6

2. New England 53,383 266.9

3. Green Bay 50,744 255.1

YARDS AFTER THE CATCH

Since 2006, the New Orleans Saints rank first in the NFL in yards after the catch (28,955). 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 28,955

2. NE* 27,306

3. GB 26,782

*Not including Monday night result

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 114-of-201 at-tempts (56.7 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 seven-of-eight.

FOURTH DOWN CONVERSION RATE

IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SINCE 2006

Rk. Team Conv./Att. Pct.

1. New England Patriots 122/194 62.9

2. Dallas Cowboys 96/165 58.2

3. Cincinnati Bengals 956166 57.8

4. New Orleans Saints 114/201 56.7

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


1. 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 the 2017 regular season in the top 10 in the NFL for first downs. In 2018, Kamara is tied for third.

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 44 15 59

2. Adam Thielen, Min. 1 49 50

3t. Alvin Kamara, NO 28 17 45

3t. Kareem Hunt, KC 32 13 45

5. James Connor, Pit. 30 14 44

HOLDING THE LINE

Since 2006, the Saints have allowed the fewest sacks in the NFL, surrendering only 303 takedowns in 198 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

2t. Kansas City 10

2t. Pittsburgh 10

2t. Carolina 10

2t. Indianapolis 10

2t. LA Chargers 10

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 52 regular season games for New Orleans and four postseason 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 54 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 120 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 Louisiana State

University offensive line, starting all 36 games that he ap-peared 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 rushers 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 fi-nalist.

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 19 tackles (14 solo) 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 37 games with 26 starts and filling up the stat sheet with 205 tackles (138 solo), 5.5 sacks, nine 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 Sunday Night’s win at Minnesota. Davenport’s takedown total is currently ranked 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 12 regular season games posting 13 tackles (seven solo), two sacks for 15 yards lost, two pass-es 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 seven games with four starts, posting 14 stops (ten 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 Sunday night’s win over Minnesota. Overall Rankins has posted 20 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 24 tackles (20 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 22 more stops (17 solo), one 45-yard interception for a touchdown, two 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 on Sunday night at Minnesota, when his third quarter interception return for a 45-yard touchdown helped pace the Saints’ 30-20 victory.

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SACK ATTACK

In 2017, while the improvement in the New Orleans de-fense can be credited to the defensive line, linebackers and secondary as a group, the Saints tied for seventh in the NFL with 42 sacks. After not recording a sack in the season opener, New Orleans has posted at least three takedowns in five contests during their five-game winning streak, in-cluding a season-high four vs. Minnesota Sunday night.

SACKS BY NFL TEAMS IN 2017

Team Sacks

1. Pit. 56

2. Jax. 55

3. Car. 50

4. LA Rams 48

5t. LA Chargers 43

5t. Ten. 43

7t. NO 42

7t. NE 42

7t. Chi. 42

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 nearly one and a half yards, surrendering only 3.2 rushing yards per attempt to ranked first in the NFL.

OPPONENT RUSHING YARDS PER CARRY IN 2018

Team Opp. Yards/Carry

1. NO 3.22

2. Dal. 3.57

3. Hou. 3.59

In total rush defense, the Saints have given up only 74.1 net yards per game in 2018, ranked first in the NFL after giving up 129.4 per game in 2017. In Sunday’s win at Min-nesota, the Saints gave up only 85 rushing yards.

OPPONENT RUSHING YARDS PER GAME IN 2018

Team Opp. Yards/Game

1. NO 74.1

2. Wah. 80.1

3. Chi. 83.1

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 39 games, converting 74-of-86 field goal attempts (86.0 percent) and 117-of-122 PATS (95.9 percent). He has also recorded 137 touchbacks on 227 career kickoffs. His 86.0 percent field goal percentage is best among kickers with at least 50 made field goals in team history. In 2018, Lutz has made 15-of-16 field goal attempts, in-cluding his last 13, 21-of-22 PAT attempts and has record-ed 30 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 tied for 13th on the club’s all-time games played list with 149 regular season appearances and his consistency has carried over to the 2018 season, where he’s averaged a 43.7 net punting average, with five 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 21 times for 123 yards, ranked second on the team, with a club best 5.9 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 24.3 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. 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 188-of-243 passes (77.4%) for 1,990 yards with

14 touchdowns, only one interception and a 118.2 passer rating. Brees is currently ranked first in the National Foot-ball League in completion percentage, second in both inter-ception percentage and passer rating and third in fourth quarter passer rating (129.8), 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 197 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 60,087 passing yards, 422 touchdown passes, 7,728 attempts, 5,285 com-pletions, a 68.4% completion percentage, 105 games with at least 300 yards passing, 16 with at least 400 yards pass-ing, 460 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 118-79 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 125 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 256 regular season games with 255 starts, ranked sixth in National Football League record books for signal-callers, Brees has completed 6,410-of-9,537 passes (67.2%) for 72,435 yards, 502 touchdown passes and a 97.3 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 fourth in touchdowns, having tossed his 500th career scor-ing pass to tight end Benjamin Watson in the October 23 win at Baltimore and passer rating.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

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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 National Football League-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. Washington, Oct. 8.

9 – National Football League-record stretch of consecutive games with at least 300 yards passing, which he’s accom-plished 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 National Football League record books behind Brady (28) and Manning (27).

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

35 – 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 three times in 2018, in-cluding leading New Orleans from a 17-7 fourth quarter deficit in the October 21 24-23 win at the Baltimore Ra-vens.

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’ 501 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 77.3% 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.

104 – Games by Brees as a Saint where he’s posted a passer rating of 100 or more (min. 10 attempts) owning a 81-23 record in these contests, including posting a 114.9 mark in Sunday’s come-from-behind victory at the Balti-more Ravens. Overall, in his 18-year career, he’s reached the milestone 119 times, having done so in five of six games in 2018.

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

105 – 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 112 times, ahead of Manning (93) for the most all-time.

118 – 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 125-84 record as the Saints’ starter.

153 – 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 two in the October 21 come-from-behind victory at the Baltimore Ravens. Since signing with the Saints in 2006, Brees has 128 contests with multiple touch-down passes, first in the National Football 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).

239 – 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.

256 – Career regular season games played by Brees in his 18-year career, tying him for 35th in National Football League record books. Brees also started his 255th career contest in Sunday’s win at Baltimore.

393 – Passing yards that Brees threw for against this week’s opponent, the Rams on December 15, 2013 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri in a 27-16 Rams win.

422 – Touchdown passes as a Saint, ranked first in club records and in the National Football during this time period. With 502 career touchdown passes, he’s ranked fourth all-time behind Favre, Manning and Tom Brady, having reached 500 with a second quarter one-yard touchdown pass to tight end Benjamin Watson in the October 21 win at Baltimore.

5,285 – Completions since signing with the Saints in 2006, the National Football League’s highest total over this 13-season period, including 18 in Sunday night’s victory at the Minnesota Vikings.

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 Sunday night’s win at the Minnesota Vi-kings, Brees eclipsed 60,000 passing yards in his Saints career and now has 60,087.

72,435 – Brees has an NFL-best 72,435 career passing yards, first all-time after throwing for 120 yards in Sunday night’s win at Minnesota.

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Brees has posted a 118-79 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 148 total victories as a starter. With the Octo-ber 21 win at Baltimore, Brees joined Brett Favre and Pey-ton 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 143

2. Drew Brees 118

3. Ben Roethlisberger 117

4. Philip Rivers 111

5. Peyton Manning 107

Since 2006, Brees has engineered 35 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, third in the NFL since 2006, tied for first in the NFL. Brees moved into a tie for first after leading New Orleans to a fourth quarter comeback at Baltimore on October 21 after they entered the final period of play trailing 17-7 in what become a 24-23 win.

GAME-WINNING DRIVES SINCE 2006

Rk. Quarterback No.

1t. Drew Brees, NO 35

1t. Matt Ryan, Atl. 35

3. Ben Roethlisberger, Pit. 33

4t. Eli Manning, NYG 32

4t. Matthew Stafford, Det. 32

With 104 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 81-23 (.779) mark in these games where he’s reached the century mark. In 2018, Brees has posted a 100 passer rating in five of six games, including 114.9 on Oct. 21 at Baltimore.

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

Rk. Quarterback No. 1. Drew Brees, NO 104 2. Tom Brady, NE 94 3. Aaron Rodgers, GB 84

With a 97.3 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 103.6 Aaron Rodgers 99.6 Russell Wilson 97.6 Tom Brady 97.3 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 second 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

119.3 Ryan Fitzpatrick

118.2 Drew Brees

117.8 Philip Rivers

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

ALL-TIME LEADERS IN COMPLETION PERCENTAGE

(min. 1,500 atts.)

Quarterback Years Comp. %

1. Drew Brees 2001- 67.2 (6,410-9,537)

3. Kirk Cousins 2012- 66.2 (1,613-2,437)

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

WINNING QB

RATING SUCCESS

PINPOINT PASSER

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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’ 77.4% completion percentage in 2018 through Week Eight 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 77.4 (188-243)

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

3. Matt Ryan Atl. 71.1 (187-263)

With 6,410 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

6,410 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 72,435 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

72,435 Drew Brees SD/NO

71,940 Peyton Manning Ind./Den.

71,838 Brett Favre GB/NYJ/Min.

68,359 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

PINPOINT PASSER

COMPLETIONS LEADER

YARDAGE LEADER

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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

72,435 BY THE NUMBERS

12 STRAIGHT OF 4,000


35 TDS IN THREE STRAIGHT

16 OF 400

14 3,000 YARD SEASONS

PRO BOWL LEADER

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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’ 128 contests with more than one touchdown pass since 2006 leads the National Football League during that period.

GAMES WITH MULTIPLE TOUCHDOWN PASSES SINCE 2006

Rk. Quarterback No.

1. Drew Brees 128

2t. Tom Brady 120

2t. Philip Rivers 120

Brees’ 153 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 153

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

GAMES WITH FOUR-PLUS TOUCHDOWN PASSES

Rk. Quarterback No.


2. Drew Brees 32

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’ 112 300-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 112


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 502 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

504 Tom Brady

502 Drew Brees

420 Dan Marino

In eight regular starts against the Rams (one as a member of the San Diego Chargers), Brees has posted a 3-5 record against the Rams. He has completed 199-of-290 passes (68.6%) for 2,073 yards, t14 touchdowns, 12 interceptions and a an 87 .9 rating. In his last two games against the Rams in 2016 and 2017, Brees has enjoyed his most suc-cess, as he’s completed 50-of-68 passes (73.5%) for 491 yards with five touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 121.9 passer rating, posting a 1-1 mark.

NINE OF 30

4+ TD GAMES

11 STRAIGHT OF 25

TOUCHDOWN LEADER

12 OF 25 OR MORE

60 OF 350

112 OF 300

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees’ 502 career touchdown passes in the regular season have gone to 63 different players, 48 of them Saints teammates, seven cur-rently 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-) 18

8. Devery Henderson (2006-12) 17

9. Darren Sproles (2011-13) 16

10t. Reggie Bush (2006-10) 12

10t. Pierre Thomas (2007-14) 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

FAMOUS COMPANY

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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 92 times for a club-best 408 yards (4.4 avg.) with seven touchdowns and has caught 47 passes for 393 yards and two 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 1,151 800 351

2. Saquon Barkley NYG 1,016 519 497

3. Adam Thielen Min. 940 15 925

4. James Conner Pit. 922 599 323

5. Kareem Hunt KC 854 592 262

6. Julio Jones Atl. 823 11 812

7. Alvin Kamara NO 801 408 393

8. Ezekiel Elliott Dal. 794 619 175

Kamara’s 359 yards after the catch in 2018 is ranked fourth in the National Football League.

2018 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE YARDS AFTER THE CATCH LEADERS

Rk. Player No.

1. Saquon Barkley, NYG 551

2. George Kittle, SF 403

3 Todd Gurley, LAR 363


5. James Connor, Pit. 355

RUNNING BACKS ALVIN TIME

ROUSING 2018 START

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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 5,415 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 1,224 5,510 4.5 46

3. George Rogers 995 4,267 4.3 23

In seven seasons, Ingram has averaged 4.5 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 1,224 5,510 4.5 46

3. Chuck Muncie 788 3,393 4.3 28

RUNNING BACKS BACK TO BACK

INGRAM’S BIG DAYS

RUSHING LEADER

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Ingram’s 276 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-) 276

3. Pierre Thomas (2007-14) 201

Ingram’s 1,675 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-) 1,675

Ingram’s 6,997 career total yards from scrimmage ranked fifth in club records, with him needing three on Sunday against the Rams to become the fifth Saint to reach 7,000

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 6,997 5,510 1,487

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 423 2,058 4.87 24

2. Mark Ingram 642 3,084 4.80 26

3. Kareem Hunt 406 1,919 4.73 13

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

RUSHING LEADER

DOUBLE TROUBLE

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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.

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

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 54 career regular season games with 16 starts and has carried 20 times for 53 yards and two touchdowns, as well as adding 12 receptions for 121 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

Player Rec. Yds. Avg. TDs

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

WIDE RECEIVERS

RECORD-BREAKING 2018

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Through Week Eight, Thomas has 58 receptions for 669 yards and four touchdowns, leading the club in all three major receiving categories. Thomas is tied for fourth in the NFL in receiving.

2018 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECEIVING LEADERS

Player Rec. Yds. Avg. TD

1. Adam Thielen 74 925 12.5 6

2t. Zach Ertz 61 644 10.6 3

2t. Odell Beckham Jr. 61 785 12.9 2

4t. Michael Thomas 58 669 11.5 4

4t. Stefon Diggs 58 587 10.1 4

4t. Saquon Barkley 58 497 8.6 2

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 has played against the Rams twice, once apiece in 2016 and 2017. He has posted 14 receptions for 160 yards and two touchdowns.

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 emerged on Monday, Oct. 8, vs. Washington when he posted three receptions for 111 yards and touchdowns that gained 62 and 35 yards in a 43-19 Saints win. Overall, he’s posted ten receptions for 191 yards.

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 forms a strong combination at the tight end position with Josh Hill and second-year converted WR Dan Arnold. The former Georgia standout and 15-year NFL veteran who originally entered the league as a first round draft pick of the New England Patriots in 2004 (32nd overall) has career totals of 518 receptions for 5,715 yards (11.0 avg.) with 43 touchdowns in 185 games with 136 starts. Watson has also played in 11 postseason games with nine starts and has added 21 receptions for 222 yards and three scoring grabs.

• Watson’s played in all seven games with four starts in 2018 and leads the tight ends with 23 receptions for 230 yards (10.0 avg.) with a touchdown in the October 21 win at Baltimore, the 500th of QB Drew Brees’ career, serving as an asset in both the running game and the passing game.

Watson stands at 12th place all-time on the NFL’s all-time list for receptions at tight end with 518. He needs 23 to move into 11th and 29 to move into the top ten.

RECEPTIONS BY TIGHT ENDS, NFL 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- 512 5,672 11.1 46

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

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

JOSH HILL

• Signed as an undrafted free agent from Idaho State in 2013, Josh Hill’s development has been an asset to the position group, for whom he’s played in 78 games with 36 starts, making 75 receptions for 738 yards (9.8 avg.) and 11 touchdowns, also chipping in 27 special teams tackles. In 2017, Hill appeared in all 16 games with 11 starts, log-ging 16 receptions for 125 yards (7.8 avg.) and a touch-down and was particularly effective in the postseason where he made six grabs for 103 yards (17.2 avg.) with a scoring grab.

RUNNING BACKS RECORD-BREAKING 2018

RECEIVING LEADER

AGAINST THE RAMS

TIGHT ENDS

CLIMBING THE CHARTS

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• In 2018, Hill has appeared in all seven contests with four starts and has posted eight receptions for 124 yards (15.5 avg.) and one touchdown.

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.

1. Chandler Jones, NE-Ari. 48.5

2. Von Miller, Den. 47.5

3. Aaron Donald, LAR 47

4. Khalil Mack, Oak.-Chi. 45.5

5. Ryan Kerrigan, Was. 45.0

6. J.J. Watt 42.5

7. Cameron Jordan, NO 42.0

8. Carlos Dunlap, Cin. 40.5

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


CLIMBING THE CHARTS

DEFENSIVE ENDS

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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 tied for 19th in the NFL with with five sacks to go with 22 tackles (17 solo), which lead the defen-sive 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 (3.2) and run defense (74.1 rushing yards per game).

With 119 consecutive games played and 104 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. 167

2. Cameron Jordan NO 119

3. Jerry Hughes Buf. 106

MOST CONSECUTIVE REGULAR SEASON GAMES STARTED AMONG ACTIVE NFL DEFENSIVE ENDS

Rk. Defensive End Team No.

1. Cameron Jordan NO 104

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-) 104

In four games against the Rams, Jordan has posted three sacks. The takedowns has happened in the past two games, all against current Los Angeles signal-caller Jared Goff.

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 13 tackles (ten solo), one sack, one pass defensed and one blocked punt in starting all seven 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, Davenport has posted 11 tackles (seven solo), four sacks, tied for second among rookies, two passes de-fensed and one forced fumble.

MOST SACKS BY 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


JORDAN SACK NOTES

DURABLE DEFENDER

AGAINST THE RAMS

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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 ten 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 20 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 Sunday night 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 19 tackles (14 solo) and a forced fumble.

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 715 tackles (467 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 seven contests at the weakside position and leads the team with 55 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 seven contests with six starts in 2018, he has posted 40 tackles (25 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. In Sunday night’s road win at Minnesota, Klein led the team’s linebacker corps with seven stops as the Vikings were held to 85 yards rushing and 3.9 average yards per rush.

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.

DEFENSIVE TACKLES

LINEBACKERS

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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 seven contests and has posted 20 tackles (17 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 Sunday night’s win at Minnesota, Lattimore picked up a fumble deep in Saints territory and returned it 54 yards to set up a Saints touchdown before halftime that gave New Orleans 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 123 regular season games with 79 starts, posting 514 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 seven games with five starts and has posted 17 stops (11 solo), providing a run-stopping pres-ence on the backside.

DEFENSIVE BACKS

OUT OF THE MARSH

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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 35 tackles (25 solo and two 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 22 tackles (17 solo), a 45-yard interception return for a touch-down in Sunday night’s win at Minnesota, two passes de-fensed 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 17 times for a 47.4 gross punting average and a 43.7 net with five 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 39 career games, converting 74-of-86 field goal attempts (86.0%) and 117-of-122 PATs (95.9%). He has also recorded 137 touchbacks on 227 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 66 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 77

2. Harrison Butker, KC 74

3. Jason Myers, NYJ 72

4. Ka’imi Fairbarn, Hou. 71

5. Wil Lutz, NO 66

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)



59 VINCE BIEGEL LB HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 246 COLLEGE: WISCONSIN JOINED SAINTS: FA-18 NFL EXPERIENCE: 2 BORN: 7/2/1993 NFL CAREER – Originally selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft (108th overall), Vince Biegel joined the Saints practice squad be-fore the start of the 2018 regular season. In 2017, he ap-peared in nine games for the Packers posting 13 tackles (eight solo), one tackle for loss and six special teams stops. Biegel looks to add depth to the Saints linebacking core and brings valuable experience on special teams. CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Promoted to the Saints ac-tive roster, 9/21/18; Signed to the Saints practice squad, 9/2/18; Released by Green Bay, 9/1/18; Activated from Physically Unable to Perform list by Green Bay, 11/3/17; Placed on Physically Unable to Perform List by Green Bay, 9/2/2017; Signed a four-year rookie contract with Green Bay, 5/31/2017; Selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round (108th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.

2018 – Promoted to the Saints active roster prior to the week three contest at Atlanta after spending the offseason and preseason with the Packers. 2017 – Missed the first seven contest of the season on the Physically Unable to Perform list. Appeared in nine games for the Packers in 2017, recording 10 tackles (three solo), one tackle for loss and tied for second on team with six special teams tackles.

COLLEGE – Matched Wisconsin’s school record by play-ing in 54 games, including 40 starts and ranked No. 7 all-time in school records with 21.5 sacks and ranked No. 10 with 39.5 tackles for loss…Also recorded 191 tackles (117 solo), five passes defensed, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries…Named second team All-Big Ten (coaches) and third-team All-Big Ten (media) after starting all 12 games he played in as senior…Graduated with bach-elor’s degree in life sciences communication. Dec., 2016 and was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. PERSONAL –As a senior was named All-America by US Army, USA Today and Parade while also being honored as the Gatorade Wisconsin Player of the Year… Lettered in football (four years), hockey (two years) and track and field (four years) at Lincoln High School…Was the top ranked

player in Wisconsin by ESPN and Rivals after finishing his career with 425 tackles, 27 sacks, 10 interceptions, 10 forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries and four defensive touchdowns…Given name Vincent James Biegel…Born in Marshfield, Wis…His father, Rocky, played linebacker at BYU from 1988-92 and wrestled in 1992…His father was also a two-time state-champion wrestler for Wisconsin Rap-ids, going undefeated as a senior (winning every match by fall)…His uncle, T.D. Biegel, played fullback at BYU from 1989-93, and his grandfather, Ken Biegel, played lineback-er and offensive guard at UW-Eau Claire before becoming a decorated high school coach enshrined in the National High School Athletic Coaches Association and Wisconsin Football Coaches Association halls of fame…Brother, Hay-den, played for Wisconsin from 2013-15...Family owns and operates a cranberry marsh, which he worked in...Interned with Merrill Lynch during summers of 2015 and 2016…Has volunteered at children’s hospitals and for Special Olym-pics…Residence: Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. 5 TEDDY BRIDGEWATER QB

HEIGHT: 6-2

WEIGHT: 215

COLLEGE: LOUISVILLE

NFL EXPERIENCE: 5

JOINED SAINTS: TR-18 (NYJ)

BORN: 11/10/92

NFL CAREER – Originally drafted by the Minnesota Vi-kings in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft (32nd overall) out of Louisville, Bridgewater brings starting experience to the Saints quarterback room in a trade with the New York Jets, who signed him in the offseason. The Miami native returned to the field in Week 15 last season after missing the previous 30 regular season games with an injury suf-fered in practice during the 2016 preseason. He has posted career numbers of 6,150 yards passing, 28 touchdowns and 22 interceptions, while completing 64.7% of his passes for an 86.3 passer rating in 30 career games (28 starts). Bridgewater has added four touchdowns on the ground and three total two-point conversions (one rushing, two pass-ing).


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CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Acquired by Saints from Jets, 8/29/18; Signed by Jets (UFA-MIN), 3/18/18; Activat-ed from Reserve/PUP by Vikings, 11/8/17; Placed on Re-serve/PUP by Vikings, 9/2/17; Placed on Injured Reserve by VIkings, 9/1/16; Signed four-year contract with Vikings, 5/20/14; Selected by the Vikings in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft.

HONORS – 2016: Ed Block Courage Award Winner (Minnesota team winner); 2015: Pro Bowl 2014: Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year; PFWA All-Rookie Team; Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week (Weeks 4 and 13).

2018 -.Completed 28-of-38 passes (73.7%) for 316 yards with two touchdown throws, one interception and a 104.7 passer rating in the preseason for the Jets, prior to being acquired by the Saints. 2017-. Returned to the field, Dec. 15 vs. Cincinnati for the first time since the 2015 postsea-son, throwing two passes over the final three drives in his final season with Vikings…Spent the first ten weeks on the Reserve/PUP list and did not play in six of the final seven weeks…Declared inactive for both postseason contests. 2016 - Received the Ed Block Courage Award in a voted by his teammates after missing the entire season due to a knee injury suffered in practice leading into the preseason finale. 2015 - Selected to the Pro Bowl after a season that saw him start all 16 regular season games, going 11-5 and capturing a division title…Finished the season 9-3, includ-ing a three-game winning streak at the end of the season... Increased his completion percentage (65.3%), passing yards (3,231) and passer rating (88.7) from his rookie sea-son while decreasing his interceptions (from 12 to nine) despite starting four more games…Added 192 yards and three scores on the ground. Made his postseason debut in NFC Wild Card Playoff vs. Seattle, 1/10/16, as he started and completed 70.8% of his passes for 146 yards and an 86.5 passer rating…Dec. 20 vs. Chicago, established sin-gle-game best with an 85.0% completion percentage, 154.4 rating and four TD passes…Added a rushing touch-down in becoming just the seventh different player with at least four passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown since 2011….Dec. 10 at Arizona, completed 69.4% of his passes for 335 yards and a 108.0 rating…Nov. 1 at Chica-go, led two scoring drives over the final 4:55 to turn a sev-en-point deficit into a three-point victory. Completed six-of-seven passes for 106 yards, including a 40-yard TD to

Stefon Diggs and a 35-yard completion to Charles Johnson to set up a game-winning field goal two plays later…Oct. 25 at Detroit, completed over 70% of his passes for 316 yards and a 118.3 rating. 2014 - Earned Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year honors and named to PFWA All-Rookie team after starting 12 of 13 games…Four of his six wins as a starter were fourth-quarter comebacks…Completed 259-of-402 passes for 2,919 yards, 14 touchdown passes, 12 intercep-tions and an 85.2 passer rating…Added 209 yards and a rushing touchdown…Led all qualified rookies in completion percentage and passer rating for the season, completing 72.1% of his passes for a 103.0 rating over the season’s final five weeks…Dec. 21 at Miami, posted a passer rating of 114.1, his third rating of 100+ on the season after com-pleting 73.1% of his passes for 259 yards and two touch-downs…Dec. 14 at Detroit, threw for 300 yards for the sec-ond consecutive week after completing 31-of-41 passes (75.6%), as both the completions and completion percent-age were season highs…Dec. 7, vs. New York Jets, ended the game with an 87-yard touchdown pass to WR Jarius Wright after an NYJ punt pinned him inside his 10-yard line…Finished the game with 309 yards passing, his sec-ond 300+ yard performance of the season. Nov. 30 vs. Carolina, named Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week after matching his season high of two touchdown passes in the 18-point victory…Nov. 23 vs. Green Bay, established a single-season high with two touchdown passes…Nov. 2 vs. Washington, engineered a fourth-quarter comeback for the second-consecutive week as he completed six-of-nine passes for 69 yards in twice putting the team ahead in the fourth quarter….Oct. 26 at Tampa Bay, earned first road win of his career after orchestrating a nine-play, 61-yard drive over the final 2:02 in regulation to set up a 38-yard field goal to force overtime…Oct. 19 at Buffalo, connected with WR Cordarrelle Patterson on a four-yard TD pass, the first of his career…Sept. 28 vs. Atlanta, earned Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week honors in his first career start after out-scoring opponent 14-0 in the fourth quarter. Threw for a season-high 317 yards, the most by a MIN rookie in their first start. Scored the first touchdown of his career, a 13-yard rushing score in the second quarter and connected with TE Rhett Ellison for a two-point conversion…Sept. 21 at New Orleans, Made NFL debut after entering the game in the second quarter for an injured Matt Cassel. Complet-ed 12-of-20 passes for 150 yards.




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COLLEGE – Won back-to-back Big East Conference titles (2011-2012) and led Louisville to three bowl appearances, winning two - the Allstate Sugar Bowl over fourth-ranked Florida to cap the 2012 season and the Russell Athletic Bowl over Miami (Fla.) in 2013, his last collegiate game...In his final two seasons, guided the Cardinals to a 23-3 rec-ord...In only three seasons in college, left the school tied for the team record with 27 wins (27-9 as starter)…Set the school record with a 68.4% completion percentage and threw only 24 interceptions in 1,142 attempts...In his final season (2013), named second-team All-AAC, 2012 Big East Offensive Player of the Year as team won second straight Big East title...Named MVP of 2013 Sugar Bowl win over #4-ranked Florida, 33-23…Earned bachelor’s de-gree in December 2013, majoring in sports administration.

PERSONAL – Three-year starter at QB for Northwestern (Miami, Fla.) High School…The second-ranked dual-threat quarterback in the country by Rivals.com as a senior... Se-lected to US Army All-American Bowl...Guided team to Class 6A state semi as a senior...Set Dade County record with seven touchdown passes in a game vs. Hialeah-Miami Lakes…Mother, Rose Murphy, is a breast cancer survi-vor…Served as the Grand Marshall of the 2015 Kentucky Derby and gave the “Riders Up” command at the start of the race…Honored as a Distinguished Alumni by University of Louisville in Fall, 2015...Enjoys photography as a hob-by…Inspired the children’s book, “Little Bear Teddy: Big Dream Come True,” written by his girlfriend, Erika Cardona.

77 CHAZ GREEN G/T

HEIGHT: 6-5 WEIGHT: 318

COLLEGE: FLORIDA

NFL EXPERIENCE: 4

JOINED SAINTS: FA-18

BORN: 4/8/92

NFL CAREER – Selected by Dallas in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft (91st overall), Green joined the Saints in Week Eight. The four-year veteran’s shown the versatility to play guard or tackle. After starting 30 games for Florida at both tackle positions, Green went to Dallas to play with a line that featured three Pro Bowlers. After injuries plagued his first two seasons, limiting him to four games, he re-turned in 2017 to play in 14 games with four starts.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Signed by New Orleans, 10/24/18; Released by Dallas, 9/1/18; Activated from the physically unable to perform list by Dallas, 12/5/15; Placed on the physically unable to perform list by Dallas, 9/1/15; Signed by Dallas to a four-year contract, 5/26/15; Selected in the third round (91st overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.

2017 – Appeared in 14 games with four starts and began the season as the Cowboy’s starting left guard, but settled into the role as a reserve lineman at both guard and tackle. Made his first start at guard, manning the left side in the opener against the N.Y. Giants (9/10). Stepped in for Tyron Smith (groin) in the fourth quarter against Kansas City (11/5). Started in Smith’s (groin) place at Atlanta (11/12). 2016 – Played in his first four career games with two starts before injuries kept him from the remaining 12. Made his NFL debut in the opener against the N.Y. Giants (9/11), playing on special teams and stepping in for five plays for Smith at left tackle. Against Chicago (9/25) made his first career start with Smith (back) sidelined, and helped Ezekiel Elliott rush for 140 yards - his first career 100-yard day - as three different backs rushed for a score for the second straight game. Again started in place of Smith (back) and opened holes at San Francisco (10/2) for Elliott to rush for 138 yards - his second straight 100-yard game. 2015 – Suf-fered a hip injury during offseason workouts and landed on Active/PUP. Added to Reserve/PUP for the first nine weeks of his rookie year, then returned to practice on Nov. 11 but was inactive for each of the final five games.

COLLEGE – Voted a team captain as a senior by his peers and started 11 games for the Gators, nine at right tackle and two on the left side, leading the way for an offense that scored 30.3 points-per-game and averaged 187.7 rushing yards-per-contest while accumulating six 200-plus yard rushing games. Earned the Chris Patrick Courage Award after returning from a season-ending injury the previous year to start every game. Injured his shoulder in August camp and missed his junior season. Played in 11 games, starting 10 for an offense that pounded out 2,873 rushing yards and 22 rushing touchdowns while scoring 26.4 points-per-contest and finishing ninth in the nation in time of pos-session, holding the ball for 32:27 per-game. Named a 2011 freshman All-American and named to the SEC All-Freshman team, starting all nine games he appeared in and blocking for an offense that averaged 328.7 yards-per contest. Dressed for 12 games but did not play and red-shirted. Majored in telecommunications at Florida.



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PERSONAL – Attended Tampa Catholic High School in Tampa, Fla., where he led the team to a 2009 Florida 2B second place finish and an 11-2 record and was named to the Top 150 Dream Team by PrepStar Magazine. Helped pave the way for a team that rushed for over 3,000 yards in 2009. Named the Florida Sportswriters Association’s 2A all-state second-team in 2008 as a junior.

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COLLEGE: CENTRAL FLORIDA

NFL EXPERIENCE: 7


BORN: 1/8/93

NFL CAREER – Signed by the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 4, Robinson spent four seasons with the Minnesota Vikings from 2012-15 before signing with the Tampa Bay Bucca-neers as an unrestricted free agent in 2016. He played in 74 career regular season games, with 21 starts, totaling 146 tackles, three tackles for loss, 15 passes defensed, five interceptions and one forced fumble, along with 27 special teams tackles and one forced fumble on special teams. Robinson also played in two career postseason contests for the Vikings, registering two tackles and two special teams tackles.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Signed by the New Orleans Saints, 10/4/18; Contract terminated by Tampa Bay Bucca-neers, 9/1/18; Re-signed by Tampa Bay to a two-year con-tract, 3/13/17; Signed to a one-year contract by Tampa Bay (UFA-Min.), 3/14/16; Activated from the physically unable to perform list by Minnesota, 11/11/15; Placed on the physi-cally unable to perform list by Minnesota, 8/31/15; Placed on injured reserve by Minnesota, 12/14/13; Signed to a four-year contract by Minnesota Vikings, 7/25/12; Selected by Minnesota in the third round (66th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.

2017 – Elected as a Special Teams Captain by his Bucca-neers teammates. Saw action in 11 games, recording five tackles and a forced fumble on special teams. Played 13 snaps on special teams in season-opening win over Chica-

go, Sept. 17...Recorded a forced fumble on a kickoff return in the season finale vs. New Orleans, Dec. 31. 2016 – Played in all 16 games and recorded a career-high 16 spe-cial teams tackles, posting two stops in contests vs. Chica-go, Nov. 13, at Kansas City, Nov. 20 and at Dallas, Dec. 18. 2016 – After starting season on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform, played in five regular season games and posted two special teams tackles and added two solo defensive stops and one coverage tackle in NFC Wild Card Playoff vs. Seattle, 1/10/16. 2014 – Recorded a career-high three interceptions while appearing in all 16 games, making five starts...second on the team in interceptions (three) and passes defensed (13, career-high)...Jumped a Shaun Hill pass on Week 1 at St. Louis (9/7) for his first interception of the season...Career-high three passes defensed vs. Atlan-ta (9/28) and Matt Ryan while snagging his second inter-ception of the season late in the game...Tied a career-high with eight solo tackles at Chicago (11/16)...third intercep-tion of the season came vs. Carolina (11/30) and Cam Newton. 2013 – Started at LCB in the first ten games... Placed on injured reserve, Dec. 14 with chest injury. Inac-tive for three games, at Green Bay, Nov. 24, vs. Chicago, Dec. 1 and at Baltimore, Dec. 8...Left game at Seattle, Nov. 17 (sternum)...Started season opener at Detroit Sept. 8, notching four tackles, a QB hurry and forced fum-ble...Notched a career-high 12 tackles vs. Pittsburgh, Sept. 29 against Pittsburgh at London... Had eight tackles and two passes defensed vs. Green Bay, Oct. 27. 2012 – Started six games in debut season, the second-most by a Vikings rookie defender behind Harrison Smith...Snared a pair of INTs, tied for second-most by a Viking...Saw action in all 16 games and the Wild Card playoff at Green Bay (1/5/13)... Grabbed first career interception off Alex Smith vs. San Francisco (9/23) and notched a 24-yard return on the play...Started first career game at Detroit (9/30)...Had second career interception vs. Chicago (12/9), returning the ball 44 yards to set up an Adrian Peterson touchdown run. Saw spot duty as a kickoff return man, taking back three for 61 yards on season with a long of 24 vs. Green Bay (12/30) in regular season finale...Started at Detroit and following week vs. Tennessee, Oct. 7, at Seattle, Nov. 14 and in three straight games at Green Bay, Dec. 2, vs. Chicago, Dec. 9 and at St. Louis, Dec. 16...Started in place of Chris Cook when he spent six weeks on injured reserve before returning to the lineup at Houston (12/23)...Had season-high eight tackles in first career start at Detroit, Sept. 30 with seven solo stops...Tied a season-high seven solos the following week vs. Tennessee, Oct. 7...Played in first ca-reer playoff game at Green Bay, 1/5/13.




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COLLEGE – Started 35-of-38 games at Central Florida from 2009- 11, totaling 176 tackles, 36 passes defensed, 10 interceptions (147 return yards, two touchdowns), two fumble recoveries (56 return yards, one touchdown) and one forced fumble…Earned first-team All-Conference USA as a junior and sophomore, while being named second-team All CUSA as a true freshman. His 10 interceptions were tied for fifth in UCF history. Notched 15 passes de-fensed as a junior (2011), tied for the second-most in a sin-gle season in school history. Recorded six interceptions as a true freshman (2009), setting a freshman record and ty-ing for the second-most in a season in team history.

PERSONAL – Attended Plantation (Fla.) HS…Selected to participate in the Dade-Broward All-Star Game…Born Joshua Robinson on Jan. 8, 1991 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

27 DWAYNE WASHINGTON RB


COLLEGE: WASHINGTON


NFL EXPERIENCE: 3

BORN: 4/24/94

NFL CAREER – Drafted by the Lions in the seventh round (236 overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft, Washington joined the Saints practice squad at the start of the 2018 season. Ele-vated to the active roster, he provides size and quickness in the Saints’ versatile stable of running backs.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Promoted by Saints to active roster from practice squad, 9/28/18; Signed by Saints to practice squad, 9/2/18; Waived by Lions, 9/1/18; Signed by Lions to four-year contract, 5/6/16; Selected by Lions in the seventh round (236th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.

2017 – Carried 20 times for 44 yards and caught two pass-es for 14 yards in five games. Appeared in Week 8 contest vs. Pittsburgh (10/29), compiling 12 yards on six carries and hauling in one pass for four yards. 2016 – Appeared in his first career game, scoring his first career touchdown on a 1-yard rush in Week 1 at Indianapolis (9/11). Carried four times for 31 yards in Week 2 vs. Tennessee (9/18), with a

long of 28. Rushed for 38 yards and a long of nine in Week 3 at Green Bay (9/25). In Week 9 at Minnesota (11/6) rushed for 26 yards with a long of eight in the Lions' 22-16 overtime victory. In Week 12 vs. Minnesota on Thanksgiv-ing (11/24), rushed for 19 yards with a long of eight on five attempts. In Week 13 at New Orleans (12/4), rushed for 21 yards on seven attempts with a long of five. Also caught two passes for a career-high 19 yards, including a career-high 11-yard reception before leaving the game early due to an ankle injury. Made his first career start in Week 14 vs. Chicago (12/11), rushing for a career-high 64 yards on a career-high 16 attempts with a long of 12. Also recorded one reception for 10 yards in the Lions' 20-17 victory. Start-ed for the second consecutive game in Week 15 at New York Giants (12/18). Led the team in rushing yards with 31 yards on 14 attempts and a long of 12. Also caught two passes for nine yards. In Week 16 at Dallas (12/26), rushed for 22 yards on seven attempts with a long of nine. Also recorded one reception for four yards.

COLLEGE – Even though he only played three seasons for the Huskies, Washington displayed a rare blend of size and speed while averaging six yards per carry on 266 rushing attempts for 1,311 yards and 17 touchdowns in his career.

PERSONAL - Finished his senior season at Gahr (Calif.) High School with 66 catches for 1,338 yards and 15 touchdowns. Was also a sprinter and long-jumper in track for the Gladiators.

New Orleans at Baltimore: Week 7 PLAYER BIOS NOT IN MEDIA GUIDE

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 10/29/18)

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 7 0 0 05 Teddy Bridgewater QB 6-2 215 25 5 Louisville TR-18 (NYJ) 2 0 5 06 Thomas Morstead P 6-4 235 32 10 Southern Methodist D5-09 7 0 0 07 Taysom Hill QB 6-2 221 28 2 Brigham Young WAI-17 (GB) 7 1 0 09 Drew Brees QB 6-0 209 39 18 Purdue UFA-06 (SD) 7 7 0 0

10 Tre'Quan Smith WR 6-2 210 22 R Central Florida D3-18 7 4 0 013 Michael Thomas WR 6-3 212 25 3 Ohio State D2a-16 7 7 0 020 Ken Crawley CB 6-1 180 25 3 Colorado FA-16 6 5 0 122 Mark Ingram II RB 5-9 215 28 8 Alabama D1b-11 3 1 0 023 Marshon Lattimore CB 6-0 192 22 2 Ohio State D1a-17 7 7 0 024 Vonn Bell S 5-11 205 23 3 Ohio State D2b-16 7 3 0 025 Eli Apple CB 6-1 203 23 3 Ohio State TR-18 (NYG) 6 6 0 026 P.J. Williams CB 6-0 196 25 4 Florida State D3b-15 7 2 0 027 Dwayne Washington RB 6-1 223 24 3 Washington FA-18 4 0 0 029 Kurt Coleman S 5-11 208 30 9 Ohio State FA-18 7 5 0 031 Chris Banjo S 5-10 207 28 5 Southern Methodist FA-16 7 0 0 032 Josh Robinson DB 5-10 200 27 7 Central Florida FA-18 3 0 0 034 Justin Hardee DB 6-1 200 24 2 Illinois FA-17 7 0 0 041 Alvin Kamara RB 5-10 215 23 2 Tennessee D3a-17 7 6 0 042 Zach Line FB 6-1 233 28 6 Southern Methodist FA-17 7 2 0 043 Marcus Williams S 6-1 195 22 2 Utah D2-17 7 7 0 047 Alex Anzalone LB 6-3 241 24 2 Florida D3b-17 7 3 0 048 J.T. Gray DB 6-0 202 22 R Mississippi State FA-18 5 0 0 249 Zach Wood LS 6-3 255 25 2 Southern Methodist FA-17 7 0 0 051 Manti Te'o LB 6-1 241 27 6 Notre Dame UFA-17 (SD) 4 2 0 352 Craig Robertson LB 6-1 234 30 7 North Texas UFA-16 (Cle) 7 0 0 053 A.J. Klein LB 6-1 240 27 6 Iowa State UFA-17 (Car) 7 6 0 056 Demario Davis LB 6-2 248 29 7 Arkansas State UFA-18 (NYJ) 7 7 0 057 Alex Okafor DE 6-4 261 27 6 Texas UFA-17 (Ari) 7 7 0 059 Vince Biegel LB 6-3 246 25 2 Wisconsin FA-18 5 0 0 060 Max Unger C 6-5 305 32 10 Oregon TR-15 (Sea) 7 7 0 063 Cameron Tom C 6-4 300 23 2 Southern Mississippi FA-17 2 0 2 364 Will Clapp C 6-5 311 22 R Louisiana State D7-18 0 0 0 765 Michael Ola T 6-5 312 30 5 Hampton Fa-18 3 0 0 067 Larry Warford G 6-3 317 27 6 Kentucky UFA-17 (Det) 7 7 0 070 Mitchell Loewen DL 6-5 275 25 2 Arkansas FA-16 1 0 0 671 Ryan Ramczyk T 6-6 314 24 2 Wisconsin D1b-17 7 7 0 072 Terron Armstead T 6-5 304 27 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff D3a-13 7 7 0 074 Jermon Bushrod T 6-5 318 34 12 Towson UFA-18 (Mia) 4 1 0 275 Andrus Peat G/T 6-7 316 25 4 Stanford D1a-15 4 4 0 376 Taylor Stallworth DT 6-2 305 23 R South Carolina FA-18 5 0 0 277 Chaz Green G/T 6-5 318 26 4 Florida FA-18 0 0 0 180 Austin Carr WR 6-1 195 24 2 Northwestern WAI-17 (NE) 7 1 0 081 Cameron Meredith WR 6-3 207 26 4 Illinois State RFA-18 (Chi.) 5 1 0 282 Benjamin Watson TE 6-3 251 37 15 Georgia UFA-18 (Bal) 7 4 0 085 Dan Arnold TE 6-6 220 23 2 Wisconsin-Platteville FA-17 3 0 0 489 Josh Hill TE 6-5 250 28 6 Idaho State FA-13 7 4 0 091 Trey Hendrickson DE 6-4 270 23 2 Florida Atlantic D3c-17 1 0 0 692 Marcus Davenport DE 6-6 265 22 R Texas San-Antonio D1-18 7 0 0 093 David Onyemata DT 6-4 300 25 3 Manitoba (Canada) D4-16 7 4 0 094 Cameron Jordan DE 6-4 287 29 8 California D1a-11 7 7 0 095 Tyeler Davison DT 6-2 309 26 4 Fresno State D5b-15 5 3 0 298 Sheldon Rankins DT 6-2 305 24 3 Louisville D1-16 7 7 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 10/29/18)

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

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 (10/25/18)

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS / WEEK 8 / THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2018 WON 6, LOST 1 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/09 L 40-48 Tampa Bay 73,038 Kamara 92 408 4.4 49t 7 09/16 W 21-18 Cleveland 73,086 Ingram 41 148 3.6 11 2 09/23 W 43-37 OT at Atlanta 74,457 T. Hill 21 123 5.9 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 14 9 0.6 7t 2 10/28 W 30-20 at Minnesota 66,801 Washington 2 2 1.0 3 0 11/04 L.A. Rams J. Williams TM 3 0 0.0 1 0 11/11 at Cincinnati Bridgewater 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0 11/18 Philadelphia TEAM 195 756 3.9 49t 12 11/22 Atlanta OPPONENTS 161 519 3.2 28 7 11/29 at Dallas * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/09 at Tampa Bay Thomas 58 669 11.5 44 4 12/17 at Carolina Kamara 47 393 8.4 35 2 12/23 Pittsburgh Watson 23 230 10.0 27 1 12/30 Carolina Ginn 12 135 11.3 42 2 N.O. Opp. Smith 10 191 19.1 62t 2 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 171 158 Meredith 9 114 12.7 46 1 Rushing 56 29 J. Hill 8 124 15.5 23 1 Passing 97 110 Ingram 7 59 8.4 28 0 Penalty 18 19 Carr 5 62 12.4 25 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 34/80 35/81 Line 3 10 3.3 5 1 3rd Down Pct. 42.5 43.2 Arnold 2 35 17.5 25 0 4th Down: Made/Att 7/8 6/11 T. Hill 2 1 0.5 5 0 4th Down Pct. 87.5 54.5 Hardee 1 10 10.0 10 0 POSSESSION AVG. 31:34 28:26 Gillislee 1 9 9.0 9 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 2729 2619 Brees 1 1 1.0 1 0 Avg. Per Game 389.9 374.1 J. Williams TM 1 1 1.0 1 0 Total Plays 450 432 TEAM 190 2044 10.8 62t 14 Avg. Per Play 6.1 6.1 OPPONENTS 178 2210 12.4 75t 15 NET YARDS RUSHING 756 519 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Game 108.0 74.1 Hardee 1 77 77.0 77 0 Total Rushes 195 161 P. Williams 1 45 45.0 45t 1 NET YARDS PASSING 1973 2100 M. Williams 1 22 22.0 22 0 Avg. Per Game 281.9 300.0 TEAM 3 144 48.0 77 1 Sacked/Yards Lost 9/71 17/110 OPPONENTS 1 0 0.0 0 0 Gross Yards 2044 2210 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Att./Completions 246/190 254/178 Morstead 17 806 47.4 43.7 1 5 58 0 Completion Pct. 77.2 70.1 TEAM 17 806 47.4 43.7 1 5 58 0 Had Intercepted 1 3 OPPONENTS 22 908 41.3 37.7 1 6 60 1 PUNTS/AVERAGE 17/47.4 22/41.3 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD NET PUNTING AVG. 17/43.7 22/37.7 Kamara 6 4 43 7.2 15 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 45/462 39/380 Tate 3 0 15 5.0 8 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 10/6 9/4 Lewis 2 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS 27 23 Ginn 0 2 0 --- --- 0 Rushing 12 7 TEAM 11 7 58 5.3 15 0 Passing 14 15 OPPONENTS 8 6 43 5.4 16 0 Returns 1 1 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS T. Hill 9 220 24.4 47 0 TEAM 33 72 38 85 6 234 Lewis 3 69 23.0 26 0 OPPONENTS 41 53 33 56 0 183 Ginn 1 1 1.0 1 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Line 1 16 16.0 16 0 Lutz 0 0 0 0 21/22 15/16 0 66 TEAM 14 306 21.9 47 0 Kamara 9 7 2 0 0 58 OPPONENTS 18 381 21.2 30 0 Thomas 4 0 4 0 0 24 * 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 1/ 1 Brees 2 2 0 0 0 12 TEAM 0/ 0 2/ 2 5/ 5 7/ 8 1/ 1 Ingram 2 2 0 0 0 12 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 0/ 0 7/ 7 0/ 2 1/ 2 Smith 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) 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)() Meredith 1 0 1 0 0 6 Watson 1 0 1 0 0 6 P. Williams 1 0 0 1 0 6 TEAM 27 12 14 1 21/22 15/16 0 234 OPPONENTS 23 7 15 1 15/19 8/11 0 183 2-Pt Conv: Kamara 2, Ginn, TM 3-4, OPP 3-4 SACKS: Jordan 5, Davenport 4, Rankins 4, Davis 2, Davison 1, Okafor 1, TM 17, OPP 9 FUM/LOST: Brees 2/0, Thomas 2/2, Gillislee 1/1, Ginn 1/1, T. Hill 1/1, Ingram 1/0, Meredith 1/1, Tate 1/0 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Brees 243 188 1990 77.4 8.19 14 5.8 1 0.4 62t 9/ 71 118.2 T. Hill 3 2 54 66.7 18.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 0/ 0 109.7 TEAM 246 190 2044 77.2 8.31 14 5.7 1 0.4 62t 9/ 71 118.3 OPPONENTS 254 178 2210 70.1 8.70 15 5.9 3 1.2 75t 17/ 110 111.5

Name TKL AST TOT SACK YDS TFL QH IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FRDavis, Demario 38 17 55 2 17 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Klein, A.J. 22 16 38 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bell, Vonn 25 10 35 0 0 1 0 0 2 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, Marcus 20 4 24 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Jordan, Cameron 17 5 22 5 25 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Williams, P.J. 17 4 22 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Lattimore, Marshon 17 3 20 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Rankins, Sheldon 13 7 20 4 25 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Anzalone, Alex 14 5 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Coleman, Kurt 11 6 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Onyemata, David 10 5 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Okafor, Alex 9 3 12 1 10 1 2 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 8 10 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Apple, Eli 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 0 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 1Ramczyk, Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0Wood, Zach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 279 110 390 17 110 35 29 3 26 7 4 24 5 0 1 1 5 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 7-3-0-0Apple, Eli XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ST 6-6-0-0Armstead, Terron ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Arnold, Dan IA IA IA IA PL PL PL 3-0-0-4Banjo, Chris PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 7-0-0-0Barrett IV, J.T. PS PS PS PS XXX PS PS 0-0-0-0Bell, Vonn ST PL PL PL ST ST PL 7-3-0-0Biegel, Vince PS PS PL PL PL PL PL 5-0-0-0Brees, Drew ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Bridgewater, Teddy DNP DNP DNP DNP PL DNP PL 2-0-5-0Bromley, Jay XXX XXX PL IA XXX PL IR 2-0-0-1Bushrod, Jermon XXX PL PL PL ST IA IA 4-1-0-2Campbell, Chris XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX PS PS 0-0-0-0Carr, Austin ST PL PL PL PL PL PL 7-1-0-0Clapp, Will IA IA IA IA IA IA IA 0-0-0-7Coleman, Kurt PL ST ST ST ST PL ST 7-5-0-0Crawley, Ken ST ST PL ST ST ST IA 6-5-0-1Davenport, Marcus PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 7-0-0-0Davis, Demario ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Davison, Tyeler ST IA IA PL PL ST ST 5-3-0-2Dural, Travin IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Gillislee, Mike PL PL PL PL XXX XXX XXX 4-0-0-0Ginn Jr., Ted ST PL ST ST IA IR IR 4-3-0-1Goodson, Demetri XXX XXX XXX XXX IA XXX XXX 0-0-0-1Gray, J.T. PL PL PL PL PL IA IA 5-0-0-2Green, Chaz XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX IA 0-0-0-1Griffin, Garrett PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Hamilton IV, Woodrow PS PS PS XXX XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Hardee, Justin PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 7-0-0-0Hendrickson, Trey PL IA IA IA IA IA IA 1-0-0-6Hillary, Darius XXX XXX XXX XXX PS XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Hill, Josh PL ST PL ST PL ST ST 7-4-0-0Hill, Taysom PL PL PL PL PL PL ST 7-1-0-0Holden, Will XXX XXX XXX XXX PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Hoomanawanui, Michael IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Ingram II, Mark SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP ST PL PL 3-1-0-0Jefferson, Rickey IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Jenkins, Alex PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Jordan, Cameron ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Kamara, Alvin ST ST ST ST PL ST ST 7-6-0-0Kirkwood, Keith PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Klein, A.J. PL ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-6-0-0Lammons, Chris XXX XXX XXX XXX PS XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Lasco, Daniel PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP 0-0-0-0Lattimore, Marshon ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Laulile, Tomasi XXX XXX XXX PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Leonard, Rick PS PS PS PS XXX XXX IR 0-0-0-0LeRibeus, Josh ST PL ST PL PL ST IR 6-3-0-0Lewis, Tommylee PL PL IR IR IR IR IR 2-0-0-0Line, Zach PL PL PL ST PL ST PL 6-2-0-0Loewen, Mitchell IA PL IA IA IA IA IA 1-0-0-6Lutz, Wil PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 7-0-0-0Maulet, Arthur PL IA XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 1-0-0-1McEvoy, Tanner XXX XXX XXX XXX PS XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Meredith, Cameron IA IA ST PL PL PL PL 5-1-0-2Morstead, Thomas PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 7-0-0-0Neasman, Sharrod IR XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Okafor, Alex ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Ola, Michael PL XXX XXX XXX XXX PL PL 3-0-0-0Onyemata, David PL ST ST ST ST PL PL 7-4-0-0Peat, Andrus IA ST IA ST ST IA ST 4-4-0-3Ramczyk, Ryan ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Rankins, Sheldon ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Robertson, Craig PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 7-0-0-0Robinson, Josh XXX XXX XXX XXX PL PL PL 3-0-0-0Robinson, Patrick ST PL PL IR IR IR IR 3-1-0-0Sankey, Darnell XXX XXX PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Scott, Boston PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Smith, Tre'Quan PL ST PL PL ST ST ST 7-4-0-0Springs, Arrion XXX XXX XXX PS XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Stallworth, Taylor IA PL PL PL PL IA PL 5-0-0-2Tate, Brandon XXX XXX XXX PL XXX XXX XXX 1-0-0-0Te'o, Manti PL ST IA IA IA PL ST 4-2-0-3Thomas, Michael ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Tom, Cameron DNP IA PL IA IA PL DNP 2-0-2-3Turner, Landon XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 0-0-0-0Unger, Max ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Warford, Larry ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Washington, Dwayne PS PS PS PL PL PL PL 4-0-0-0Watson, Benjamin ST ST ST PL ST PL PL 7-4-0-0Williams, Jonathan PL PL PL XXX XXX XXX XXX 3-0-0-0Williams, Marcus ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 7-7-0-0Williams, P.J. IA PL ST PL PL PL PL 6-1-0-1Wood, Zach PL PL PL PL PL PL PL 7-0-0-0Wozniak, Nate PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0Wynn, Shane XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX PS PS 0-0-0-0Yelder, Deon PS PS PS PS 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 J. Hill Thomas Brees Kamara T. Hill (TE)

10/28 @MIN

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

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

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

@CIN

PHI

ATL

@DAL

@TB

@CAR

PIT

CAR

Totals 234 171 56 97 18 450 2729 6.1 195 756 3.9 246 190 2010 14 1 9 71 9 6 45 462 17 806 47.4 11 58 14 306 3 144 12 14 0 21/22 12/13 3/4 31:34

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

@CIN

PHI

ATL

@DAL

@TB

@CAR

PIT

CAR

Totals 183 158 29 110 19 432 2619 6.1 161 519 3.2 254 178 2112 15 3 17 110 9 4 39 380 21 908 43.2 8 43 18 381 1 0 7 15 1 15/119 8/11 3/4 28:26

Fumb. Pen. TD'sReturnsNet Passing

Saints

2018 New Orleans Saints Game-By-Game

PuntsFirst Downs

First Downs Offense Net Passing

Opponents

TD's

Offense Net Rushing

ReturnsPuntsPen.Fumb.Net Rushing

Category HighPOINTS 43 2x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18 21 vs. CLE, 9/16/18TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 32 at ATL, 9/23/18 17 at MIN, 10/28/18RUSHING FIRST DOWNS 12 at BAL, 10/21/18 4 vs. CLE, 9/16/18PASSING FIRST DOWNS 19 2x, last at ATL, 9/23/18 9 at MIN, 10/28/18PENALTY FIRST DOWNS 4 2x, last at MIN, 10/28/18 2 3x, last at BAL, 10/21/183RD DOWN CONVERSIONS 7 at ATL, 9/23/18 3 vs. CLE, 9/16/184TH DOWN CONVERSIONS 4 at BAL, 10/21/18 0 3x, last at MIN, 10/28/18TOTAL NET YARDS 534 at ATL, 9/23/18 270 at MIN, 10/28/18TOTAL PLAYS 77 at ATL, 9/23/18 53 at MIN, 10/28/18NET RUSHING YARDS 170 at NYG, 9/30/18 43 vs. TB, 9/9/18RUSHING ATTEMPTS 39 at BAL, 10/21/18 13 vs. TB, 9/9/18NET PASSING YARDS 432 vs. TB, 9/9/18 164 at MIN, 10/28/18PASS ATTEMPTS 49 at ATL, 9/23/18 24 at MIN, 10/28/18PASS COMPLETIONS 39 at ATL, 9/23/18 19 2x, last at MIN, 10/28/18INTERCEPTIONS 1 at MIN, 10/28/18 0 5x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18TIMES SACKED 3 vs. CLE, 9/16/18 0 at MIN, 10/28/18PUNTS 4 2x, last at ATL, 9/23/18 0 vs. WAS, 10/8/18PENALTIES 11 at ATL, 9/23/18 4 2x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18PENALTY YARDS 120 at ATL, 9/23/18 45 vs. WAS, 10/8/18FUMBLES 2 3x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18 0 at MIN, 10/28/18FUMBLES LOST 2 2x, last vs. CLE, 9/16/18 0 3x, last at MIN, 10/28/18TOUCHDOWNS 6 vs. WAS, 10/8/18 2 vs. CLE, 9/16/18RUSHING 3 2x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18 0 vs. CLE, 9/16/18PASSING 3 3x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18 0 at NYG, 9/30/18RETURNS 1 at MIN, 10/28/18 0 6x, last at BAL, 10/21/18TIME OF POSSESION 37:45 at ATL, 9/23/18 27:51 vs. TB, 9/9/18

CategoryPOINTS 48 vs. TB, 9/9/18 18 2x, last at NYG, 9/30/18TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 26 vs. TB, 9/9/18 16 vs. CLE, 9/16/18RUSHING FIRST DOWNS 6 2x, last at BAL, 10/21/18 1 at ATL, 9/23/18PASSING FIRST DOWNS 19 2x, last at MIN, 10/28/18 6 vs. WAS, 10/8/18PENALTY FIRST DOWNS 4 4x, last at MIN, 10/28/18 0 vs. WAS, 10/8/183RD DOWN CONVERSIONS 8 vs. TB, 9/9/18 4 3x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/184TH DOWN CONVERSIONS 2 2x, last at MIN, 10/28/18 0 3x, last at NYG, 9/30/18TOTAL NET YARDS 529 vs. TB, 9/9/18 283 vs. WAS, 10/8/18TOTAL PLAYS 67 at MIN, 10/28/18 60 3x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18NET RUSHING YARDS 112 vs. TB, 9/9/18 39 vs. WAS, 10/8/18RUSHING ATTEMPTS 34 vs. TB, 9/9/18 15 at NYG, 9/30/18NET PASSING YARDS 417 vs. TB, 9/9/18 244 vs. WAS, 10/8/18PASS ATTEMPTS 41 2x, last at MIN, 10/28/18 28 vs. TB, 9/9/18PASS COMPLETIONS 31 2x, last at MIN, 10/28/18 21 vs. TB, 9/9/18INTERCEPTIONS 1 3x, last at MIN, 10/28/18 0 4x, last at BAL, 10/21/18TIMES SACKED 4 at MIN, 10/28/18 0 vs. TB, 9/9/18PUNTS 5 at ATL, 9/23/18 1 vs. TB, 9/9/18PENALTIES 7 vs. TB, 9/9/18 4 vs. CLE, 9/16/18PENALTY YARDS 70 vs. TB, 9/9/18 38 vs. WAS, 10/8/18FUMBLES 3 vs. CLE, 9/16/18 0 3x, last at BAL, 10/21/18FUMBLES LOST 1 2x, last at MIN, 10/28/18 1 3x, last at BAL, 10/21/18TOUCHDOWNS 6 vs. TB, 9/9/18 2 3x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18RUSHING 2 vs. WAS, 10/8/18 0 at ATL, 9/23/18PASSING 5 at ATL, 9/23/18 0 vs. WAS, 10/8/18RETURNS 1 vs. TB, 9/9/18 0 3x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18TIME OF POSSESION 32:09 vs. TB, 9/9/18 26:29 at BAL, 10/21/18

2018 SUPERLATIVES

OPPONENTSHigh Low

NEW ORLEANS SAINTSLow

CATEGORYPASS ATTEMPTS 49 Drew Brees at ATL, 9/23/18 41 E. Manning/K. Cousins 2x, last at MIN, 10/28/18PASS COMPLETIONS 39 Drew Brees at ATL, 9/23/18 31 E. Manning/K. Cousins 2x, last at MIN, 10/28/18GROSS PASSING YARDS 439 Drew Brees vs. TB, 9/9/18 417 Ryan Fitzpatrick vs. TB, 9/9/18COMPLETION PERCENTAGE 89.7% Drew Brees vs. WAS, 10/8/18 75% Ryan Fitzpatrick vs. TB, 9/9/18TOUCHDOWN PASSES 3 Drew Brees 3x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18 5 Matt Ryan at ATL, 9/23/18PASSES HAD INTERCEPTED 1 Drew Brees at MIN, 10/28/18 1 T. Taylor/A. Smith/K. Cousins 3x, last at MIN, 10/28/18RUSHING ATTEMPTS 19 Alvin Kamara at NYG, 9/30/18 19 Peyton Barber vs. TB, 9/9/18YARDS RUSHING 134 Alvin Kamara at NYG, 9/30/18 69 Peyton Barber vs. TB, 9/9/18RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 3 Alvin Kamara at NYG, 9/30/18 1 R. Fitzpatrick/ C. Hyde/S. Barkley/A. Smith/K. Bibbs/L. Jackson/L. Murray 7x, last at MIN 10/28/18LONGEST RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE 49 Alvin Kamara at NYG, 9/30/18 28 Saquon Barkley at NYG, 9/30/18RECEPTIONS 16 Michael Thomas vs. TB, 9/9/18 10 S. Shepard/S. Diggs 2x, last at MIN, 10/28/18RECEIVING YARDS 181 Alvin Kamara at NYG, 9/30/18 147 Mike Evans vs. TB, 9/9/18RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS 2 M.Thomas/T. Smith 2x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18 3 Calvin Ridley at ATL, 9/23/18LONGEST PASS RECEPTION 62 Tre'Quan Smith vs. WAS, 10/8/18 75 Calvin Ridley at ATL, 9/23/18TOTAL YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE 190 Alvin Kamara at ATL, 9/23/18 147 Mike Evans vs. TB, 9/9/18FIELD GOALS 4 Wil Lutz at NYG, 9/30/18 2 C. Catanzaro/ Z. Gonzales/D. Hopkins 3x, last vs. WAS, 10/8/18LONGEST FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT 52 Wil Lutz at MIN, 10/28/18 53 Dustin Hopkins vs. WAS, 10/8/18LONGEST FIELD GOAL MADE 52 Wil Lutz at MIN, 10/28/18 53 Dustin Hopkins vs. WAS, 10/8/18PUNTS 4 Thomas Morstead 2x, last at ATL, 9/23/18 5 Matt Bosher at ATL, 9/23/18LONGEST PUNT 58 Thomas Morstead vs. TB, 9/9/18 60 Riley Dixon at NYG, 9/30/18LONGEST PUNT RETURN 15 Alvin Kamara at MIN, 10/28/18 16 Adam Humphries vs. TB, 9/9/18LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN 47 Taysom Hill vs. CLE, 9/16/18 30 Marvin Hall at ATL, 9/23/18TACKLES 11 Demario Davis at NYG, 9/30/18 16 C.J. Mosley at BAL, 10/21/18INTERCEPTIONS 1 M.Williams/J. Hardee/P.J. Williams 3x, last at MIN, 10/28/18 1 Harrison Smith at MIN, 10/28/18LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN 77 Justin Hardee vs. WAS, 10/8/18 0 Harrison Smith at MIN, 10/28/18LONGEST FUMBLE RETURN 54 Marshon Lattimore at MIN, 10/28/18 34 Justin Evans vs. TB, 9/9/18

300-Yard Passers 100-Yard Rushers 100-Yard ReceiversDrew Brees vs. TB, 9/9/18 439 Alvin Kamara, at NYG, 9/30/18 134 180 Michael Thomas vs. TB, 9/9/18Drew Brees at ATL, 9/23/18 396 129 Michael Thomas at ATL, 9/23/18Drew Brees vs. WAS, 10/8/18 363 124 Alvin Kamara at ATL, 9/23/18

111 Tre'Quan Smith vs. WAS, 10/8/18

300-Yard Passers 100-Yard Rushers 100-Yard ReceiversRyan Fitzpatrick vs. TB, 9/9/18 417 147 Mike Evans vs. TB, 9/9/18Matt Ryan at ATL, 9/23/18 374 146 DeSean Jackson vs. TB, 9/9/18Kirk Cousins at MIN, 10/28/18 359 146 Calvin Ridley at ATL, 9/23/18

134 John Brown at BAL, 10/21/18119 Stefan Diggs at MIN, 10/28/18103 Adam Thielen at MIN, 10/28/18

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2018 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS & OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME SUPERLATIVESOPPONENTSSAINTS

2018 BIG GAMES

Date Opp. Drives TD FG Miss FG Punt Bk Punt Fumble INT Downs Safety Half Game Off.Pts. Score Pct.

9/9 TB 11 5 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 40 54.5%

9/16 CLE 12 2 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 21 33.3%

9/23 @ATL 13 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 43 61.5%

9/30 @NYG 10 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 70.0%

10/8 WAS 10 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 43 70.0%

10/21 @BAL 9 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 24 44.4%

10/28 @MIN 8 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 62.5%

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

73 26 15 1 17 0 6 1 0 0 3 4 227 56.2%

Date Opp. Drives TD FG Miss FG Punt Bk Punt Fumble INT Downs Safety Half Game Off.Pts. Score Pct.

9/9 TB 11 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 41 63.6%

9/16 CLE 12 2 2 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 18 33.3%

9/23 @ATL 12 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 37 41.6%

9/30 @NYG 10 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 18 30.0%

10/8 WAS 9 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 44.4%

10/21 @BAL 8 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 50.0%

10/28 @MIN 10 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20 30.0%

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

72 22 8 3 21 1 4 3 3 0 5 2 176 41.7%

Date Opp. No. TD FG MFG INT Fumble Downs Punt Half End Reg Game TD% Score Pct. Points

9/9 TB 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80.0% 100.0% 33

9/16 CLE 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.0% 75.0% 18

9/23 @ATL 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83.3% 100.0% 37

9/30 @NYG 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 100.0% 26

10/8 WAS 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 80.0% 80.0% 27

10/21 @BAL 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 75.0% 75.0% 21

10/28 @MIN 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66.7% 100.0% 17

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

33 22 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 66.7% 90.9% 179

Date Opp. No. TD FG MFG INT Fumble Downs Punt Half End Reg Game TD% Score Pct. Points

9/9 TB 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.0% 100.0% 20

9/16 CLE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 6

9/23 @ATL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 30

9/30 @NYG 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66.7% 100.0% 18

10/8 WAS 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66.7% 100.0% 16

10/21 @BAL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75.0% 100.0% 23

10/28 @MIN 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 75.0% 75.0% 20

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

23 17 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 73.9% 95.7% 133

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2018 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS SUPPLEMENTAL STATISTICS

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INSIDE THE RED ZONESAINTS

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Date Opp. No. TD FG MFG INT Fumble Downs Punt Half End Reg Game TD% Score Pct. Points9/9 TB 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 309/16 CLE 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 159/23 @ATL 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83% 100.0% 379/30 @NYG 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 100.0% 1710/8 WAS 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 100.0% 2810/21 @BAL 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 75% 75.0% 2110/28 @MIN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 1411/4 LAR11/11 @CIN11/18 PHI11/22 ATL11/29 @DAL12/9 @TB12/17 @CAR12/23 PIT12/30 CAR

25 22 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 88.0% 96.0% 162

Date Opp. No. TD FG MFG INT Fumble Downs Punt Half End Reg Game TD% Score Pct. Points9/9 TB 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 149/16 CLE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 69/23 @ATL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 239/30 @NYG 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 1510/8 WAS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 1310/21 @BAL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 1410/28 @MIN 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 2011/4 LAR11/11 @CIN11/18 PHI11/22 ATL11/29 @DAL12/9 @TB12/17 @CAR12/23 PIT12/30 CAR

15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 105

3rd DOWN CONVERSIONSINT Fum Total INT Fum Total +/- Res

9/9 TB 0 0 0 0 2 2 -2 L 3rd & Made Att. Percent9/16 CLE 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 W 1 9 12 75.0%9/23 @ATL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 2 8 11 72.7%9/30 @NYG 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 W 3 5 9 55.6%10/8 WAS 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 W 4 2 6 33.3%10/21 @BAL 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 W 5 2 4 50.0%10/28 @MIN 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 W 6 2 6 33.3%11/4 LAR 7 1 4 25.0%11/11 @CIN 8 3 7 42.9%11/18 PHI 9 1 2 50.0%11/22 ATL 10+ 1 19 5.3%11/29 @DAL Totals 34 80 42.5%12/9 @TB12/17 @CAR12/23 PIT 3rd & Made Att. Percent12/30 CAR 1 6 11 54.5%

3 4 7 1 6 7 0 (6-1) 2 3 4 75.0%3 2 5 40.0%

BLOCKS 4 5 9 55.6%FGs PATs Punts Total 5 2 5 40.0%

Saints 0 0 1 1 6 9 14 64.3%Opp. 0 0 0 0 7 1 6 16.7%

8 1 4 25.0%4th DOWN CONVERSIONS 9 1 3 33.3%

Made Att. Pct. 10+ 5 20 25.0%Saints 7 8 87.5 Totals 35 81 43.2%Opp. 6 11 54.5%

SCORING BY QUARTERSSAINTS OPPONENTSDate Opp. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Date Opp. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total

9/9 TB 10 14 0 16 40 9/9 TB 14 17 10 7 489/16 CLE 3 0 0 18 21 9/16 CLE 3 3 6 6 189/23 @ATL 7 9 7 14 6 43 9/23 @ATL 7 7 7 16 379/30 @NYG 0 12 7 14 33 9/30 @NYG 7 0 3 8 1810/8 WAS 6 20 14 3 43 10/8 WAS 3 10 0 6 1910/21 @BAL 0 7 0 17 24 10/21 @BAL 0 10 7 6 2310/28 @MIN 7 10 10 3 30 10/28 @MIN 7 6 0 7 2011/4 LAR 11/4 LAR11/11 @CIN 11/11 @CIN11/18 PHI 11/18 PHI11/22 ATL 11/22 ATL11/29 @DAL 11/29 @DAL12/9 @TB 12/9 @TB12/17 @CAR 12/17 @CAR12/23 PIT 12/23 PIT12/30 CAR 12/30 CAR

Totals 33 72 38 85 6 234 Totals 41 53 33 56 0 183

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Opp Qtr Time Play Plays Yards Time Saints Opp.vs. TB 1 11:41 A.Kamara 5 yd. run (W.Lutz kick) 6 71 3:19 7 0vs. TB 1 4:25 W.Lutz 36 yd. Field Goal 11 58 5:16 10 7vs. TB 2 14:54 T.Ginn 28 yd. pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick) 4 74 2:04 17 14vs. TB 2 0:55 M.Thomas 6 yd. pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick) 9 75 3:32 24 31vs. TB 4 8:54 A.Kamara 1 yd. run (A.Kamara run) 10 75 3:25 32 48vs. TB 4 3:31 A.Kamara 7 yd. pass from D.Brees (D.Brees-T.Ginn pass) 5 66 1:21 40 48vs. CLE 1 2:47 W.Lutz 31 yd. Field Goal 11 63 5:42 3 3vs. CLE 4 8:41 M.Thomas 2 yd. pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick) 9 66 5:35 10 12vs. CLE 4 2:40 M.Thomas 5 yd. pass from D.Brees (A.Kamara run) 4 18 2:17 18 18vs. CLE 4 :21 W.Lutz 44 yd. Field Goal 6 49 :55 21 18at ATL 1 11:45 T. Ginn 4 yd. pass from D. Brees (W. Lutz kick) 6 75 3:15 7 0at ATL 2 9:37 W. Lutz 49 yd. Field Goal 6 31 2:21 10 7at ATL 2 3:06 W. Lutz 21 yd. Field Goal 8 70 4:46 13 7at ATL 2 :06 W. Lutz 45 yd. Field Goal 3 31 :34 16 14at ATL 3 6:07 C. Meredith 11 yd. pass from D. Brees (W. Lutz kick) 4 16 2:29 23 21at ATL 4 9:59 Z. Line 1 yd. pass from D. Brees (W. Lutz kick) 8 75 4:12 30 29at ATL 4 1:15 D. Brees 7 yd. run (W. Lutz kick) 11 81 5:43 37 37at ATL 5 2:55 D. Brees 1 yd. run 15 80 7:05 43 37at NYG 2 14:55 W. Lutz 42 yd. Field Goal 15 51 8:29 3 7at NYG 2 7:18 W. Lutz 34 yd. Field Goal 9 69 3:31 6 7at NYG 2 3:36 W. Lutz 37 yd. Field Goal 4 8 :57 9 7at NYG 2 :11 W. Lutz 26 yd. Field Goal 7 40 2:21 12 7at NYG 3 7:16 A. Kamara 9 yd. run (W. Lutz kick) 7 80 3:17 19 7at NYG 4 6:47 A. Kamara 4 yd. run (W. Lutz kick) 14 74 6:39 26 10at NYG 4 2:06 A. Kamara 49 yd. run (W. Lutz kick) 6 97 1:38 33 18vs. WAS 1 10:41 M.Ingram 2 yd. run (kick failed, wr) 6 64 3:13 6 0vs. WAS 2 10:38 J.Hill 1 yd. pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick) 13 75 6:59 13 3vs. WAS 2 3:43 M.Ingram 1 yd. run (W.Lutz kick) 10 75 4:53 20 6vs. WAS 2 2:36 T.Smith 62 yd. pass from D.Brees (run failed) 1 62 :10 26 6vs. WAS 3 12:23 T.Smith 35 yd. pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick) 5 74 2:37 33 13vs. WAS 3 6:43 T.Hill 1 yd. run (W.Lutz kick) 2 4 1:00 40 13vs. WAS 4 14:10 W.Lutz 44 yd. Field Goal 6 22 3:09 43 13at BAL 2 1:53 B. Watson 1 yd. pass from D. Brees (W. Lutz kick) 8 75 4:11 7 3at BAL 4 12:32 A. Kamara 2 yd. run (W. Lutz kick) 12 75 5:58 14 17at BAL 4 4:58 M. Thomas 5 yd. pass from D. Brees (W. Lutz kick) 12 56 6:18 21 17at BAL 4 2:07 W. Lutz 39 yd. Field Goal 7 43 1:12 24 17at MIN 1 10:33 A. Kamara 3 yd. pass from D. Brees (W. Lutz kick) 8 81 4:27 7 0at MIN 2 7:27 W. Lutz 52 yd. Field Goal 8 33 4:30 10 13at MIN 2 :30 A. Kamara 1 yd. run (W. Lutz kick) 2 18 :27 17 13at MIN 3 8:19 W. Lutz 42 yd. Field Goal 9 21 4:09 20 13at MIN 3 5:58 P.J. Williams 45 yd. interception return (W. Lutz kick) - - - 27 13at MIN 4 9:35 W. Lutz 42 yd. Field Goal 15 60 8:15 30 13

Opp Qtr Time Play Plays Yards Time Saints Opp.vs. TB 1 9:41 D.Jackson 58 yd. pass from R.Fitzpatrick (C.Catanzaro kick) 4 68 2:00 7 7vs. TB 1 1:58 R.Fitzpatrick 3 yd. run (C.Catanzaro kick) 6 75 2:27 10 14vs. TB 2 11:12 C.Catanzaro 33 yd. Field Goal 8 60 3:42 17 17vs. TB 2 4:42 C.Godwin 9 yd. pass from R.Fitzpatrick (C.Catanzaro kick) 10 78 5:00 17 24vs. TB 2 4:27 J.Evans 34 yd. fumble return (C.Catanzaro kick) - - - 17 31vs. TB 3 11:24 C.Catanzaro 36 yd. Field Goal 9 57 3:36 24 34vs. TB 3 2:58 M.Evans 50 yd. pass from R.Fitzpatrick (C.Catanzaro kick) 4 74 2:10 24 41vs. TB 4 12:19 D.Jackson 36 yd. pass from R.Fitzpatrick (C.Catanzaro kick) 6 65 3:07 24 48vs. CLE 1 8:29 Z.Gonzalez 39 yd. Field Goa 6 25 3:02 0 3vs. CLE 2 1:55 Z.Gonzalez 39 yd. Field Goa 7 45 2:21 3 6vs. CLE 3 6:43 C.Hyde 1 yd. run (kick failed, wl) 12 79 6:27 3 12vs. CLE 4 1:16 A.Callaway 47 yd. pass from T.Taylor (kick failed, wl) 6 75 1:24 18 18at ATL 1 2:45 C. Ridley 18 yd. pass from M. Ryan (M. Bryant kick) 12 81 6:06 7 0at ATL 2 2:12 C. Ridley 75 yd. pass from M. Ryan (M. Bryant kick) 2 75 :54 13 14at ATL 3 12:00 C. Ridley 9 yd. pass from M. Ryan (M. Bryant kick) 6 75 3:00 16 21at ATL 4 14:11 T. Coleman 5 yd. pass from M. Ryan (M. Ryan-A. Hooper pass) 12 82 4:12 30 29at ATL 4 6:58 M. Sanu 5 yd. pass from M. Ryan (M. Ryan-M. Sanu pass 5 75 3:01 30 37at NYG 1 8:24 S. Shepard 2 yd. pass from E. Manning (A.Rosas kick) 10 75 4:59 0 7at NYG 3 2:02 A Rosas 33 yd. Field Goal 10 75 5:14 19 10at NYG 4 3:44 S. Barkley 1 yd. run (E. Manning-S. Shepard pass) 10 75 3:03 33 18vs. WAS 1 2:37 D.Hopkins 37 yd. Field Goal 15 56 8:04 6 3vs. WAS 2 8:36 D.Hopkins 53 yd. Field Goal 6 40 2:02 13 6vs. WAS 2 :26 A.Smith 4 yd. run (D.Hopkins kick) 3 16 :56 26 13vs. WAS 4 10:25 K.Bibbs 1 yd. run (pass failed) 7 75 3:45 43 19at BAL 2 6:04 J. Tucker 31 yd. Field Goal 17 63 7:23 0 3at BAL 2 :04 L. Jackson 1 yd. run (J. Tucker kick) 6 75 1:49 7 10at BAL 3 3:30 M. Andrews 8 yd. pass from J. Flacco (J. Tucker kick) 10 61 4:02 7 17at BAL 4 :24 J. Brown 14 yd. pass from J. Flacco (kick failed) 6 81 1:43 24 23at MIN 1 3:16 S. Diggs 1 yd. pass from K. Cousins (D. Bailey kick) 13 91 7:17 7 7at MIN 2 11:57 L. Murray 1 yd. run (Kick failed, wl) 7 80 4:05 7 13at MIN 4 4:26 A. Thielen 1 yd. pass from K. Cousins (D. Bailey kick) 13 75 5:09 30 20

2018 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS SCORING PLAYS

SAINTS SCORING PLAYS

OPPONENT SCORING PLAYS

Scoring Totals: 27 TDs ( 14 pass, 12 rush, 1 return, 0 safeties), 15 FGs - 234 pts

Scoring Totals: 23 TDs ( 15 pass, 7 run, 1 return), 8 FGs - 183 pts

Opp Qtr Turnover Spot* Resultvs. CLE 4 T. Taylor intercepted by M. Williams CLE 40 Touchdown

at NYG 2 W. Gallman fumble recovered by M. Lattimore NO 47 Field Goalat NYG 4 E. Manning fumble recovered by T. Stallworth NYG 40 End of Game

vs. WAS 3 A. Smith intercepted by J. Hardee NO 19 Touchdownvs. WAS 3 A. Smith fumble recovered by A.J. Klein NO 35 Field Goal

at MIN 2 A. Thielen fumble recovered by M. Lattimore NO 13 Touchdownat MIN 3 K. Cousins intercepted by P.J. Williams and returned for a TD MIN 45 Touchdown

Opp Qtr Turnover Spot* Resultvs. TB 2 M. Gillislee fumble recovered by J. Evans and returned for a TD NO 34 Touchdownvs. TB 3 M. Thomas fumble recovered by K. Alexander TB 32 Touchdownvs. CLE 1 M. Thomas fumble recovered by D. Randall NO 46 Field Goalvs. CLE 2 T. Ginn fumble recovered by T. Mitchell NO 46 Downsvs. WAS 2 C. Meredith fumble recovered by P.McPhee NO 16 Touchdownat BAL 1 A. Kamara fumble recovered by M. Pierce BLT 6 Puntat MIN 2 D. Brees intercepted by H. Smith MIN 33 Fumble

*Spot where the turnover was made

2018 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS TURNOVER TABLE

OPPONENT GIVEAWAYS

SAINTS GIVEAWAYS

Opponent Takeaway Totals: 7 Giveaways ( 1 interception, 6 fumbles ), 24 points ( 3 TDs, 1 FG)

Saints Takeaway Totals: 7 Takeaways ( 3 interceptions, 4 fumbles), 35 points ( 4 TDs, 2 FGs)

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS 47 Alex Anzalone Pos.: LB Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 241 Exp.: 2 College: Florida Career GP/GS:(11/7); 2018:(7/3) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started at WLB and recorded four tackles (three solo). vs. Cleveland: Played on defense. at Atlanta (9/23): Started at MLB and posted one solo tackle. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at MLB and posted six tackles. vs. Washington (10/8): Saw action on defense and special teams and recorded one tackle. at Baltimore (10/21): Saw action on defense and recorded two solo tackles. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on defense and special teams, finishing with five tackles (four solo) and his first career forced fumble. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 7, at Carolina (9/24/17); Solo Tackles – 4 (3x), last at Minnesota (10/28/18); Sacks – 1, vs. New England (9/17/17); Passes Defensed – 1, at Minnesota (9/11/17); Forced Fumbles – 1, at Minnesota (10/28/18).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/9 TB X X 3 1 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9/16 CLE X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL X X 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X X 3 3 6 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/8 WAS X 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 4 1 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0

7 3 14 5 19 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 011 7 25 10 35 1.0 4 0 0 1 1 011 7 25 10 35 1.0 4 0 0 1 1 0

47 LB Alex AnzaloneSack/Yds INT/Yds

2018 SeasonSaints CareerCareer Totals

72 Terron Armstead Pos.: T Ht.: 6-5 Wt.: 304 Exp.: 6 College: Arkansas-Pine Bluff Career GP/GS: (57/53) : 2018: (7/7) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started at LT. vs. Cleveland. (9/16): Started at LT. at Atlanta (9/23): Started at LT. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at LT, blocking for RB Alvin Kamara who carried 19 times for a career-high 134 yards and career-high three touchdowns. vs. Washington (10/8): Started at LT. at Baltimore (10/21): Started at RT. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at LT. 85 Dan Arnold Pos.: TE Ht.: 6-6 Wt.: 220 Exp.: 2 College: Wisconsin-Platteville Career GP/GS/DNP/IA: (3/0); 2018: (3/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Declared inactive. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Declared inactive. at Atlanta (9/23): Declared inactive. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Declared inactive. vs. Washington (10/8): Made his NFL debut and contributed on offense and special teams. at Baltimore (10/21): Recorded his first catch as a Saint, hauling in a ten-yard catch. He finished with two catches for 35 yards. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on offense. CAREER HIGHS: Receptions – 2, at Baltimore (10/21/18); Receiving Yards – 35, at Baltimore (10/21/18); Long Reception – 25, at Baltimore (10/21/18); Receiving TDs – 0; Special Teams Tackles – 0.

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS

Date Opp. GP ST Rec. Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts9/9 TB

9/16 CLE9/23 @ATL9/30 @NYG10/8 WAS X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 2 35 17.5 25 0 010/28 @MIN X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

2 0 2 35 17.5 25 0 02 0 2 35 17.5 25 0 02 0 2 35 17.5 25 0 0

Inactive

Saints Career

85 TE Dan ArnoldReceiving

Career Totals

InactiveInactive

Inactive

2018 Season

31 Chris Banjo Pos.: S Ht.: 5-10 Wt.: 207 Exp.: 5 College: Southern Methodist Career GP/GS: (67/2) : 2018: (7/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Played on special teams and recorded two tackles. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Played on special teams. at Atlanta (9/23): Played on special teams. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Played on special teams and recorded one solo tackle. vs. Washington (10/8): Played on special teams. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on defense and special teams. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on defense and special teams. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2013, 10); (2014, 3); (2015 (21); (2016, 8); (2017, 8); (2018, 3) Total: 52; Special Teams Forced Fumbles – (2017, 1) Total: 1 CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 3 (2x), last vs. Minnesota (11/24/13); Solo Tackles – 2 (6x), last vs. Kansas City (9/28/15); ); Interceptions – 1, at Atlanta (12/7/17); Passes Defensed – 1 (3x), last at Atlanta (12/7/17); Fumble Recoveries – 1, vs. Tampa Bay (11/5/17); Special Teams Tackles – 3 (3x), last vs. Kansas City (9/28/15); Special Teams Forced Fumbles – 1, vs. Carolina (12/3/17).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/9 TB X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9/16 CLE X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/23 ATL X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/8 WAS X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 029 0 3 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 166 2 19 4 23 0 0 1 0 3 0 1


31 S Chris BanjoSack/Yds INT/Yds

24 Vonn Bell Pos.: S Ht.: 5-11 Wt.: 205 Exp.: 3 College: Ohio State Career GP/GS: (39/27) : 2018: (7/3) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started at SS and played on special teams, finishing with four tackles (three solo). vs. Cleveland (9/16): Played on defense and recorded five tackles (three solo). at Atlanta (9/23): Played on defense and special teams and recorded four solo tackles and one coverage stop. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Played on defense and special teams and recorded five defensive tackles (three solo), one pass defensed in the end zone and one coverage stop. vs. Washington (10/8): Started at NB and played on special teams, recorded a team-high eight tackles (seven solo) and one pass defensed. at Baltimore (10/21): Started at SS and played on special teams, finishing with three tackles (two solo), playing a key role in a Saints run-stopping effort that surrendered only 77 yards on the ground. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on defense and special teams, finishing with six tackles (three solo). ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2016, 6); (2017, 5); (2018, 2) Total: 12.

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 13, vs. Washington (11/19/17); Solo Tackles – 10, vs. Washington (11/19/17); Sacks – 1 (4x), last at Tampa Bay (12/31/17); Passes Defensed – 2, vs. Los Angeles Rams (11/27/16); Forced Fumbles – 1 (4x), last vs. Washington (11/19/17); Fumble Recoveries – 1, at San Francisco (11/6/16); Special Teams Tackles – 3, at San Francisco (11/6/16).

59 Vince Biegel Pos.: LB Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 190 Exp.: 2 College: Wisconsin

Career GP/GS: (14/0); 2018: (5/0) 2018 REVIEW: at Atlanta (9/23): Played on special teams. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Played on special teams and recorded one tackle. vs. Washington (10/8): Played on special teams. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on special teams. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on special teams. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2017, 7); (2018, 1) Total: 8. CAREER HIGHS:; Special Teams Tackles – 2, at Chicago (11/12/17). 9 Drew Brees Pos.: QB Ht.: 6-0 Wt.: 209 Exp.: 18 College: Purdue Career GP/GS (256/255): 2018:(7/7) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Played in 250th career game, starting and completed 37-of-45 passes for 439 yards with three TDs and a 129.5 rating. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started 250th career game and completed 28-35 passes for 243 yards and two TDs with a 114.6 rating and carried once for a loss of one yard…Engineered six-play, 49-yard drive that ended with game-winning 44-yard FG. at Atlanta (9/23): Started and completed 39-of-49 passes for 396 yards, two TD passes and two rushing TDs tying his single-game career high. Became the only player to have 350 passing yards, three touchdowns, two rushing TDs and zero interceptions. With 396 yards passing, Brees recorded his 104th 300-yard game as a Saint, 111th overall. With his career-high tying 39 completions, Brees surpassed Brett Favre (6,300) and is now the NFL’s all-time leader in completions. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started and completed 18 of 32 passes for 217 yards and had four carries for -1 yard. vs. Washington (10/8): Started and finished with 363 yards, becoming the NFL’s all-time leading passer with 72,103 yards. Surpassed Peyton Manning and moved into first all-time in passing yardage with his second quarter 62-yard TD pass to Tre’Quan Smith. Started game a perfect 8 of 8 passing and finished contest 26-of-29 for 363 yards, three touchdowns and a 153.2 rating. Finished game with career-high 89.7 completion percentage. It was the highest completion percentage ever on Monday Night Football, surpassing Rich Gannon’s 89.5 completion percentage on November 11, 2002. It was the ninth-best completion percentage all-time (minimum 20 attempts) in a regular season contest. at Baltimore (10/21): Started and completed 22-of-30 passes for a total of 212 yards and a 114.9 passer rating. With a one-yard TD pass to Benjamin Watson, Brees (500) joined just Manning, Favre, and Tom Brady with 500 career TDs. Brees also becomes one of three quarterbacks to have beaten all 32 NFL teams, joining Favre and Manning. at Minnesota (10/28): Started and completed 18-of-23 passes for 120 yards, surpassing 60,000 career yards as a Saint. Played in his 256th career regular season game. It was Brees’ 255th career start. Played in his 197th game as a Saint, surpassing K Morten Andersen (1982-94) for the most games played in franchise history. ADDITIONAL STATS: Receiving – (2003, 1 rec., 21 yards, 1 TD); (2004, 1 rec., 38 yards); (2007, 2 rec., 10 yards); (2009, 1 rec., -4 yards); (2010, 1 rec., 7 yards); (2014, 1 rec., 1 yard); Total: 7 rec., 73 yards, 1 TD. CAREER HIGHS: Attempts – 60, at Chicago (12/30/07); Completions – 39 (4x), last at Atlanta (9/23/18); Consecutive Completions – 19 (3x), last 11/19-11/26/17; Completion Pct. – 89.7 (26 for 29) vs. Washington (10/8/18); Passing Yards – 510, vs. Cincinnati (11/19/06); Long Pass – 98t, vs. Oakland (9/11/16); Interceptions – 5 , at Atlanta (11/29/12); Passing TDs – 7, vs. N.Y. Giants (11/1/15); Passer Rating – 158.3 (18 for 23, 371 yds., 5 TDs, 0 INT), vs. New England (11/30/09); Rushes – 8, at Kansas City (11/28/04); Rushing Yards – 31, at Kansas City (12/24/05); Long Rush – 22, vs. Oakland (10/31/04); Rushing Touchdowns – 2, 2x, last at Atlanta (09/23/18).


9/16 CLE X 3 2 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL X 4 0 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X 3 2 5 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 010/8 WAS X X 7 1 8 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0

10/21 @BAL X X 2 1 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 3 3 6 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 3 25 10 35 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 039 27 141 70 211 5.5 36.5 0 0 9 4 139 27 141 70 211 5.5 36.5 0 0 9 4 1

24 S Vonn BellSack/Yds INT/Yds



Date Opp. GP ST Att Comp Pct. Yards TD INT Lg Rating Att Yds Avg. Lg TD9/9 TB X X 45 37 82.2% 439 3 0 35 129.5 0 0 0.0 0 0

9/16 CLE X X 35 28 80.0% 243 2 0 42 114.6 1 -1 0.0 0 09/23 @ATL X X 49 39 80% 396 3 0 35 120.7 3 7 2.3 7t 29/30 @NYG X X 32 18 56.3% 217 0 0 25 77.2 4 -1 -0.3 2 010/8 WAS X X 29 26 89.6% 363 3 0 62 153.2 2 1 0.5 2 0

10/21 @BAL X X 30 22 77.3% 212 2 0 32 114.9 4 3 0.8 2 010/28 @MIN X X 23 18 78.2% 120 1 1 20 84.8 0 0 0.0 0 0

7 7 243 188 77.4% 1990 14 1 42 118.2 14 9 0.6 7t 2197 197 7,728 5,285 68.4% 60,087 422 176 98t 100.2 319 379 1.2 20 18256 255 9,537 6,410 67.2% 72,435 502 229 98t 97.3 454 745 1.6 22 22Career Totals

9 QB Drew BreesRushing

2018 SeasonSaints Career

Passing

5 Teddy Bridgewater Pos.: QB Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 215 Exp.: 5 College: Louisville Career GP/GS/DNP/IA (32/30): 2018:(2/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Dressed, but did not play. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Dressed, but did not play. at Atlanta (9/23): Dressed, but did not play. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Dressed, but did not play. vs. Washington (10/8): Kneeled three times. at Baltimore (10/21): Dressed, but did not play. at Minnesota (10/28): Played one snap on offense, lining up as an eligible receiver. CAREER HIGHS:Attempts – 42, at Tampa Bay (10/26/14) and vs. Washington (11/2/14); Completions – 31, at Detroit (12/14/14); Passing Yards – 335, at Arizona (12/10/15); Long Pass – 87t, vs. NY Jets (12/7/14); Interceptions – 3 , vs. Detroit (10/12/14); Passing TDs – 4, vs. Chicago (12/20/15); Passer Rating – 154.4, vs. Chicago (12/20/15); Rushes – 6 (3x), last vs. Detroit (9/20/15); Rushing Yards – 43, vs. Green Bay (11/22/15); Rushing TDs – 1 (4x), last vs. Chicago (12/20/15).

Date Opp. GP ST Att Comp Pct. Yards TD INT Lg Rating Att Yds Avg. Lg TD9/9 TB

9/16 CLE9/23 @ATL9/30 @NYG10/8 WAS X 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 -3 -3.0 -1 0

10/21 @BAL10/28 @MIN X X 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0

2 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 -3 -3.0 0 02 0 0 0 #DIV/0! - 0 0 0 0.0 3 -3 -1.0 0 032 30 851 551 64.7% 6,150 28 22 87 86.3 97 395 4.1 19 4Career Totals

5 QB Teddy BridgewaterRushing


Passing

Dressed, but did not playDressed, but did not playDressed, but did not playDressed, but did not play

Dressed, but did not play

90 Jay Bromley Pos.: DT Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 314 Exp.: 5 College: Syracuse Career GP/GS: (57/4); 2018: (2/0) 2018 REVIEW: at Atlanta (9/23):. Recorded four tackles (three solo) and a tackle for loss. at New York Giants (9/30): Inactive. Contract terminated, 10/4. Re-signed, 10/16. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on defense and special teams. Placed on Injured Reserve, 10/23. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 5, vs. Philadelphia (1/3/16); Solo Tackles – 3 (2x), vs. Los Angeles Rams, 11/5/17 and at Washington (11/23/17); Sacks – 1. (2x), last at Philidelphia (9/24/17); Passes Defensed – 1, at Tampa Bay (10/1/17).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/23 @ATL X 3 1 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG

10/21 @BAL X 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 02 0 3 1 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 02 0 3 1 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

57 4 50 30 80 2.0 13.0 0 0 1 2 0

90 DT Jay BromleySack/Yds INT/Yds


Inactive

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS 74 Jermon Bushrod Pos.: T Ht.: 6-5 Wt.: 318 Exp.: 12 College: Towson Career GP/GS: (138/123); 2018: (4/1/0/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Contract Terminated, Sept. 8. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Re-signed to a one-year contract, Sept. 12. Played on offense and special teams. at Atlanta (9/23): Played on offense and special teams. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Played on offense and special teams. vs. Washington (10/8): Started at TE in the Jumbo package and played on special teams. at Baltimore (10/21): Inactive. at Minnesota (10/28): Inactive. 80 Austin Carr Pos.: WR Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 195 Exp.: 2 College: Northwestern Career GP/GS: (7/1); 2018: (7/1) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/11): Made his first career start, finishing with 2 catches for 20 yards. vs. Cleveland (9/16/): Saw action on offense. at Atlanta (9/23): Played on offense and caught a career-long 25 yard reception. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Played on offense and special teams. vs. Washington (10/8): Played on offense and caught two passes for 17 yards. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on offense and recorded no statistics. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on offense and recorded no statistics. CAREER HIGHS: Receptions – 2 (2x), vs. Tampa Bay (9/9/2018) and vs. Washington (10/8/18); Receiving Yards – 25, at Atlanta (09/23/18); Long Reception – 25, at Atlanta (09/23/18); Receiving TDs – 0; Special Teams Tackles – 0.

WR 80 Austin CarrDate Opp. GP ST Rec Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts

9/9 TB X X 2 20 10.0 11 0 09/16 CLE X 0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL X 1 25 25 25 0 09/30 @NYG X 0 0 0 0 0 010/8 WAS X 2 17 8.5 10 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 0 0 0.0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

7 1 5 62 12.4 25 0 08 1 5 62 12.4 25 0 08 1 5 62 12.4 25 0 0


64 Will Clapp Pos.: C Ht.: 6-5 Wt.: 311 Exp.: R College: Louisiana State Career GP/GS/DNP/IA: (0/0); 2018: (0/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Inactive. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Inactive. at Atlanta (9/23): Inactive. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Inactive. vs. Washington (10/8): Inactive. at Baltimore (10/21): Inactive. at Minnesota (10/28): Inactive. 29 Kurt Coleman Pos.: S Ht.: 5-11 Wt.: 208 Exp.: 9 College: Ohio State Career GP/GS: (123/79) : 2018: (7/5) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): In his Saints debut, recorded three tackles (one solo). vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at SS and recorded three tackles (three solo) and one stop on special teams. at Atlanta (9/23): Started at SS and recorded two tackles (one solo). at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at SS and recorded two tackles (one solo). vs. Washington (10/8): Started at SS and made three solo tackles. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on defense and special teams and recorded two solo tackles. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at SS and finished with two assisted tackles. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2010, 10); (2011, 4); (2012, 4); (2013, 6); (2014, 7); (2015, 2); (2016; 1); (2018, 1) Total: 35.

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 14, at New York Giants (12/20/2015); Sacks – (2x), last vs. Atlanta (12/24/16); Interceptions – 3, at Washington (10/16/2016); Passes Defensed – 3, at Washington (10/16/11); Forced Fumbles – 1 (4X), last vs. New Orleans (11/17/16); Fumble Recoveries – 1 (2x), last at Tampa Bay (1/7/18).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/9 TB X 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9/16 CLE X X 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL X X 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X X 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/8 WAS X X 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X X 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 5 11 6 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 07 5 11 6 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

123 79 398 116 514 2 15 21 0 27 1 1

29 S Kurt ColemanSack/Yds INT/Yds


20 Ken Crawley Pos.: CB Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 180 Exp.: 3 College: Colorado Career GP/GS: (34/23) : 2018: (6/5) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started in five-DB set and finished with five tackles (4 solo). vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at LCB and recorded four tackles (three solo) and one pass defensed. at Atlanta (9/23): Appeared on defense and posted three solo tackles. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at LCB and tied a career-high with eight tackles (career-high tying seven solo) and added one pass defensed. vs. Washington (10/8): Started at LCB and recorded three solo tackles. at Baltimore (10/21): Started at LCB and recorded six solo tackles and one pass defensed. at Minnesota (10/28): Inactive. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2016, 2) Total: 2. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 8, at Carolina (9/24/17) and at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18); Solo Tackles – 7, at Carolina (9/24/17) and at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18); Forced Fumbles – 1, at NY. Giants (9/18/16); Interceptions – 1, at Miami (10/1/17); Passes Defensed – 4, vs. Carolina (10/16/16); Fumble Recoveries – 1, at Arizona (12/18/16).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/9 TB X X 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9/16 CLE X X 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 09/23 @ATL X 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X X 7 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 010/8 WAS X X 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X X 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 010/28 @MIN

5 4 26 3 29 0 0 0 0 3 0 033 22 114 19 133 0 0 1 0 30 1 133 22 114 19 133 0 0 1 0 30 1 1

Inactive

20 CB Ken CrawleySack/Yds INT/Yds


92 Marcus Davenport Pos.: DE Ht.: 6-6 Wt.: 265 Exp.: R College: Texas-San-Antonio Career GP/GS (7/0): 2018: (7/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Made his National Football League regular season playing debut on defense and recorded one assisted tackle and one pass defense. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Played on defense and recorded three tackles (one solo). at Atlanta (9/23): Played on defense and recorded his first career sack for a seven-yard loss and one solo tackle. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Played on defensed and recorded one solo tackle for loss, as a part of a run defense that surrendered only 65 yards rushing. vs. Washington (10/8): Recorded three tackles (two solo), a sack for a 13-yard loss, one pass defense, and one forced fumble. Was part of a run defense that surrendered only 39 yards rushing. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on defense and special teams. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on defense and recorded two solo tackles and a career-high two sacks for a loss of nine yards. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 3, vs. Cleveland (9/16/18); Solo Tackles – 2, at Minnesota (10/28/18); Sacks – 2, at Minnesota (10/28/18); Passes Defensed – 1, vs. Tampa Bay (09/9/18).

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR

9/9 TB X 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 09/16 CLE X 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL X 1 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/8 WAS X 2 1 3 1 13 0 0 1 1 0

10/21 @BAL X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 2 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 0 0

7 0 7 4 11 4 29 0 0 2 1 07 0 7 4 11 4 29 0 0 2 1 07 0 7 4 11 4 29 0 0 2 1 0

92 DE Marcus DavenportSack/Yds INT/Yds


56 Demario Davis Pos.:LB Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 248 Exp.: 7 College: Arkansas State

Career GP/GS: (103/89); 2018: (7/7) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started at WLB and recorded 8 tackles (5 solo). vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at WLB and recorded nine tackles (three solo) and a forced fumble, playing a key role in a run-stopping effort where New Orleans gave up only 3.4 yards per carry. at Atlanta (9/23): Started and finished with a team-leading nine tackles (six solo) and one quarterback hit, helping lead a front seven in a run-stopping effort that surrendered only 48 yards rushing and gave up only 2.2 yards per carry. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at WLB and recorded a team-high 11 tackles (nine solo) and tied a career-high with two sacks vs. Washington (10/8): Started at WLB and recorded six tackles (five solo). at Baltimore (10/21): Started at WLB and finished with six tackles (five solo) and one pass defensed. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at WLB and finished with six tackles (five solo). ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2012, 16); (2013, 6); (2014, 2). Total: 24. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 16, at Denver (12/10/17); Sacks – 2, at Green Bay (9/14/14) and at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18); Interceptions – 1, vs. New Orleans (11/3/13); Passes Defensed – 3, at Miami (10/4/14); Forced Fumbles – 1 (2x), vs. Dallas (11/6/16) and vs. Cleveland (9/16/18); Fumble Recoveries – 1 (5x), last vs. Buffalo (11/2/17).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/9 TB X X 5 3 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

9/16 CLE X X 3 6 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 09/23 @ATL X X 6 3 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X X 9 2 11 2.0 17.0 0 0 0 0 010/8 WAS X X 5 1 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X X 5 1 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 010/28 @MIN X X 5 1 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

7 7 38 17 55 2.0 17.0 0 0 1 1 07 7 38 17 55 2.0 17.0 0 0 1 1 0

103 89 467 248 715 15.5 108.5 1 0 18 2 1

56 LB Demario DavisSack/Yds INT/Yds


95 Tyeler Davison Pos.: DT Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 309 Exp.: 3 College: Fresno State

Career GP/GS/DNP/IA: (52/39); 2018: (5/3/0/2) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started at right defensive tackle and finished with four tackles (one solo) to tie his career-high as New Orleans surrendered only 3.3 yards per carry rushing. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Declared inactive (foot). at Atlanta (9/23): Declared inactive (foot). at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Saw action on the defensive line and finished with three tackles, one sack for a four-yard loss and one forced fumble. vs. Washington (10/8): Played in his 50th career game on defense and special teams, recording one assited tackle as part of a run defense that surrendered only 39 yards rushing. at Baltimore (10/21): Started and played on defense and special teams, keying a run defense that surrendered only 77 yards rushing and 3.3 yards per carry. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at NT and played on special teams, finishing with two assisted tackles. ADDITIONAL STATISTICS: Kickoff Returns – 1 for 10 yards. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 4 (7x), last vs. Tampa Bay (9/8/18); Solo Tackles – 3 (4x), last vs. Carolina (12/3/17); Sacks – 1 (2x), vs. Dallas (10/4/15) and at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18); Forced Fumble – 1 (3x), last at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18); Passes Defensed – 1 (2x), last vs. Detroit (10/15/17).


9/9 TB X X 1 3 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/16 CLE9/23 @ATL9/30 @NYG X 1 2 3 1.0 4 0 0 0 1 010/8 WAS X 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X X 0 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 3 2 8 10 1.0 4 0 0 0 3 052 39 52 44 96 2.5 12 0 0 2 3 052 39 52 44 96 2.5 12 0 0 2 3 0

InactiveInactive

95 DT Tyeler DavisonSack/Yds INT/Yds


19 Ted Ginn Jr. Pos.: WR Ht.: 5-11 Wt.: 180 Exp.: 12 College: Ohio State Career GP/GS: (170/74); 2018: (4/3/0/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started, rushing once for five yards and catching five passes for 68 yards, a TD, and a successful two-point conversion. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Caught four passes for 55 yards and lost one fumble. at Atlanta (9/23): Started and recorded three receptions for 12 yards and posted one carry for 20 yards. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started and carried once for one yard and had one kickoff return for one yard. vs. Washington (10/8): Inactive. Placed on Injured Reserve, (10/16). ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2017, 2); (2014, 1) Total: 3; Special Teams Fumble Recoveries – (2012, 1) Total: 1; Passing – Completed one 10-yard pass in 2014. CAREER HIGHS: Receptions – 11, vs. Indianapolis (9/21/09); Receiving Yards – 175, vs. Buffalo (10/26/08); Long Reception – 88t, at. Oakland (11/27/16); Receiving TDs – 2 (4x), last at N.Y. Giants (12/20/15); Rushes – 2 (8x), last at Tampa Bay (1/1/17); Rushing Yards – 43, vs. Philadelphia (10/25/15); Rushing TDs – 1 (2x), last at Kansas City (12/21/08); Punt Returns – 5 (6x), last at Buffalo (11/12/17); Punt Return Yards –99, at Philadelphia (11/18/07); Long Punt Return – 87t, at Philadelphia (11/18/07); Punt Returned for TD – 1 (4x), last at N.Y. Giants (9/14/14); Kickoff Returns – 8 (2x), last vs. New England (11/23/08); Kickoff Return Yards – 299, at N.Y. Jets (11/1/09); Long Kickoff Return – 2, at N.Y. Jets (11/1/09); Kickoff Returned for TD – 102t, vs. Seattle (9/11/11); All Purpose Yards – 299, at N.Y. Jets (11/1/09). 19 WR Ted Ginn Jr.

Date Opp. GP ST Att Yds Avg. Lg TD Rec Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts Ret Yds Avg. Lg TD Ret Yds Avg. Lg TD

9/9 TB X X 1 5 5.0 5 0 5 68 13.6 28 1 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

9/16 CLE X 0 0 0 0 0 4 55 13.8 42 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

9/23 @ATL X X 1 20 20.0 20 3 12 4.0 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

9/30 @NYG X X 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0

10/8 WAS

4 3 3 26 8.7 0 0 12 135 11.3 42 1 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 019 13 13 65 5.0 15 0 65 922 14.2 54t 5 30 19 103 5.4 17 4 6 57 9.5 17 0170 74 65 468 7.2 43 2 374 5,207 13.9 88t 30 234 257 2,600 10.1 87t 4 306 6,899 22.5 102t 3

Rushing Receiving Punt Returns

Inactive

Kickoff Returns

Career Totals


48 J.T. Gray Pos.: DB Ht.: 6-0 Wt.: 200 Exp.: R College: Mississppi State

Career GP/GS: (5/0); 2018: (5/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Saw action on special teams. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Saw action on special teams. at Atlanta (9/23): Saw action on special teams and recorded the first tackle of his career. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Saw action on special teams and recorded one assisted tackle. vs. Washington (10/8): Saw action on special teams at Baltimore (10/21): Inactive. at Minnesota (10/28): Inactive. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2018, 2) CAREER HIGHS: Special Teams Tackles: 1, at Atlanta (09/23/18) and at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18).

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS 77 Chaz Green Pos.: G Ht.: 6-5 Wt.: 318 Exp.: 4 College: Florida Career GP/GS: (18/6); 2018: (0/0) 2018 REVIEW: at Minnesota (10/28): Inactive. 34 Justin Hardee Pos.: DB Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 200 Exp.: 2 College: Illinois

Career GP/GS: (21/0); 2018: (7/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Recorded two special teams tackles. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Recorded one special teams tackle. at Atlanta (9/23): Recorded one assisted special teams tackle. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Caught a ten-yard pass from Taysom Hill on a fake punt attempt to convert a first down. vs. Washington (10/8): Played on defense and special teams, recording career highs in total tackles (four), solo tackles (four), passes defensed (two), and recorded his first career interception, returning it 77 yards to the Washington four-yard line. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on special teams. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on special teams, recording three coverage tackles (two solo) to tied a career-high. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2017, 9); (2018, 7) Total: 16; Blocked Punts – (2017, 1) Total: 1; Receptions – (2018, 1 for 10 yards) Total: 1 for 10 yards. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 4, vs. Washington (10/8/18); Solo Tackles – 4, vs. Washington (10/8/18); Interceptions – 1, vs. Washington (10/8/18); Long Interception return – 77, vs. Washington (10/8/18); Passes Defensed – 2, vs. Washington (10/8/18); Special Teams Tackles: 3, vs. Detroit (10/15/17) and at Minnesota (10/28/18); Blocked Punts: 1, vs. Tampa Bay (11/5/17).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/9 TB X 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

9/16 CLE X 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL X 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 010/8 WAS X 4 0 4 0.0 0.0 1 77 2 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

7 0 4 0 4 0.0 0.0 1 77 2 0 021 0 4 0 4 0.0 0.0 1 77 2 0 021 0 4 0 4 0.0 0.0 1 77 2 0 0

34 DB Justin HardeeSack/Yds INT/Yds


91 Trey Hendrickson Pos.: DE Ht.: 6-4 Wt.: 270 Exp.: 2 College: Florida Atlantic Career GP/GS/DNP/IA: (13/0); 2018: (1/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Played on defense. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Inactive at Atlanta (9/23): Inactive. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Inactive. vs. Washington (10/8): Inactive. at Baltimore (10/21): Inactive. at Minnesota (10/28): Inactive. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 3, vs. New England (9/24/17); Solo Tackles – 1 (6x), last vs Washington (11/19/17); Sacks – 1 (2x), last vs. Chicago (10/29/17); Passes Defensed – 2, vs. Detroit (10/15/17); Forced Fumbles: 1, at Carolina (9/24/17).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF9/9 TB X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

9/16 CLE9/23 @ATL9/30 @NYG10/8 WAS

10/21 @BAL10/28 @MIN

1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 013 0 7 6 13 2.0 15 0 0 2 013 0 7 6 13 2.0 15 0 0 2 0

Inactive2018 SeasonSaints CareerCareer Totals

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91 DE Trey Hendrickson Sack/Yds INT/Yds

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2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS 89 Josh Hill Pos.: TE Ht.: 6-5 Wt.: 250 Exp.: 6 College: Idaho State Career GP/GS: (78/36); 2018: (7/4) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Played on offense and caught one pass for 15 yards. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started in a two-TE set and caught one pass for five yards. at Atlanta (9/23): Played on offense and caught one pass for 17 yards. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started and caught three passes for a team-high 63 yards. vs. Washington (10/8): Played on offense and caught two passes for 24 yards and a touchdown. at Baltimore (10/21): Started at TE and recorded no statistics. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at TE and recorded no statistics. ADDITIONAL STATS: Rushing – One rush for -8 yards in 2013; One rush for -8 yards in 2017; Total: Two rushes for -16 yards, long rush of -8 yards; Special Teams Tackles – (2013, 3); (2014, 15); (2015, 6); (2016, 3) Total: 27; Kickoff Returns – 1 for 0 yards in 2015. CAREER HIGHS: Receptions – 6, vs. L.A.. Rams (11/27/16); Receiving Yards – 74, vs. L.A. Rams (11/27/16); Long Reception – 37, vs. Tampa Bay (10/5/14); Receiving TDs – 2, at Chicago (12/15/14); Special Teams Tackles – 2 (4x), last at Chicago (12/15/14).

89 TE Josh HillDate Opp. GP ST Rec Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts

9/9 TB X 1 15 15.0 15 0 09/16 CLE X X 1 5 5.0 5 0 09/23 @ATL X 1 17 15.0 15 0 09/30 @NYG X X 3 63 21 22 0 010/8 WAS X 2 24 12.0 23 1 6

10/21 @BAL X X 0 0 0.0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

7 4 8 124 15.5 23 1 678 36 75 738 9.8 37 11 6678 36 75 738 9.8 37 11 66


7 Taysom Hill Pos.: QB Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 221 Exp.: 2 College: Brigham Young Career GP/GS (12/1): 2018: (7/1) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Contributed on special teams. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Contributed on special teams and returned one kickoff for 47 yards. at Atlanta (9/23): Contributed on offense, rushing three times for a career high 39 yards, including the Saints longest rush of the game with a 35-yard gain. Also contributed on special teams, returning three kickoffs for 64 yards and recording one assisted special teams tackle. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Carried four times for 28 yards, completed one-of-two passes for 10 yards, caught a pass for a loss of four yards and returned one kickoff for 16 yards. vs. Washington (10/8): Carried five times for 23 yards, scored his first career touchdown on a one-yard run in the third quarter, and played on special teams, where he returned two kickoffs for 43 yards. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on offense and special teams, carrying a career high six times for 35 yards and making two coverage tackles. Converted a fake punt for a first down on a direct snap, rushing up the middle for a four-yard gain. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at TE in a jumbo package and connected with Michael Thomas on a career-long 44-yard completion on the opening drive of the game. He also had a five yard reception, carried three times for negative two yards, and ran back two kickoff returns for 50 yards. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2017, 4); (2018, 3) Total: 7; CAREER HIGHS: Kickoff Returns – 3, at Atlanta (9/23/18); Kickoff Return Yards – 64, at Atlanta (9/23/18); Kickoff Return Long – 47, vs. Cleveland (9/16/18); Rushes – 6, at Baltimore (10/21/18); Rushing Yards – 39, at Atlanta (9/23/18); Long Rush – 35, at Atlanta (9/23/18); Rushing Touchdowns; 1, vs.Washington (10/8/18).

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS 7 QB Taysom Hill

Date Opp. GP ST Att Yds Avg. Lg TD Rec Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts Ret Yds Avg. Lg TD Att Comp Pct. Yards TD INT Lg Rating

9/9 TB X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0

9/16 CLE X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 47 47.0 47 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0

9/23 @ATL X 3 39 13.0 35 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 3 64 21.3 23 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0

9/30 @NYG X 4 28 7.0 19 0 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0 0 1 16 16 16 0 2 1 50.0% 10 0 0 10 64.6

10/8 WAS X 5 23 4.6 9 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 43 21.5 30 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0

10/21 @BAL X 6 35 5.8 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0

10/28 @MIN X 3 -2 -0.7 2 0 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 2 50 25.0 26 0 1 1 100.0% 44 0 0 44 118.8

7 0 21 123 5.9 35 1 2 1 0.5 5 0 0 9 220 24.4 47 0 3 2 66.7% 54 0 0 44 109.712 0 21 123 5.9 15 1 2 1 0.5 5 0 0 9 220 24.4 47 0 3 2 66.7% 54 0 0 44 109.712 0 21 123 5.9 43 1 2 1 0.5 5 0 0 9 220 24.4 47 0 3 2 66.7% 54 0 0 44 109.7

PassingRushing Receiving Kickoff Returns

Career Totals


22 Mark Ingram II Pos.: RB Ht.: 5-9 Wt.: 215 Exp.: 8 College: Alabama Career GP/GS/DNP/IA: (97/58/0/14); 2018: (3/1/0/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Washington (10/8): Started and finished with 16 rushes for 53 yards and two touchdowns, adding two receptions for 20 yards. His two scores moved him into a tie with Joe Horn for fifth most touchdowns in Saints history with 50. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on offense, carrying 12 times for 32 yards and catching two passes for 10 yards. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on offense, carrying 13 times for 63 yards and catching three passes for 29 yards. ADDITIONAL STATS: Two-Point Conversions – (2015, 1); (2016, 2) Total: 3; CAREER HIGHS: Rushing Attempts – 30, at Carolina (10/30/14); Rushing Yards – 172, vs. Green Bay (10/26/14); Rushing Long – 75t, at San Francisco (11/6/16); Rushing Touchdowns – 3, at Buffalo (11/12/17); Receptions – 8, at Arizona (9/13/15); Receiving Yards – 98, at Arizona (9/13/15); Receiving Long – 59, at Arizona (9/13/15); Receiving Touchdowns – 1 (4x), last vs. L.A. Rams (11/27/16); Yards From Scrimmage – 175, vs. Green Bay (10/26/14); Points – 18, at Buffalo (11/12/17).

Date Opp. GP ST Att Yds Avg. Lg TD Rec Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts10/8 WAS X X 16 53 3.3 9 2 2 20 10.0 28 0 12

10/21 @BAL X 12 32 2.7 8 0 2 10 5.0 8 0 010/28 @MIN X 13 63 4.8 17 0 3 29 9.7 19 0 0

3 1 41 148 3.6 9 2 7 59 8.4 28 0 1297 58 1,241 5,510 4.4 75t 46 214 1,487 6.9 59 4 30697 58 1,241 5510 4.4 75t 46 214 1,487 6.9 59 4 306

Receiving

Career Totals

22 RB Mark Ingram


Rushing

94 Cameron Jordan Pos.: DE Ht.: 6-4 Wt.: 287 Exp.: 8 College: California Career GP/GS: (119/118); 2018: (7/7/0/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started and finished with six tackles (3 solo) and one pass defensed. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started and finished with two tackles (two solo) and two sacks for 11 yards. at Atlanta (9/23): Started his 100th consecutive career game and finished with five tackles (four solo), two sacks for eight yards, and one pass defensed. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started and recorded two tackles (one solo). vs. Washington (10/8): Started and recorded two solo tackles and one sack for six yards. at Baltimore (10/21): Started and two solo tackles. at Minnesota (10/28): Started and recorded three solo tackles and one pass defensed. He played in his 119th consecutive game and overall, the second-longest games played streak for defensive ends behind Carolina’s Julius Peppers. ADDITIONAL STATS: Blocked Field Goals – (2015, 1) Total: 1; CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 13, vs. Washington (9/9/12); Sacks – 3 (2x), last vs. Atlanta (10/15/15); Interceptions – 1 (2x), last vs. Detroit (10/15/17); Long Interception Return – 6, at Pittsburgh (11/30/14); Interception Return TDs – 1, vs. Detroit (10/15/17); Passes Defensed – 4 (2x), last vs. N.Y. Jets (12/17/17); Forced Fumbles –1 (8x), last at Miami (10/1/17); Fumble Recoveries – 1 (8x), last vs. Atlanta (10/15/15); Blocked Field Goals –1, vs. Atlanta (1/3/16).


9/9 TB X X 3 3 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 09/16 CLE X X 2 0 2 2.0 11.0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL X X 4 1 5 2.0 8.0 0 0 1 0 09/30 @NYG X X 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 010/8 WAS X X 2 0 2 1.0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X X 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X X 3 0 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0

7 7 17 5 22 5.0 25.0 0 0 3 0 0119 118 292 185 477 64.5 446.5 2 6 43 9 8119 118 292 185 477 64.5 446.5 2 6 43 9 8

94 DE Cameron JordanSack/Yds INT/Yds


41 Alvin Kamara Pos.: RB Ht.: 5-10 Wt.: 215 Exp.: 2 College: Tennessee Career GP/GS: (23/9); 2018: (7/6/0/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started and rushed for 29 yards on eight carries, with two rushing TDs and a successful two-point conversion run. In addition, caught nine passes for a career high 112 yards and one TD, setting a new career-high in total TDs (three) and points (20). vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started and saw action on special teams. Rushed for a team high 46 yards on 13 carries and a successful two-point conversion run. In addition, caught six passes for 53 yards, finishing with 100 total yards from scrimmage. at Atlanta (9/23): Started and rushed 66 times on 16 carries. Also finished with 15 catches for 124 yards (both career-highs). Finished with 190 total yards from scrimmage, a career high. Returned three kickoffs for 16 yards. Receptions total was tied for second all-time for a running back and the most since Atlanta’s William Andrews in 1981. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started and carried a career-high 19 times for a career-high 134 yards with a career-high three TDs and added five receptions for 47 yards for 181 total yards from scrimmage. vs. Washington (10/8): Carried six times for 24 yards, caught thre passes for 15 yards and returned a punt for 0 yards. at Baltimore (10/21): Started and led team in rushing with 64 yards on 17 carries and one touchdown. Also caught two passes for 11 yards. at Minnesota (10/28): Started and rushed 13 times for 45 yards and one TD, recorded seven catches for 31 yards and one TD and returned one punt for 15 yards. ADDITIONAL STATISTICS: Two-Point Conversions – (2017, 1); (2018, 2) Total: 3; Kickoff Returns – 11 for 347 yards (31.5 avg.), long of 106t, one touchdown in 2017; Punt Returns – Three for 16 yards (5.3 avg.), long of 10, in 2018. . CAREER HIGHS: Rushing Atts. –19, at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18); Rushing Yards –134, at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18); Rushing Long – 74t, at Los Angeles Rams (11/26/17); Rushing Touchdowns – 3, at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18); Receptions – 15, at Atlanta (9/23/18); Receiving Yards –124, at Atlanta (9/23/18); Receiving Long –40, at Tampa Bay (12/31/17); Receiving Touchdowns – 1 (5x), last vs. Tampa Bay (9/9/2018); Scrimmage Yards –190, at Atlanta (9/23/18); Total Touchdowns – 3, vs. Tampa Bay (9/9/18). Kickoff Returns – 4, at Tampa Bay (12/31/17); Kickoff Return Yards – 155, at Tampa Bay (12/31/17); Long Kickoff Return – 106t, at Tampa Bay (12/31/17); Kickoff Return Touchdowns – 1, at Tampa Bay (12/31/17); All Purpose Yards – 283, at Tampa Bay (12/31/17).

53 A.J. Klein Pos.: LB Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 240 Exp.: 6 College: Iowa State Career GP/GS: (79/41); 2018: (7/6) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Played on defense and finished with two tackles (one solo). vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at strongside linebacker and finished with nine tackles (six solo), his highest total of stops as a Saint. at Atlanta (9/23): Started at strongside

Date Opp. GP ST Att Yds Avg. Lg TD Rec Yds Avg. Lg TD Ret Yds Avg. Lg TD Ret Yds Avg. Lg TD9/9 TB X X 8 29 3.6 10 2 9 112 12.4 35 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

9/16 CLE X X 13 46 3.5 18 0 6 53 8.8 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 09/23 @ATL X X 16 66 4.1 17 0 15 124 8.3 21 0 3 16 5.3 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 09/30 @NYG X X 19 134 7.1 49t 3 5 47 9.4 25 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/8 WAS X 6 24 4.0 9 0 3 15 5.0 6 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X X 17 64 3.8 12 1 2 11 5.5 8 0 1 12 12.0 12 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X X 13 45 3.5 17 1 7 31 16.2 17 1 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 5 92 408 4.4 49t 7 47 393 8.4 35 2 6 43 7.2 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 022 8 212 1,136 5.4 87t 15 128 1,219 9.5 49 7 6 43 7.2 25 0 11 347 31.5 106t 122 8 212 1,136 5.4 87t 15 128 1,219 9.5 49 7 6 43 7.2 25 0 11 347 31.5 106t 1

Punt Returns

Saints Career

41 RB Alvin KamaraRushing Receiving Kickoff Returns

Career Totals

2018 Season

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS linebacker and finished with three tackles (two solo) and one pass defensed. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at strongside linebacker and finished with four tackles (two solo). vs. Washington (10/8): Started at SAM and recorded six tackles (three solo), a pass defensed, and his first career fumble recovery in the third quarter. at Baltimore (10/21): Started at SAM led the defense with seven tackles (five solo). at Minnesota (10/28): Started at SLB and recorded seven total tackles (three solo). ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2013, 4); (2014, 8); (2015, 13); (2016, 2) Total: 27. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles 15, vs. New Orleans (9/27/15); Solo Tackles – 11, vs. New Orleans (9/27/15); Sacks – 1 (6x), last vs. Carolina (12/3/17); Interceptions – 1, vs. Houston (9/20/15); Passes Defensed – 2, vs. Chicago (10/29/17); Forced Fumbles – 1 (4x), last at Minnesota (9/11/17); Fumble Recoveries – 1, vs. Washington (10/8/18); Special Teams Tackles – 1 (3x), last vs. San Diego (12/11/16).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/9 TB X 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0


10/21 @BAL X X 5 2 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X X 3 4 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

7 6 24 16 40 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 119 18 61 33 94 2.0 20.0 0 0 7 1 179 41 182 67 249 8.0 50.0 2 8 8 4 1


53 LB A.J. KleinSack/Yds INT/Yds

23 Marshon Lattimore Pos.: CB Ht.: 6-0 Wt.: 192 Exp.: 2 College: Ohio State Career GP/GS/DNP/IA: (20/20); 2018: (7/7/0/0) 2017 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started and finshed with three solo tackles and a pass defensed. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at RCB and finished with four tackles (three solo) and one forced fumble. at Atlanta (9/23): Started and finished with two solo tackles. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started and finished with four solo tackles and one fumble recovery. vs. Washington (10/8): Started and recorded one assisted tackle before leaving the game in the first quarter (concussion). at Baltimore (10/21): Started and recorded three solo tackles and two passes defensed. at Minnesota (10/28): Started and recorded three total tackles (two solo) and a fumble recovery returned for 54 yards. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 7, vs. New England (9/17/17); Solo Tackles – 6, vs. New England (9/17/17); Interceptions – 1 (5x), last vs. Atlanta (12/24/17); Long Interception return – 33, at Atlanta (12/7/17); Passes Defensed – 4, vs. Atlanta (12/24/17); Forced Fumbles – 1 (2x), at Miami (10/1/17) and vs. Cleveland (9/16/18); Fumble Recoveries – 1, 3x, last at Minnesota (10/28/18).


9/16 CLE X X 3 1 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 09/23 @ATL X X 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X X 4 0 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 110/8 WAS X X 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X X 3 0 3 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 010/28 @MIN X X 2 1 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1

7 7 17 3 20 0.0 0 0 0 3 1 220 20 61 12 73 0.0 0 5 85 21 2 320 20 61 12 73 0.0 0 5 85 21 2 3

23 CB Marshon Lattimore

2018 Season

Sack/Yds INT/Yds

Saints CareerCareer Totals

61 Josh LeRibeus Pos.: G Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 315 Exp.: 6 College: Southern Methodist Career GP/GS: (50/14); 2018: (6/3) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/19): Started at LG. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Saw action on offense and special teams. at Atlanta (9/23): Started at LG and played on special teams. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Saw action on special teams. vs. Washington (10/8): Saw action on special teams. at Baltimore (10/21): Playing in his 50th career game, started at RG. Placed on Injured Reserve, (10/24).

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS 11 Tommylee Lewis Pos.: WR Ht.: 5-7 Wt.: 168 Exp.: 3 College: Northern Illinois Career GP/GS/DNP/IA: (29/1/0/5); 2018: (2/0/0/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Played on special teams returned three punts for 69 yards and one kickoff for zero yards. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Returned one punt for zero yards. Left the game in the first quarter (knee). Placed on Injured Reserve, 9/19 ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2016, 1) Total: 1. Miscellaneous Tackles – (2017, 1) Total: 1. 11 WR Tommylee Lewis

Date Opp. GP ST Att Yds Avg. Lg TD Rec Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts Ret Yds Avg. Lg TD Ret Yds Avg. Lg TD

9/9 TB X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 69 0.0 26 0

9/16 CLE X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

9/23 @ATL

2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 3 69 23.0 0 029 1 5 25 5.0 15 0 17 192 11.3 54t 1 6 34 275 8.1 17 0 24 528 22.0 39 029 1 5 25 5.0 43 0 17 192 11.3 88t 1 6 34 275 8.1 87t 0 24 528 22.0 39 0

Saints Career

Injured Reserve

Rushing Receiving Punt Returns Kickoff Returns

Career Totals

2018 Season

42 Zach Line Pos.: FB Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 233 Exp.: 6 College: Southern Methodist Career GP/GS: (54/16); 2018: (7/2/0/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Saw action on offense and recorded no statistics. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Saw action on offense and recorded one catch for four yards. at Atlanta (9/23): Played in his 50th career game and caught two passes for six yards and one touchdown. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started and blocked for RB Alvin Kamara who had a career-high 134 yards rushing and three touchdowns effort. vs. Washington (10/8): Saw action on offense and special teams. at Baltimore (10/21): Started at FB and saw action on offense and special teams, returning one kickoff for 16 yards. at Minnesota (10/28): Saw action on offense and special teams. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2014, 1); (2016, 1); (2017, 1) Total: 4. CAREER HIGHS: Receptions – 2, at Atlanta (9/23/18); Rec. Yards – 49, at Detroit (10/25/15); Long Rec. – 49, at Detroit (10/25/15); Touchdown Receptions – 1 (3x) last at Atlanta (9/23/18); Rushing Attempts – 3, vs. NY Giants (10/3/16); Rushing Yards – 9, at Buffalo (1/12/17); Long Rush – 9, at Buffalo (1/12/17); Rushing Touchdowns – 1 (2x), vs. Detroit (9/20/15) and vs. San Diego (9/27/15); Total Yards From Scrimmage – 51, vs. Detroit (10/15/15); Kickoff Returns – 2, vs. Green Bay (11/22/15); Kickoff Return Yards – 38, vs. Green Bay (11/22/15); Kickoff Return Long – 23, vs. Green Bay (11/22/15).

70 Mitchell Loewen Pos.: DL Ht.: 6-5 Wt.: 275 Exp.: 3 College: Arkansas Career GP/GS: (3/0); 2018: (1/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Declared inactive. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Played on defense and special teams and recorded no statistics. at Atlanta (9/23): Declared inactive. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Declared inactive. vs. Washington (10/8): Declared inactive. at Baltimore (10/21): Declared inactive. at Minnesota (10/28): Declared inactive.

Date Opp. GP ST Att Yds Avg. Lg TD Rec Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts9/9 TB X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9/16 CLE X 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 4 4.0 4 0 09/23 @ATL X 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 6 3.0 5 1 69/30 @NYG X X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 010/8 WAS X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

7 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 10 3.3 5 1 619 6 7 28 4.0 9 2 5 18 3.6 5 2 1254 16 20 52 2.6 9 2 12 121 10.1 49 3 30Career Totals


FB 42 Zach LineRushing Receiving

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS 3 Wil Lutz Pos.: K Ht.: 5-11 Wt.: 184 Exp.: 3 College: Georgia State Career GP/GS: (39/0); 2018: (7/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Made 1-of-1 field goals, converted 3 PATs, and had 5-of-7 kickoffs sail into the back of the endzone. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Made 1-of-2 field goals, drilling a 44-yard game-winner with 21 seconds left, converted one PAT, and had 2-of-5 kickoffs sail into the back of the endzone. at Atlanta (9/23): Made 3-of-3 field goals, converted four PATs, and had 5-of-8 kickoffs sail into the back of the endzone. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Made 4-of-4 field goals in the second quarter, tying an NFL record and all three PAT attempts for a career-high 15 points. Had 5-of-8 kickoffs sail into the back of the endzone. Tied career-high in field goals. vs. Washington (10/8): Made a 44-yard field goal, converted 4-of-5 PATs, and had 6-of-8 kickoffs sail into the back of the endzone for touchbacks. at Baltimore (10/21): Made a 39-yard field goal, converted 3-of-3 PATs, and had 2-of-5 kickoffs sail into the back of the endzone for touchbacks. at Minnesota (10/28): Made a 52-yard field goal and a pair of 42-yard field goals. He also converted 3-3 PATs and watched 5-of-7 kickoffs sail into the back of the endzone for touchbacks. ADDITIONAL STATS: Kickoff Touchbacks – (2016, 49); (2017, 58); (2018, 25) Total: 132; Special Teams Tackles – (2016, 1); (2017, 3) Total: 4; Rushing – One four-yard carry in 2017. CAREER HIGHS: Field Goals Made – 4 (4x), last at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18); Field Goal Attempts – 4 (5x), last at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18); Longest Field Goal Made – 57, vs. Atlanta (9/26/16); PATs Made – 7 (2x), last vs. Detroit (10/15/17); PATs Attempted – 7 (2x), last vs. Detroit (10/15/17); Points – 15, at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18); Special Teams Tackles – 1 (4x), last at Atlanta (12/7/17).

3 K Wil Lutz

Date Opp. GP M A Pct. Lg Blk M A M A M A M A M A M A Pts9/9 TB X 1 1 100.0% 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 6

9/16 CLE X 1 2 50.0% 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 79/23 @ATL X 3 3 100.0% 49 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 139/30 @NYG X 4 4 100.0% 42 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 1510/8 WAS X 1 1 100.0% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 5 7

10/21 @BAL X 1 1 100.0% 39 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 610/28 @MIN X 3 3 100.0% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 12

7 14 15 93.8% 52 0 0 0 2 2 5 5 6 7 1 1 21 22 6639 74 86 86.0% 57 0 0 0 19 19 18 21 27 32 8 13 117 122 339

50+40-4930-391-19

Career Totals

20-29 PATsField Goals

2018 Season

81 Cameron Meredith Pos.: WR Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 207 Exp.: 4 College: Illinois State Career GP/GS: (30/11); 2018: (5/1) 2018 REVIEW:. at vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Inactive. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Inactive. at Atlanta (9/23): Made his Saints debut, starting and recording a touchdown on his first career catch a saint, hauling in an 11-yard reception. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Made three receptions for 32 yards. vs. Washington (10/8): Caught a team high five passes for 71 yards, including a season-high 46-yard reception. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on offense and special teams. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on offense and special teams. ADDITIONAL STATS: Rush Attempts – one six-yard rushing in 2016; Pass Attempts – Attempted one pass that was completed for a two-yard touchdown in 2016. CAREER HIGHS: Receptions – 11, vs. Jacksonville (10/16/16); Receiving Yards – 135, vs. Washington (12/24/16); Long Reception – 50t, at Tampa Bay (11/13/16); Receiving TDs – 1 (5x), last at Atlanta (9/23/18).


Date Opp. GP ST Rec. Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts9/9 TB

9/16 CLE9/23 @ATL X X 1 11 11.0 11 1 69/30 @NYG X 3 32 10.7 20 0 010/8 WAS X 5 71 14.2 46 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 0 0 0.0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

5 1 9 114 12.7 46 1 65 1 9 114 12.7 0 1 630 11 86 1,122 13.0 50t 5 30

InactiveInactive

81 WR Cameron MeredithReceiving

Career Totals


6 Thomas Morstead Pos.: P Ht.: 6-4 Wt.: 235 Exp.: 10 College: Southern Methodist Career GP (149); 2018: (7) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Punted three times for 156 yards, a gross punting average of 52.0 and a 45.7 net, with zero inside-the-20… Held for FG and PAT attempts. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Punted four times for 179 yards, a gross punting average of 44.8 and a 44.8 net, with two inside-the-20’s…Held for FG and PAT attempts. at Atlanta (9/23): Punted four times for 202 yards, a gross punting average of 50.5 and a 42.5 net, with with two inside-the-20’s…Held for FG and PAT attempts. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Punted twice for a 95 yards (47.5 gross and net punting average) with a long of 51 yards…Held for FG and PAT attempts…Ranked second in the NFL in net punting average (44.7)…Playing in his 146th career game, moved into a tie with Marques Colston for 14th place on club’s all-time games played list. vs. Washington (10/8): went the whole game without a punt for the first time since New Orleans beat the Bills 47-10 on November 12, 2017 at Buffalo. Held for FG and PAT attempts. at Baltimore (10/21): Punted two times for 88 total yards for a gross punting average of 44.0 and a 40.0 net with a long of 52 yards…Kicked off once…Held for PAT attempts. at Minnesota (10/28): Punted two times for a total of 86 yards for a net of 41.0 with a long of 56 yards…Held for FG and PAT attempts. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2009, 1); (2010, 1); (2012, 2); (2013, 1); (2014, 1); Total: 6. CAREER HIGHS: Punts – 10, at Indianapolis (10/25/15); Yards – 487, at Indianapolis (10/25/15); Gross Punting Average – 60.0, at Dallas (11/25/10); Net Punting Average – 53.5, at Dallas (11/25/10); Punts Inside the 20-Yard Line – 7, at Carolina (1/3/10); Longest Punt – 70, vs. Kansas City (9/23/12); Kickoffs – 10, vs Indianapolis (10/23/11); Kickoff Touchbacks – 9, vs. Indianapolis (10/23/11); Special Teams Tackles – 2, at New York Giants (12/9/12).

6 P Thomas Morstead

Date Opp. GP No Yds Avg Net Avg TB In20 Lg9/9 TB X 3 156 52.0 137.0 47.5 0 0 58

9/16 CLE X 4 179 44.8 179.0 44.8 0 2 569/23 @ATL X 4 202 50.5 170.0 42.5 1 2 579/30 @NYG X 2 95 47.5 95.0 47.5 0 0 5110/8 WAS X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 2 88 44.0 80.0 40.0 0 0 5210/28 @MIN X 2 86 43.0 82.0 41.0 0 1 56

7 17 806 47.4 743.0 43.7 1 5 58149 544 25,556 47.0 22,537 41.4 42 189 70149 544 25,556 47.0 22,537 41.4 42 189 70Career Totals

Punting


2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS 57 Alex Okafor Pos.: DE Ht.: 6-4 Wt.: 261 Exp.: 6 College: Texas Career GP/GS: (59/42); 2018: (7/7) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started and had two solo tackles. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started and had three tackles (two solo). at Atlanta (9/23): Started and finished with one solo tackle. Also contributed on special teams, recording his first career blocked punt. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started and had two tackles (one solo), playing a key role on a run defense that surrendered only 65 yards rushing. vs. Washington (10/8): Started and recorded no statistics as part of a defense that only surrendered 39 yards rushing. at Baltimore (10/21): Started and recorded his first sack of the season, taking down Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco for a ten-yard loss. Finished with three total tackles and one pass defensed. at Minnesota (10/28): Started and finished with two total tackles (one solo). ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2013, 1); (2016, 2) Total: 3; Special Teams Fumble Recoveries – (2016, 1); Blocked Punts – (2018, 1) Total: 1. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles –7, vs. Seattle (12/21/14); Sacks – 2 (3x), last vs. New Orleans (9/13/15); Interceptions – 1, vs. Kansas City (12/7/14); Long Interception Return – 26, vs. Kansas City (12/7/14); Forced Fumbles –1 (3x), vs. New York Jets (10/17/16), at Carolina (9/24/17) and vs. Detroit (10/15/17); Fumble Recoveries – 1, vs. Minnesota (12/10/15); Blocked Punts – 1, at Atlanta (9/23/18).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/9 TB X X 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


10/21 @BAL X X 2 1 3 1 10 0 0 1 0 010/28 @MIN X X 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 7 9 4 13 1 10.0 0 0 1 0 017 17 36 20 56 5.5 36.0 0 0 5 2 059 42 91 67 158 19.0 136.5 1 26 10 3 1

57 DE Alex OkaforSack/Yds INT/Yds


93 David Onyemata Pos.: DT Ht.: 6-4 Wt.: 300 Exp.: 3 College: Manitoba (Canada) Career GP/GS: (39/10); 2018: (7/4) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Played on defense. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started and finished with three tackles (one solo). at Atlanta (9/23): Started and finished with two solo tackles. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started and finished with two tackles (one solo). vs. Washington (10/8): Started and finished with three solo tackles. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on defense and finished with four tackles (three solo). at Minnesota (10/28): Played on defense and special teams. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles –5 (3x), last vs. Chicago (10/29/17); Solo Tackles – 4, at Atlanta (1/1/17); Passes Defensed – 1, at Buffalo (11/12/17); Sacks – 1, at Miami (10/1/17).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/9 TB X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


10/21 @BAL X 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 4 10 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 039 10 39 31 70 2.0 10.0 0 0 1 0 039 10 39 31 70 2.0 10.0 0 0 1 0 0

93 DT David OnyemataSack/Yds INT/Yds


2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS 75 Andrus Peat Pos.: T/G Ht.: 6-7 Wt.: 316 Exp.: 4 College: Stanford Career GP/GS: (46/41); 2018: (4/4) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Inactive. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at LG. at Atlanta (9/23): Inactive (ankle). at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at LG and part of an offensive line that blocked for RB Alvin Kamara rushing for a career-high 139 yards and career-best three rushing touchdowns. vs. Washington (10/8): Started at LG. at Baltimore (10/21): Inactive. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at LG. 71 Ryan Ramcyzk Pos.: T Ht.: 6-6 Wt.: 314 Exp.: 2 College: Wisconsin Career GP/GS: (23/23); 2018: (7/7) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/11): Started at RT, blocking for a unit that gained 475 total net yards. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at RT. at Atlanta (9/23): Started at RT. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at RT and part of an offensive line that blocked for RB Alvin Kamara rushing for a career-high 139 yards and career-best three rushing touchdowns. vs. Washington (10/8): Started at RT. at Baltimore (10/21): Started at RT. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at RT. ADDITIONAL STATS: Miscellaneous Tackles – (2017, 1) Total: 1. 98 Sheldon Rankins Pos.: DT Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 305 Exp.: 3 College: Louisville Career GP/GS: (32/23); 2018: (7/7/0/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started and recorded three tackles (one solo). vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started and recorded six tackles (two solo) to tie a career-high and one sack for one yard. at Atlanta (9/23): Started and finished with three solo tackles. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at DT. vs. Washington (10/8): Started and finished with two solo tackles and a sack for 12 yards. at Baltimore (10/21): Started at DT and finished with three tackles (two solo). at Minnesota (10/28): Started at DT and recorded three solo tackles and acareer-high two sacks for 12 yards. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 6, at Carolina (11/17/16) and vs. Cleveland (9/16/18); Solo tackles – 4 (2x), at Carolina (11/17/16) and vs. Tampa Bay (12/24/16); Sacks – 2, at Minnesota (10/28/18); Interceptions – 1, at Buffalo (11/12/17); Long Interception Return – 27, at Buffalo (11/12/17); Passes Defensed – 1, at Buffalo (11/12/17); Forced Fumbles – 1 (2x), vs. L.A. Rams (11/27/16) and at Green Bay (10/22/17).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/9 TB X X 1 2 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0


10/21 @BAL X X 2 1 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X X 3 0 3 2.0 12.0 0 0 0 0 0

7 7 13 7 20 4.0 25.0 0 0 0 0 032 23 46 26 72 10.0 70.0 1 27 1 2 032 23 46 26 72 10.0 70.0 1 27 1 2 0

98 DT Sheldon RankinsSack/Yds INT/Yds


52 Craig Robertson Pos.: LB Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 234 Exp.: 6 College: North Texas

Career GP/GS: (96/64); 2018: (7/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Saw action on special teams and recorded no statistics. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Played on special teams and recorded no statistics. at Atlanta (9/23): Saw action on special teams, recording one tackle and a recovery of a blocked punt. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Saw action on defense and special teams and recorded one solo tackle. vs. Washington (10/8): Played on defense and special teams, recording one assisted tackle and one coverage stop. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on special teams. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on special teams. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2012, 10); (2013, 3); (2014, 10); (2015, 9); (2016, 3); (2017, 3); (2018, 2) Total: 40; Special Teams Fumble Recoveries – (2017, 1) Total: 1; ; Blocked Punt Recoveries – (2018, 1) Total: 1.

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 14 (2x), last at Denver (12/23/12); Solo tackles – 12 (2x), last at Denver (12/23/12); Sacks – 1 (5x), last vs. Denver (11/13/16); Interceptions – 1 (9x), last at Tampa Bay (12/31/17); Long Interception Return – 38, vs. Pittsburgh (1/3/16); Passes Defensed – 2 (2x), last at San Francisco (11/6/16); Forced Fumbles – 1 (2x), last vs. Tennessee (9/20/15); Fumble Recoveries – 1 (7x), last at Arizona (12/18/16); ); Special Teams Fumble Recoveries – 1, vs. Carolina (12/3/17); Blocked Punt Recoveries – 1, at Atlanta (9/23/18) .


9/16 CLE X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/8 WAS X 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 0 1 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 038 27 151 59 210 3.0 25 3 49 11 1 396 64 352 172 524 7.0 39 2 7 11 3 8

52 LB Craig RobertsonSack/Yds INT/Yds


32 Josh Robinson Pos.: CB Ht.: 5-10 Wt.: 200 Exp.: 7 College: Central Florida Career GP/GS: (77/21); 2018: (3/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Washington (10/8): Made his Saints debut and saw action on special teams. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on special teams and recorded one coverage tackle. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on special teams and recorded one assisted coverage tackle. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2012, 3), (2013, 4), (2014, 1), (2015, 2), (2016, 12), (2017, 2), (2018, 2) Total: 26; Special Teams Forced Fumbles – (2017, 1) Total: 1 CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 12, vs. Pittsburgh (9/25/13); Interceptions – 1 (5x), last vs. Carolina (11/30/14); Interception Retrun Yards – 44, vs. Chicago (12/9/12); Passes Defensed – 2 (3x) last vs. Atlanta (9/28/14); Forced Fumbles – 1, at Detroit (9/8/13).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR10/8 WAS X 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 03 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

78 21 130 16 146 0.0 0.0 5 90 15 1 0

32 CB Josh RobinsonSack/Yds INT/Yds


21 Patrick Robinson Pos.: DB Ht.: 5-11 Wt.: 191 Exp.: 9 College: Florida State Career GP/GS: (100/58); 2018: (3/1) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started in five-defensive back set and finished with two assisted tackles. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Played on defense and recorded four tackles (three solo). at Atlanta (9/23): Played in his 100th career game contributing in the secondary and recorded no statistics. Left the game in the second quarter (ankle) and did not return. Placed on Injured Reserve, 9/26. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2010, 4); (2011, 2); (2014, 4); (2017, 3); Total: 13; Blocked Field Goals – (2011, 1); (2017, 1) Total: 2; Blocked PATs – (2011,1) Total: 1. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 9 (2x), last vs. San Diego (10/7/12); Solo Tackles – 8, at Arizona (10/10/10); Sacks – 2 (2x), last vs. Los Angeles Rams (12/10/17); Interceptions – 1 (14x), last vs. Oakland (12/25/17); Int. Ret. for TD – 1, vs. Philidelphia (11/5/12); Passes Defensed – 4, vs. Arizona (10/8/17); Forced Fumbles – 1 (3x), last vs Chicago (10/9/16); Field Goal Blocks – 1 (2x), last vs. Arizona (10/8/17); Special Teams Tackles – 3, vs. Minnesota (9/21/14).


9/9 TB X X 0 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/16 CLE X 3 1 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG

3 1 3 3 6 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 063 34 152 39 191 1.0 9 9 132 47 1 0

100 58 261 59 320 2.0 9 14 195 82 3 0

Placed on Injured Reserve

CB 21 Patrick RobinsonSack/Yds INT/Yds


10 Tre’quan Smith Pos.: WR Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 210 Exp.: R College: Central Florida Career GP/GS/DNP/IA: (7/4); 2018: (7/4) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Made his National Football League regular season debut and recorded no statistics. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at wide receiver and caught one pass for 18 yards. at Atlanta (9/23): Played on offense and special teams. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Played on offense. vs. Washington (10/8): started and scored his first career touchdown on the 62-yard pass from Brees and finished with 3 receptions for 111 yards and 2 scores, all career-highs. His 62-yard touchdown reception from Brees, made the signal-caller the NFL’s all-time passing yardage leader. at Baltimore (10/21): Started and recorded 44 yards on three catches, with a long of 26. at Minnesota (10/28): Started and recorded three catches for 18 yards. CAREER HIGHS: Receptions – 3 (3x), last vs. Minnesota (10/28/18); Receiving Yards – 111, vs. Washington (10/8/18); Long Reception – 62t, vs. Washington (10/8/18); Receiving TDs – 2, vs. Washington (10/8/18).

Date Opp. GP ST Rec. Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts9/9 TB X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

9/16 CLE X X 1 18 18.0 18 0 09/23 @ATL X 0 0 0.0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X 0 0 0.0 0 0 010/8 WAS X X 3 111 37.0 62 2 12

10/21 @BAL X X 3 44 14.7 26 0 010/28 @MIN X X 3 18 6.0 7 0 0

7 4 10 191 19.1 62 2 127 4 10 191 19.1 62 2 127 4 10 191 19.1 62 2 12

10 WR Tre'quan SmithReceiving

Career Totals


76 Taylor Stallworth Pos.: DT Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 305 Exp.: R College: South Carolina Career GP/GS: (5/0); 2018: (5/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Declared inactive. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Made NFL regular season debut and recorded no statistics. at Atlanta (9/23): Played on defense and recorded no statistics. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Played on defense and recorded the first two tackles (one solo) of his career and his first career fumble recovery in the fourth quarter. vs. Washington (10/8): Saw action on defense and recorded one assisted tackle. at Baltimore (10/21): Inactive. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on defense and recorded one tackle. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 2, at New York Giants (9/30/18); Sacks – 0; Interceptions – 0; Long Interception Return – 0; Forced Fumbles – 0; Fumble Recoveries – 1, at New York Giants (9/30/18).


9/9 TB9/16 CLE X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 110/8 WAS X 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL10/28 @MIN X 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

76 DT Taylor StallworthSack/Yds INT/Yds

Inactive


Inactive

51 Manti Te’o Pos.: LB Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 241 Exp.: 6 College: Notre Dame

Career GP/GS: (58/47); 2018: (4/2) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Finished with 4 tackles (3 solo). vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at MLB and played on special teams and recorded four tackles (one solo). at Atlanta (9/23): Declared inactive (knee). at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Declared inactive (knee). vs. Washington (10/8): Inactive. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on defense and recorded three solo tackles. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at MLB and recorded one tackle and one pass defensed. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2014, 1); (2015, 1); Total: 2. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 16, at Cleveland (10/4/15); Sacks – 1, at San Francisco(12/20/14); Interceptions – 1 (2x), last at Jacksonville (11/29/15); Long Interception Return – 11, at Jacksonville (11/29/15); Forced Fumbles – 1, at Denver (1/3/16); Fumble Recoveries – 1, vs. Atlanta (12/24/17).


9/16 CLE X X 1 3 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL9/30 @NYG10/8 WAS

10/21 @BAL X 3 0 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X X 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0

4 2 8 4 12 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 020 13 51 22 73 0.0 0 0 0 4 0 158 47 220 142 362 1.5 2.5 2 11 15 1 1

Inactive

51 LB Manti TeoSack/Yds INT/Yds

Inactive

Inactive


13 Michael Thomas Pos.: WR Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 212 Exp.: 3 College: Ohio State Career GP/GS: (38/33); 2018: (7/7) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started and recorded 16 receptions for a career-high 180 yards and a TD, setting a new franchise record for catches in a single game. Thomas also set the single game NFL record for most catches during week one. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started and recorded a team-high 12 recptions for 89 yards and two TD’s. Thomas moves into a tie for seventh place on the list with WR Devery Henderson in Brees touchdowns connections.Thomas also set an NFL record with 28 receptions in the first two games of a season, surpassing former Atlanta wideout Andre Rison (26-1994). at Atlanta (9/23): Started and finished with 10 catches for 129 yards. Thomas also set an NFL record with 38 receptions in the first three games of the season, surpassing Atlanta wideout Julio Jones (34-2015). at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started and finished with four catches for 47 yards, setting an NFL record with 42 receptions in the first four games of the season, surpassing former Patriots wideout Wes Welker (40-2011)…Ranked first in the NFL in receptions. vs. Washington (10/8): Started and recorded four receptions for 74 yards. at Baltimore (10/21): Started and finished with seven catches for 69 receiving yards and one touchdwon. Brees and Thomas have connected 18 times, moving him past Devery Henderson for seventh all-time among Brees’ touchdown targets. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at WR and led the teamin receiving yards with 81 on five receptions. Thomas became the 12th Saint to have 250 catches in a Black and Gold Uniform and the 11th Saint to reach 3,000 receiving yards as a saint. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2017, 1); Total: 1.

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS CAREER HIGHS: Receptions – 16, vs.Tampa Bay (9/9/18); Receiving Yards – 180, vs. Tampa Bay (9/8/18); Long Reception – 46, vs. Tampa Bay (12/24/16); Receiving TDs – 2 (3x), at San Francisco (11/6/16), vs. L.A. Rams (11/27/16) and vs. Cleveland (9/16/18).

Date Opp. GP ST Rec. Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts9/9 TB X X 16 180 11.3 35 1 6

9/16 CLE X X 12 89 7.4 25 2 129/23 @ATL X X 10 129 12.9 35 0 09/30 @NYG X X 4 47 11.8 15 0 010/8 WAS X X 4 74 18.5 31 0 0

10/21 @BAL X X 7 69 9.9 32 1 610/28 @MIN X X 5 81 16.2 44 0 0

7 7 58 669 11.5 35 4 2438 33 254 3051 12.0 46 18 11038 33 254 3051 12.0 46 18 110

13 WR Michael ThomasReceiving

Career Totals


63 Cameron Tom Pos.: C Ht.: 6-4 Wt.: 300 Exp.: 2 College: Southern Mississppi Career GP/GS: (2/0); 2018: (2/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Dressed, but did not play. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Inactive. at Atlanta (9/23): Made his NFL regular season debut and contributed on special teams. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Inactive. vs. Washington (10/8): Inactive. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on at left guard in place of an injured Josh LeRibeus and on special teams. at Minnesota (10/28): Dressed, but did not play.

60 Max Unger Pos.: C Ht.: 6-5 Wt.: 305 Exp.: 10 College: Oregon Career GP/GS: (121/121); 2018: (7/7) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started at C. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at C. at Atlanta (9/23): Started at C. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at C. vs. Washington (10/8): Started at C. at Baltimore (10/21): Started at C. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at C. ADDITIONAL STATS: Miscellaneous Tackles – (2018, 2) Total: 2 67 Larry Warford Pos.: G Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 317 Exp.: 6 College: Kentucky Career GP/GS: (78/78); 2018: (7/7) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started at RG. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at RG. at Atlanta (9/23): Started at RG. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at RG. vs. Washington (10/8): Started at RG. at Baltimore (10/21): Stared at RG. at Minnesota (10/28): Started at RG. 27 Dwayne Washington Pos.: RB Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 223 Exp.: 3 College: Washington Career GP/GS: (21/2); 2018: (4/0/0/0) 2018 REVIEW: at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Made his Saints debut, playing both on offense and on special teams and carried two times for two yards. vs. Washington (10/8): Saw action on special teams. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on special teams. at Minnesota (10/28): Played on special teams. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2017, 4) Total: 4.

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS CAREER HIGHS: Rushing Attempts – 16, vs. Chicago (12/11/16); Rushing Yards – 64, vs. Chicago (12/11/16); Rushing Long – 28, vs. Tennessee (9/18/16); Rushing Touchdowns – 1, at Indianapolis (9/11/16); Receptions – 2 (3x), last at N.Y. Giants (12/18/16); Receiving Yards – 19, at New Orleans (12/4/16); Longest Reception – 11, at New Orleans (12/4/16); All-purpose Yards – 74, vs. Chicago Bears (12/11/16); Kickoff Returns – 2, vs. Arizona (9/10/17); Kickoff Return Yards – 31, vs. Arizona (9/10/2017); Kickoff Return Long – 25, vs. Tennesee (9/25/16); Special Teams Tackles – 2, vs. Cleveland (11/12/17).

82 Benjamin Watson Pos.: TE Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 255 Exp.: 15 College: Georgia Career GP/GS: (186/136); 2018: (7/4/0/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started at tight end and caught four passes for 44 yards. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at tight end and caught three passes for 19 yards, becoming the 14th tight end in National Football League history with 500 career receptions. at Atlanta (9/23): Started at tight end and recorded five catches for 71 yards (14.2 avg.), surpassing Dallas Clark and Frank Wycheck to move into 12th place at the position all-time in NFL record books. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Caught a 23-yard pass. vs. Washington (10/8): Started and caught four passes for 30 yards. at Baltimore (10/21): Finished the game with six catches for 43 yards and one touchdown, the one-yard scoring grab being QB Drew Brees’ 500th career TD pass. at Minnesota (10/28): Saw action on offense and special teams. ADDITIONAL STATS: Rushing – (2007, 1 att., 11 yards); (2010, 1 att., -1 yard) Total: 2 att., 10 yards; Special Teams Tackles – (2005, 1) Total: 1 CAREER HIGHS: Receptions – 10 (2x), at Miami (12/5/10) and vs. Atlanta (10/15/15); Receiving Yards – 147, vs. New York Giants (11/1/15); Long Reception – 46, vs. New York Giants (11/5/15); Receiving Touchdowns – 2 (3x), last at Dallas (11/18/12).

82 TE Benjamin WatsonDate Opp. GP ST Rec Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts

9/9 TB X X 4 44 11.0 21 0 09/16 CLE X X 3 19 6.3 8 0 09/23 @ATL X X 5 71 14.2 27 0 09/30 @NYG X 1 23 23 23 0 010/8 WAS X X 4 30 7.5 9 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 6 43 7.2 15 1 610/28 @MIN X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

7 4 23 230 10.0 27 1 654 36 136 1417 10.4 46 11 66

186 136 518 5715 11.0 37 43 258


43 Marcus Williams Pos.: S Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 195 Exp.: 2 College: Utah Career GP/GS/DNP/IA: (22/22); 2018: (7/7) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Started in three-S look and finished with 6 tackles (5 solo). vs. Cleveland (9/16): Started at FS also saw action on special teams and finished with three solo tackles, one pass defensed, and one fourth quarter interception for 22 yards. Williams also recorded one special teams tackle. at Atlanta (9/23): Started at FS and finished with 5 tackles (four solo). at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Started at FS and finished with one solo tackle. vs. Washington (10/8): Started at FS and played on special teams,

Date Opp. GP ST Att Yds Avg. Lg TD Rec Yds Avg. Lg TD Pts9/30 @NYG X 2 2 1.0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 010/8 WAS X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 010/28 MIN X 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

5 0 2 2 1.0 5 0 0 0 9.0 9 0 03 0 2 2 1.0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 020 2 112 311 2.8 28 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0Career Totals


27 RB Dwayne WashingtonRushing Receiving

2018 MINI BIOS AND STATS recording one coverage tackle. at Baltimore (10/21): Started at FS and finished with four tackles (two solo). at Minnesota (10/28): Started at FS and recorded five total tackles and one pass defensed. ADDITIONAL STATS: Special Teams Tackles – (2017, 2); (2018, 2) Total: 4. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles –8, at Tampa Bay (12/31/17); Solo Tackles – 7, at Tampa Bay (12/31/17); Interceptions –2, at Tampa Bay (12/31/17); Passes Defensed – 2, at Tampa Bay (12/31/17); Special Teams Tackles – 1 (4x), last vs. Washington (10/8/18).


9/16 CLE X X 3 0 3 0.0 0 1 22 1 0 09/23 @ATL X X 4 1 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X X 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/8 WAS X X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10/21 @BAL X X 2 2 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X X 5 0 5 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0

7 7 20 4 24 0.0 0 1 22 2 0 022 22 76 18 94 0.0 0 5 34 8 0 022 22 76 18 94 0.0 0 5 34 8 0 0

43 S Marcus WilliamsSack/Yds INT/Yds


26 P.J. Williams Pos.: CB Ht.: 6-0 Wt.: 196 Exp.: 4 College: Florida State

Career GP/GS: (24/9); 2018: (6/1) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Inactive. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Played on defense and special teams and recorded no statistics. at Atlanta (9/23): Started at left cornerback and recorded five solo tackles. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Played on defense and recorded seven tackles (five solo) and had a second quarter forced fumble. vs. Washington (10/8): Played on defense and special teams, recording two tackles (one solo) and one pass defensed. at Baltimore (10/21): Played on defense and special teams and recorded two solo tackles. at Minnesota (10/28): Recorded his first career intereception returned for a touchdown (45 yards) as well as tallying six total tackles (four solo) and one pass defensed. CAREER HIGHS: Tackles – 10, vs. New England (9/17/17); Solo Tackles – 8, vs. New England (9/17/17); Interceptions –1 (2x), at Carolina (9/24/17) and at Los Angeles Rams (11/26/17); Passes Defensed – 3, at Los Angeles Rams (11/26/17); Forced Fumbles – 1, at N.Y. Giants (9/30/18).

Date Opp. GP ST Solo Ast Total PD FF FR9/9 TB

9/16 CLE X 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/23 @ATL X X 5 0 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/30 @NYG X 5 2 7 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 010/8 WAS X 1 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0

10/21 @BAL X X 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 010/28 @MIN X 4 2 6 0.0 0 1 45 1 0 0

6 2 17 5 22 0.0 0 1 45 2 1 024 10 56 19 75 0.0 0 3 52 13 1 024 10 56 19 75 0.0 0 3 52 13 1 0

Inactive

26 CB P.J. WilliamsSack/Yds INT/Yds


49 Zach Wood Pos.: LS Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 255 Exp.: 2 College: Southern Methodist

Career GP/GS: (23/0); 2018: (7/0) 2018 REVIEW: vs. Tampa Bay (9/9): Handled long-snapping duties. vs. Cleveland (9/16): Handled long-snapping durties. at Atlanta (9/23): Handled long-snapping duties. at N.Y. Giants (9/30): Handled long-snapping duties. vs. Washington (10/8): Handled long-snapping duties. at Baltimore (10/21): Handled long-snapping duties. at Minnesota (10/28): Handled long-snapping duties.

New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings Start Time: 7:22 PM CDT

at U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

Played Indoors on Turf: Field Turf

Game Weather: N/A (Indoors)

Officials

Referee:

Line Judge:

Down Judge:

Side Judge:

Umpire:

Field Judge:

Back Judge:

Wrolstad, Craig (4)

Johnson, Carl (101)

Phillips, Jerod (6)

Lamberth, Jeff (21)

King, Paul (121)

Hill, Adrian (29)

Helverson, Scott (93)

Lineups

VISITOR: New Orleans Saints 7 10 10 3 0 30

HOME: Minnesota Vikings 7 6 0 7 0 20

1 2 3 4 OT Total

Replay Official: Nemmers, Larry (0)

Game Day Weather

Field Goals (made ( ) & missed)

Scoring Plays

Time: 2:49

Date: Sunday, 10/28/2018

Minnesota VikingsNew Orleans Saints

Offense Defense Offense Defense

WR 13 M.Thomas LDE 94 C.Jordan WR 19 A.Thielen LE 99 D.Hunter

LT 72 T.Armstead NT 95 T.Davison LT 69 R.Hill DT 93 S.Richardson

LG 75 A.Peat DT 98 S.Rankins LG 63 D.Isidora NT 98 L.Joseph

C 60 M.Unger RDE 57 A.Okafor C 65 P.Elflein RE 91 S.Weatherly

RG 67 L.Warford WILL 56 D.Davis RG 74 M.Remmers WLB 42 B.Gedeon

RT 71 R.Ramczyk MLB 51 M.Te'o RT 75 B.O'Neill MLB 54 E.Kendricks

TE 89 J.Hill SLB 53 A.Klein TE 82 K.Rudolph S 41 A.Harris

QB 9 D.Brees LCB 25 E.Apple WR 14 S.Diggs LCB 26 T.Waynes

TE 7 T.Hill RCB 23 M.Lattimore QB 8 K.Cousins RCB 24 H.Hill

RB 41 A.Kamara SS 29 K.Coleman RB 25 L.Murray SS 23 G.Iloka

WR 10 T.Smith FS 43 M.Williams RB 30 C.Ham FS 22 H.Smith

Substitutions Substitutions

K 3 W.Lutz, QB 5 T.Bridgewater, P 6 T.Morstead, RB 22 M.Ingram, S 24 V.Bell,CB 26 P.Williams, RB 27 D.Washington, SS 31 C.Banjo, DB 32 J.Robinson, DB34 J.Hardee, FB 42 Z.Line, LB 47 A.Anzalone, LS 49 Z.Wood, LB 52C.Robertson, LB 59 V.Biegel, C 63 C.Tom, T 65 M.Ola, DT 76 T.Stallworth, WR80 A.Carr, WR 81 C.Meredith, TE 82 B.Watson, TE 85 D.Arnold, DE 92M.Davenport, DT 93 D.Onyemata

K 5 D.Bailey, P 6 M.Wile, WR 11 L.Treadwell, WR 15 B.Zylstra, WR 17A.Robinson, CB 20 M.Alexander, S 27 J.Kearse, RB 32 R.Thomas, CB 35M.Sherels, LB 40 K.Brothers, RB 44 M.Boone, LS 47 K.McDermott, LB 50E.Wilson, LB 57 D.Downs, C 61 B.Jones, T 72 S.Norton, TE 83 T.Conklin, TE 89D.Morgan, DT 94 J.Johnson, DT 96 T.Johnson, DE 97 E.Griffen

Did Not Play Did Not Play

QB 3 T.Siemian, DE 90 T.Bower, DT 92 J.Holmes

Not Active Not Active

CB 20 K.Crawley, DB 48 J.Gray, C 64 W.Clapp, DE 70 M.Loewen, T 74J.Bushrod, T 77 C.Green, DE 91 T.Hendrickson

QB 1 K.Sloter, CB 29 X.Rhodes, RB 33 D.Cook, S 34 A.Sendejo, LB 55 A.Barr, T71 R.Reiff, G 79 T.Compton

W.Lutz (52) (42) (42)

Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive Info)Team Qtr Time Visitor Home

Saints A.Kamara 3 yd. pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick) (8-81, 4:27) 7 01 10:33

Vikings S.Diggs 1 yd. pass from K.Cousins (D.Bailey kick) (13-91, 7:17) 7 71 3:16

Vikings L.Murray 1 yd. run (kick failed, wl) (7-80, 4:05) 7 132 11:57

Saints W.Lutz 52 yd. Field Goal (8-33, 4:30) 10 132 7:27

Saints A.Kamara 1 yd. run (W.Lutz kick) (2-18, 0:27) 17 132 0:30


Saints P.Williams 45 yd. interception return (W.Lutz kick) 27 133 5:58


Vikings A.Thielen 1 yd. pass from K.Cousins (D.Bailey kick) (13-75, 5:09) 30 204 4:26

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Paid Attendance: 66,801 Time: 2:49

New Orleans Saints Minnesota VikingsRUSHING ATT YDS LG TDAVG RUSHING ATT YDS LG TDAVG

M.Ingram 63 4.8 013 11 L.Murray 56 4.3 113 12

A.Kamara 45 3.5 113 17 A.Thielen 15 15.0 01 15

T.Hill -2 -0.7 03 2 M.Boone 11 3.7 03 7

K.Cousins 3 1.5 02 3

C.Ham 1 0.5 02 1

R.Thomas -1 -1.0 01 -1

29 106 3.7 17 1Total 22 85 3.9 15 1Total

PASSING ATT YDS LGTDSK/YDCMP IN RT PASSING ATT YDS LGTDSK/YDCMP IN RT

D.Brees 120 123 18 0/0 1 84.8 K.Cousins 359 241 31 4/21 1 107.73120

T.Hill 44 01 1 0/0 0 118.844

41 359 231 4/21 1 107.719 164 124 0/0 1 91.7Total Total 3144

PASS RECEIVING REC YDS LG TDAVGTAR PASS RECEIVING REC YDS LG TDAVGTAR

A.Kamara 31 4.4 178 S.Diggs 119 11.9 11011 3117

M.Thomas 81 16.2 056 A.Thielen 103 14.7 177 2844

M.Ingram 29 9.7 033 L.Murray 39 7.8 056 1319

T.Smith 18 6.0 034 K.Rudolph 39 9.8 047 257

T.Hill 5 5.0 011 L.Treadwell 25 8.3 035 125

A.Carr 0 0.0 001 A.Robinson 19 19.0 012 190

R.Thomas 15 15.0 011 15

D.Morgan 0 0.0 001 0

19 164 8.6 44 1Total 23 31 359 11.6 31 2Total 40

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS LG TDAVG INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS LG TDAVG

P.Williams 45 45.0 11 H.Smith 0 0.0 01 045

Total 45 45.0 45 11 Total 0 0.0 0 01

PUNTING YDS LGNO AVG TB IN20NETPUNTING YDS LGNO AVG TB IN20NET

T.Morstead 86 562 43.0 0 141.0 M.Wile 81 412 40.5 0 133.0

Total 86 562 43.0 0 141.0 Total 81 412 40.5 0 133.0

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS LG TDAVG PUNT RETURNS NO YDS LG TDAVGFC FC

A.Kamara 15 15.0 01 M.Sherels 4 4.0 01 11 415

Total 15 15.0 15 01 Total 4 4.0 4 01 11

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS LG TDAVG KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS LG TDAVGFC FC

T.Hill 50 25.0 02 R.Thomas 20 20.0 01 00 2026

[OUT OF BOUNDS] 0 0.0 01 M.Sherels 17 17.0 01 00 170

[TOUCHBACK] 0 0.0 01 [TOUCHBACK] 0 0.0 05 00 00

Total 50 25.0 26 02 Total 37 18.5 20 02 00

FUMBLES FUM YDS FORCEDTDOWN-REC OPP-REC YDS TD OUT-BDS

New Orleans Saints

LOST

A.Anzalone 0 000 0 00 1 00

M.Lattimore 0 000 54 00 0 10

Total 0 000 54 00 1 10

FUMBLES FUM YDS FORCEDTDOWN-REC OPP-REC YDS TD OUT-BDS

Minnesota Vikings

LOST

P.Elflein 0 001 0 00 0 00

A.Thielen 0 001 0 00 0 01

K.Cousins 0 000 0 01 0 00

Total 0 002 0 01 0 01

Final Individual Statistics

New Orleans Saints vs Minnesota Vikings

10/28/2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium



Final Team StatisticsHomeVisitor

Saints Vikings

17 27TOTAL FIRST DOWNS

6 4By Rushing

9 19By Passing

2 4By Penalty

4-9-44% 5-10-50%THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY

0-0-0% 2-3-67%FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY

270 423TOTAL NET YARDS

53 67Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing)

5.1 6.3Average gain per offensive play

106 85NET YARDS RUSHING

29 22Total Rushing Plays

3.7 3.9Average gain per rushing play

3-7 1-1Tackles for a loss-number and yards

164 338NET YARDS PASSING

0-0 4-21Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass

164 359Gross yards passing

24-19-1 41-31-1PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED

6.8 7.5Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing)

7-6-5 4-2-1KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks

2-43.0 2-40.5PUNTS Number and Average

0 0Had Blocked

0-0 0-0FGs - PATs Had Blocked

41.0 33.0Net Punting Average

60 4TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs)

1-15 1-4No. and Yards Punt Returns

2-50 2-37No. and Yards Kickoff Returns

1-45 1-0No. and Yards Interception Returns

7-64 6-54PENALTIES Number and Yards

0-0 2-1FUMBLES Number and Lost

3 3TOUCHDOWNS

1 1Rushing

1 2Passing

1 0Interceptions

3-3 2-3EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts

3-3 2-3Kicking Made-Attempts

3-3 0-0FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts

2-3-67% 3-4-75%RED ZONE EFFICIENCY

2-3-67% 3-3-100%GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY

0 0SAFETIES

30 20FINAL SCORE

28:37 31:23TIME OF POSSESSION

* inside opponent's 20

Time of Possession by Quarter

Home

Visitor

Kickoff Drive No.-Start Average

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total

6:41

8:19

6:15 6:59 8:42 28:37

8:45 8:01 6:18 31:23

Saints: 3 - NO 26 Vikings: 7 - MIN 22

(306) Average NO 38

(216) Average MIN 22

New Orleans Saints

Minnesota Vikings

TimeRecd

TimeLost

TimePoss

How BallObtained

DriveBegan

#Play

YdsPen

NetYds

YdsGain

1stDown

LastScrm

How GivenUp

#

New Orleans Saints

1 15:00 4:2710:33 Kickoff NO 19 8 81 0 81 3 MIN 3* Touchdown

2 3:16 2:141:02 Kickoff NO 25 3 3 0 3 0 NO 28 Punt

3 11:57 4:307:27 Kickoff NO 33 8 28 5 33 2 MIN 34 Field Goal

4 4:21 1:183:03 Punt NO 33 4 22 0 22 1 MIN 45 Interception

5 0:57 0:270:30 Fumble MIN 18 2 18 0 18 2 MIN 1* Touchdown

6 12:28 4:098:19 Downs MIN 45 9 35 -14 21 2 MIN 24* Field Goal

7 2:50 8:159:35 Punt NO 16 15 65 -5 60 5 MIN 24 Field Goal

8 4:26 3:171:09 Kickoff NO 43 7 18 0 18 2 MIN 39 Punt

TimeRecd

TimeLost

TimePoss

How BallObtained

DriveBegan

#Play

YdsPen

NetYds

YdsGain

1stDown

LastScrm

How GivenUp

#

Minnesota Vikings

1 10:33 7:173:16 Kickoff MIN 9 13 96 -5 91 6 NO 1* Touchdown

2 1:02 4:0511:57 Punt MIN 20 7 67 13 80 5 NO 1* Touchdown

3 7:27 3:064:21 Kickoff MIN 25 4 26 -10 16 1 MIN 41 Punt

4 3:03 2:060:57 Interception MIN 33 8 46 7 53 4 NO 18* Fumble

5 0:30 0:300:00 Kickoff MIN 25 1 7 0 7 0 MIN 25 End of Half

6 15:00 2:3212:28 Kickoff MIN 25 6 20 0 20 1 MIN 45 Downs

7 8:19 2:215:58 Kickoff MIN 25 5 19 0 19 1 MIN 44 Interception

8 5:58 3:082:50 Kickoff MIN 20 5 24 0 24 1 MIN 44 Punt

9 9:35 5:094:26 Kickoff MIN 25 13 65 10 75 6 NO 1* Touchdown

10 1:09 1:090:00 Punt MIN 9 5 53 0 53 2 NO 46 End of Game

Ball Possession And Drive Chart



TKL = Tackle AST = Assist COMB = Combined QH=QB Hit IN = Interception PD = Pass Defense FF = Forced Fumble FR = Fumble Recovery

Regular Defensive Plays Special Teams MiscNew Orleans Saints

IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FRQTKL AST COMB SK / YDS TFL

9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0E.Apple 00

3 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0A.Klein 00

5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0D.Davis 00

4 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0P.Williams 00

3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0V.Bell 00

5 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0M.Williams 00

4 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0A.Anzalone 10

3 0 3 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0S.Rankins 32

3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0C.Jordan 21

2 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0M.Lattimore 00

2 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0M.Davenport 22

1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0A.Okafor 00

0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0T.Davison 00

0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0K.Coleman 00

1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0M.Te'o 00

1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0T.Stallworth 00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0D.Onyemata 10

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0J.Hardee 00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0J.Robinson 00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0M.Thomas 00

Total 46 17 63 4 21 1 6 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 095

TKL AST COMB SK / YDS IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FRQHTFL

Special Teams MiscMinnesota Vikings Regular Defensive Plays

6 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0T.Waynes 00

2 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0E.Kendricks 00

3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0L.Joseph 12

3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0B.Gedeon 00

5 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0H.Hill 00

3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0T.Johnson 00

1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0S.Richardson 10

4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0J.Kearse 00

3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0H.Smith 00

2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0S.Weatherly 00

1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0A.Harris 00

1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0D.Hunter 01

1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0M.Alexander 00

1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0G.Iloka 00

1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0E.Griffen 00

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0E.Wilson 00

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0J.Johnson 00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0D.Downs 00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0R.Thomas 00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0K.Brothers 00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0L.Treadwell 00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1K.Cousins 00

Total 37 23 60 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 123

Final Defensive Statistics



Scoring Plays

Regular Defensive Plays Special Teams MiscNew Orleans Saints

New Orleans Saints Minnesota Vikings

New Orleans Saints Minnesota Vikings

TIME OF POSSESSIONPERIOD SCORES

7 10 = 17

7 6 = 13

12:56

17:04

Saints

Vikings

Saints

Vikings

Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive Info)Team Qtr Time Visitor Home

Saints A.Kamara 3 yd. pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick) (8-81, 4:27) 7 01 10:33

Vikings S.Diggs 1 yd. pass from K.Cousins (D.Bailey kick) (13-91, 7:17) 7 71 3:16

Vikings L.Murray 1 yd. run (kick failed, wl) (7-80, 4:05) 7 132 11:57


Saints A.Kamara 1 yd. run (W.Lutz kick) (2-18, 0:27) 17 132 0:30

8 16TOTAL FIRST DOWNS

2 - 5 - 1 3 - 10 - 3First Downs Rushing-Passing-by Penalty

2-4-50% 3-5-60%THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY

152 242TOTAL NET YARDS

24 33Total Offensive Plays

44 58NET YARDS RUSHING

108 184NET YARDS PASSING

108 189Gross Yards Passing

0-0 1-5Times thrown-yards lost attempting to pass

14 - 11 - 1 19 - 15 - 0Pass Attempts-Completions-Had Intercepted

1 - 56 1 - 41Punts-Number and Average

4 - 30 5 - 49Penalties-Number and Yards

0 - 0 2 - 1Fumbles-Number and Lost

2-2-100% 2-3-67%Red Zone Efficiency

NO 38 MIN 22Average Drive Start

RUSHING ATT YDS LG TDAVG RUSHING ATT YDS LG TDAVG

A.Kamara 33 5.5 16 17 L.Murray 29 5.8 15 12

M.Ingram 11 3.7 03 5 A.Thielen 15 15.0 01 15

T.Hill 0 0.0 01 0 M.Boone 11 3.7 03 7

K.Cousins 3 3.0 01 3

C.Ham 1 0.5 02 1

R.Thomas -1 -1.0 01 -1

10 44 4.4 17 1Total 13 58 4.5 15 1Total

PASSING ATT YDS LGTDSK/YDCMP IN RT PASSING ATT YDS LGTDSK/YDCMP IN RT

D.Brees 64 113 10 0/0 1 80.3 K.Cousins 189 119 15 1/5 0 125.73120

T.Hill 44 01 1 0/0 0 118.844

19 189 115 1/5 0 125.711 108 114 0/0 1 92.9Total Total 3144

PASS RECEIVING REC YDS LG TDAVGTAR PASS RECEIVING REC YDS LG TDAVGTAR

A.Kamara 26 5.2 156 A.Thielen 75 15.0 055 2817

M.Thomas 76 19.0 045 S.Diggs 54 13.5 144 3144

T.Smith 5 5.0 012 K.Rudolph 14 4.7 035 75

M.Ingram 1 1.0 011 A.Robinson 19 19.0 011 191

R.Thomas 15 15.0 011 15

L.Murray 12 12.0 012 12

L.Treadwell 0 0.0 001 0

11 108 9.8 44 1Total 14 15 189 12.6 31 1Total 19

First Half Summary



First Half Summary



IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FRQTKL AST COMB SK / YDS TFL

6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0E.Apple 00

4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0M.Williams 00

3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0A.Anzalone 10

3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0P.Williams 00

Total 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010

TKL AST COMB SK / YDS IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FRQHTFL

Special Teams MiscMinnesota Vikings Regular Defensive Plays

3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0H.Hill 00

1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0B.Gedeon 00

1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0E.Kendricks 00

2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0J.Kearse 00

Total 7 4 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 000

First QuarterPlay By Play 10/28/2018

MIN wins the coin toss and elects to defer. NO elects to Receive, and MIN elects to defend the west goal.

D.Bailey kicks 70 yards from MIN 35 to NO -5. T.Hill to NO 19 for 24 yards (R.Thomas; J.Kearse).

New Orleans Saints at 15:00, (1st play from scrimmage 14:54)

(14:54) A.Kamara left tackle to NO 22 for 3 yards (L.Joseph; S.Richardson).1-10-NO 19

(14:19) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short right to T.Smith to NO 27 for 5 yards (T.Waynes).2-7-NO 22

(13:34) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass deep right to M.Thomas pushed ob at NO 47 for 20 yards (T.Waynes).Minnesota challenged the pass completion ruling, and the play was Upheld. The ruling on the field was confirmed. (Timeout #1.)

3-2-NO 27 P1

(13:19) M.Ingram left end to NO 48 for 1 yard (M.Alexander).1-10-NO 47

(12:36) (Shotgun) T.Hill pass deep middle to M.Thomas to MIN 8 for 44 yards (G.Iloka) [S.Richardson].2-9-NO 48 P2

Penalty on MIN-H.Smith, Defensive Pass Interference, declined.

(11:51) A.Kamara up the middle to MIN 3 for 5 yards (S.Richardson; S.Weatherly).1-8-MIN 8

(11:16) (Shotgun) T.Hill left guard to MIN 3 for no gain (B.Gedeon; E.Kendricks).2-3-MIN 3

(10:38) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short middle to A.Kamara for 3 yards, TOUCHDOWN.3-3-MIN 3 P3

W.Lutz extra point is GOOD, Center-Z.Wood, Holder-T.Morstead.

NO 7 MIN 0, 8 plays, 81 yards, 4:27 drive, 4:27 elapsed

W.Lutz kicks 67 yards from NO 35 to MIN -2. R.Thomas to MIN 18 for 20 yards (J.Robinson; J.Hardee).

PENALTY on MIN-M.Boone, Unnecessary Roughness, 9 yards, enforced at MIN 18.

Minnesota Vikings at 10:33, (1st play from scrimmage 10:27)

(10:27) K.Cousins pass short right to A.Thielen to MIN 23 for 14 yards (E.Apple).1-10-MIN 9 P1

(9:58) L.Murray left guard to MIN 29 for 6 yards (A.Klein).1-10-MIN 23

(9:20) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass incomplete short middle to A.Thielen (C.Jordan).2-4-MIN 29

PENALTY on NO-P.Williams, Illegal Contact, 5 yards, enforced at MIN 29 - No Play. X2

(9:15) (Shotgun) M.Boone left guard to MIN 36 for 2 yards (A.Klein; M.Davenport).1-10-MIN 34

PENALTY on MIN-M.Remmers, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, enforced at MIN 34 - No Play.

(8:56) L.Murray right tackle to MIN 36 for 12 yards (M.Williams).1-20-MIN 24

(8:20) L.Murray left tackle to MIN 46 for 10 yards (M.Williams).2-8-MIN 36 R3

(7:44) R.Thomas right end to MIN 45 for -1 yards (C.Jordan).1-10-MIN 46

(6:59) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short left to K.Rudolph pushed ob at NO 49 for 6 yards (D.Davis).2-11-MIN 45

(6:18) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short right to A.Thielen to NO 35 for 14 yards (P.Williams).3-5-NO 49 P4

(5:34) (Shotgun) K.Cousins Aborted. P.Elflein FUMBLES at NO 40, recovered by MIN-K.Cousins at NO 41. K.Cousins to NO 32 for 9 yards(D.Davis).

1-10-NO 35

(4:56) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass deep right to S.Diggs to NO 1 for 31 yards (P.Williams) [D.Onyemata].2-7-NO 32 P5

(4:09) C.Ham up the middle to NO 1 for no gain (T.Stallworth).1-1-NO 1

(3:31) K.Cousins pass incomplete short right to K.Rudolph.2-1-NO 1

(3:25) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass incomplete short left to K.Rudolph.3-1-NO 1

(3:21) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short left to S.Diggs for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.4-1-NO 1 P6

D.Bailey extra point is GOOD, Center-K.McDermott, Holder-M.Wile.

NO 7 MIN 7, 13 plays, 91 yards, 1 penalty, 7:17 drive, 11:44 elapsed

D.Bailey kicks 65 yards from MIN 35 to end zone, Touchback.

New Orleans Saints at 3:16

(3:16) D.Brees pass short left to A.Kamara to NO 20 for -5 yards (L.Joseph).1-10-NO 25

(2:34) D.Brees pass short left to M.Ingram to NO 21 for 1 yard (J.Kearse).2-15-NO 20

(1:51) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to A.Kamara to NO 28 for 7 yards (H.Hill, B.Gedeon).3-14-NO 21

(1:12) T.Morstead punts 56 yards to MIN 16, Center-Z.Wood. M.Sherels to MIN 20 for 4 yards (J.Hardee).4-7-NO 28

Minnesota Vikings at 1:02

(1:02) A.Thielen right end to MIN 35 for 15 yards (M.Williams).1-10-MIN 20 R7

(:23) K.Cousins pass short right to K.Rudolph to MIN 36 for 1 yard (V.Bell).1-10-MIN 35

END OF QUARTER

New Orleans Saints 7 6:41 0 3 0 3 2/3 0/0

Minnesota Vikings 7 8:19 2 4 1 7 1/2 1/1

Score

TimePoss

First Downs

R P X T

Efficiencies

3 Down 4 Down

New Orleans Saints vs Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium

Second QuarterPlay By Play 10/28/2018

Minnesota Vikings continued.

(15:00) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short left to S.Diggs to NO 45 for 19 yards (M.Williams).2-9-MIN 36 P8

(14:19) K.Cousins pass deep right to A.Thielen to NO 17 for 28 yards (E.Apple) [A.Anzalone].1-10-NO 45 P9

(13:29) L.Murray left tackle to NO 17 for no gain (C.Jordan).1-10-NO 17

(12:50) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short middle to S.Diggs to NO 14 for 3 yards (E.Apple).2-10-NO 17

(12:06) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass incomplete short left to A.Robinson.3-7-NO 14

PENALTY on NO-P.Williams, Defensive Pass Interference, 13 yards, enforced at NO 14 - No Play. X10

(12:01) L.Murray up the middle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.1-1-NO 1 R11

D.Bailey extra point is No Good, Wide Left, Center-K.McDermott, Holder-M.Wile.


D.Bailey kicks 58 yards from MIN 35 to NO 7. T.Hill to NO 33 for 26 yards (D.Downs).

New Orleans Saints at 11:57, (1st play from scrimmage 11:53)

(11:53) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to M.Thomas to NO 37 for 4 yards (H.Hill).1-10-NO 33

(11:19) D.Brees pass short right to M.Thomas to NO 45 for 8 yards (A.Harris).2-6-NO 37 P4

(10:37) M.Ingram right tackle to 50 for 5 yards (T.Johnson).1-10-NO 45

(10:00) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to A.Kamara to MIN 46 for 4 yards (E.Kendricks).2-5-50

(9:18) PENALTY on MIN-E.Griffen, Encroachment, 5 yards, enforced at MIN 46 - No Play.3-1-MIN 46 X5

(8:58) A.Kamara left guard to MIN 39 for 2 yards (S.Weatherly).1-10-MIN 41

(8:17) M.Ingram left guard to MIN 34 for 5 yards (B.Gedeon).2-8-MIN 39

(7:35) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass incomplete short right to A.Kamara.3-3-MIN 34

(7:32) W.Lutz 52 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-Z.Wood, Holder-T.Morstead.4-3-MIN 34


W.Lutz kicks 65 yards from NO 35 to end zone, Touchback.


(7:27) K.Cousins pass short left to A.Thielen to MIN 40 for 15 yards (E.Apple).1-10-MIN 25 P12

(7:06) (No Huddle) L.Murray right tackle to NO 37 for 23 yards (M.Williams).1-10-MIN 40

PENALTY on MIN-P.Elflein, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, enforced at MIN 40 - No Play.

(6:37) K.Cousins sacked at MIN 25 for -5 yards (S.Rankins).1-20-MIN 30

(5:56) C.Ham left guard to MIN 26 for 1 yard (P.Williams).2-25-MIN 25

(5:16) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short middle to R.Thomas to MIN 41 for 15 yards (A.Anzalone).3-24-MIN 26

(4:33) M.Wile punts 41 yards to NO 18, Center-K.McDermott. A.Kamara to NO 33 for 15 yards (B.Gedeon; K.Brothers).4-9-MIN 41


(4:21) A.Kamara right end pushed ob at NO 38 for 5 yards (J.Kearse).1-10-NO 33

(3:52) A.Kamara up the middle to MIN 45 for 17 yards (H.Smith).2-5-NO 38 R6

(3:12) D.Brees pass incomplete short left to T.Smith (H.Hill).1-10-MIN 45

(3:07) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short middle intended for M.Thomas INTERCEPTED by H.Smith at MIN 33. H.Smith to MIN 33 for no gain(M.Thomas).

2-10-MIN 45


(3:03) (Shotgun) M.Boone right tackle to MIN 35 for 2 yards (T.Davison; A.Klein).1-10-MIN 33

(2:26) (Shotgun) M.Boone left end to MIN 37 for 2 yards (A.Klein, T.Davison).2-8-MIN 35

Two-Minute Warning

(2:00) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short middle to K.Rudolph to MIN 44 for 7 yards (A.Anzalone).3-6-MIN 37 P13

(1:35) (No Huddle, Shotgun) K.Cousins pass incomplete short right to L.Murray.1-10-MIN 44

(1:32) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass incomplete deep left to L.Treadwell (M.Lattimore).2-10-MIN 44

(1:26) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass deep right to A.Robinson pushed ob at NO 37 for 19 yards (E.Apple).3-10-MIN 44 P14

(1:21) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass incomplete short right to L.Treadwell (E.Apple).1-10-NO 37

PENALTY on NO-E.Apple, Defensive Pass Interference, 7 yards, enforced at NO 37 - No Play. X15

(1:17) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short right to L.Murray pushed ob at NO 18 for 12 yards (E.Apple) [C.Jordan].1-10-NO 30 P16

(1:11) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short left to A.Thielen to NO 14 for 4 yards (A.Anzalone). FUMBLES (A.Anzalone), RECOVERED by NO-M.Lattimore at NO 13. M.Lattimore to MIN 33 for 54 yards (L.Treadwell).

1-10-NO 18

PENALTY on MIN-L.Treadwell, Unsportsmanlike Conduct, 15 yards, enforced at MIN 33.



(:57) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to A.Kamara to MIN 1 for 17 yards (H.Hill, E.Kendricks).1-10-MIN 18 P7

(:33) (No Huddle) A.Kamara up the middle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.1-1-MIN 1 R8

(Kick formation) PENALTY on NO-Z.Wood, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at MIN 15 - No Play.





(:30) (Shotgun) M.Boone left guard to MIN 32 for 7 yards (V.Bell).1-10-MIN 25

END OF QUARTER



Score

TimePoss

First Downs

R P X T

Efficiencies

3 Down 4 Down


Third QuarterPlay By Play 10/28/2018

MIN elects to Receive, and NO elects to defend the goal.



(15:00) L.Murray left tackle to MIN 28 for 3 yards (V.Bell; A.Okafor).1-10-MIN 25

(14:20) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short right to L.Treadwell to MIN 36 for 8 yards (E.Apple) [C.Jordan].2-7-MIN 28 P17

(13:42) L.Murray up the middle to MIN 40 for 4 yards (A.Klein; D.Davis).1-10-MIN 36

(13:18) (No Huddle) K.Cousins pass incomplete short right to D.Morgan (M.Te'o).2-6-MIN 40

(13:15) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short left to S.Diggs to MIN 45 for 5 yards (D.Davis).3-6-MIN 40

(12:33) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass incomplete short middle to L.Treadwell (M.Lattimore).4-1-MIN 45


(12:28) (Shotgun) M.Ingram left tackle to MIN 42 for 3 yards (S.Weatherly).1-10-MIN 45

(11:51) (Shotgun) A.Kamara left tackle to MIN 38 for 4 yards (S.Richardson).2-7-MIN 42

(11:09) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to A.Kamara pushed ob at MIN 30 for 8 yards (T.Johnson).3-3-MIN 38 P9

(10:34) T.Hill right end to MIN 28 for 2 yards (E.Kendricks).1-10-MIN 30

(9:55) D.Brees pass short right to M.Ingram to MIN 9 for 19 yards (H.Smith).2-8-MIN 28 P10

(9:13) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass incomplete short left to A.Carr.1-9-MIN 9

(9:10) A.Kamara up the middle to MIN 10 for -1 yards (E.Kendricks; T.Johnson).2-9-MIN 9

(8:29) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass incomplete short right.3-10-MIN 10

PENALTY on NO-D.Brees, Intentional Grounding, 14 yards, enforced at MIN 10.





(8:19) K.Cousins sacked at MIN 23 for -2 yards (M.Davenport). FUMBLES (M.Davenport) [M.Davenport], RECOVERED by NO-M.Davenportat MIN 17. M.Davenport to MIN 17 for no gain (D.Morgan).The Replay Official reviewed the fumble ruling, and the play was REVERSED.K.Cousins sacked at MIN 23 for -2 yards (M.Davenport).

1-10-MIN 25

(8:04) (Shotgun) L.Murray up the middle to MIN 29 for 6 yards (A.Okafor).2-12-MIN 23

(7:25) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short middle to S.Diggs to MIN 42 for 13 yards (M.Lattimore).3-6-MIN 29 P18

(6:46) L.Murray up the middle to MIN 44 for 2 yards (C.Jordan).1-10-MIN 42

(6:08) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short middle intended for S.Diggs INTERCEPTED by P.Williams at MIN 45. P.Williams for 45 yards,TOUCHDOWN.

2-8-MIN 44



NO 27 MIN 13, 0 plays, 45 yards, 0:00 drive , 9:02 elapsed

W.Lutz kicks 62 yards from NO 35 to MIN 3. M.Sherels to MIN 20 for 17 yards (J.Hardee).

Minnesota Vikings at 5:58, (1st play from scrimmage 5:53)

(5:53) L.Murray left guard to MIN 23 for 3 yards (M.Te'o).1-10-MIN 20

(5:19) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short left to S.Diggs to MIN 45 for 22 yards (A.Anzalone).2-7-MIN 23 P19

(4:54) L.Murray right guard to NO 49 for 6 yards (V.Bell).1-10-MIN 45

(4:19) L.Murray left guard to NO 49 for no gain (A.Klein).2-4-NO 49

(3:37) (Shotgun) K.Cousins sacked at MIN 44 for -7 yards (S.Rankins).3-4-NO 49

(2:57) M.Wile punts 40 yards to NO 16, Center-K.McDermott, fair catch by A.Kamara.4-11-MIN 44


(2:50) (Shotgun) A.Kamara right guard to NO 19 for 3 yards (B.Gedeon).1-10-NO 16

(2:07) M.Ingram left guard to NO 27 for 8 yards (E.Kendricks; B.Gedeon).2-7-NO 19 R11

(1:27) D.Brees pass short right to T.Hill pushed ob at NO 32 for 5 yards (J.Kearse).1-10-NO 27

(:50) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to T.Smith to NO 38 for 6 yards (H.Hill).2-5-NO 32 P12

(:10) M.Ingram left tackle to NO 42 for 4 yards (E.Griffen).1-10-NO 38

END OF QUARTER



Score

TimePoss

First Downs

R P X T

Efficiencies

3 Down 4 Down


Fourth QuarterPlay By Play 10/28/2018

New Orleans Saints continued.

(15:00) D.Brees pass short right to T.Smith pushed ob at NO 49 for 7 yards (T.Waynes).2-6-NO 42 P13

(14:30) A.Kamara right guard to MIN 47 for 4 yards (T.Johnson, L.Joseph).1-10-NO 49

(13:58) M.Ingram right end pushed ob at MIN 42 for 5 yards (H.Smith).2-6-MIN 47

PENALTY on MIN-E.Griffen, Illegal Use of Hands, 5 yards, enforced at MIN 42. X14

Timeout #1 by NO at 13:26.

(13:26) D.Brees pass short right to M.Ingram pushed ob at MIN 28 for 9 yards (J.Kearse) [L.Joseph].1-10-MIN 37

(12:59) A.Kamara right tackle to MIN 25 for 3 yards (T.Waynes; D.Hunter).2-1-MIN 28 R15

(12:21) (Shotgun) A.Kamara right tackle pushed ob at MIN 7 for 18 yards (T.Waynes).1-10-MIN 25

PENALTY on NO-A.Peat, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, enforced at MIN 24.

(11:50) M.Ingram left end to MIN 30 for 4 yards (L.Joseph).1-19-MIN 34

(11:10) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to A.Kamara to MIN 33 for -3 yards (S.Richardson; E.Wilson).2-15-MIN 30

(10:24) (Shotgun) M.Ingram up the middle to MIN 24 for 9 yards (B.Gedeon).3-18-MIN 33





(9:35) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short left to L.Treadwell to MIN 37 for 12 yards (M.Lattimore; V.Bell). NO-V.Bell was injured during the play.1-10-MIN 25 P20

(9:19) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short right to S.Diggs pushed ob at MIN 45 for 8 yards (M.Williams).1-10-MIN 37

(8:53) (Shotgun) L.Murray left guard to MIN 48 for 3 yards (S.Rankins).2-2-MIN 45 R21

(8:20) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short middle to L.Murray to NO 48 for 4 yards (K.Coleman; A.Klein).1-10-MIN 48

(7:56) (No Huddle, Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short right to S.Diggs to NO 39 for 9 yards (K.Coleman; P.Williams).2-6-NO 48 P22

(7:22) (No Huddle, Shotgun) K.Cousins pass incomplete short right to A.Robinson (C.Jordan).1-10-NO 39

(7:18) (Shotgun) K.Cousins sacked at NO 46 for -7 yards (M.Davenport).2-10-NO 39

(6:46) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short middle to A.Thielen to NO 19 for 27 yards (P.Williams).3-17-NO 46 P23

(6:15) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short right to L.Murray to NO 16 for 3 yards (E.Apple).1-10-NO 19

(5:46) (No Huddle, Shotgun) K.Cousins pass incomplete deep right to S.Diggs.2-7-NO 16

PENALTY on NO-E.Apple, Defensive Pass Interference, 10 yards, enforced at NO 16 - No Play. X24

(5:42) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass incomplete short middle to K.Rudolph (M.Williams).1-6-NO 6

(5:38) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short left to L.Treadwell to NO 1 for 5 yards (M.Lattimore).2-6-NO 6

(5:02) K.Cousins up the middle to NO 1 for no gain (A.Klein; P.Williams).3-1-NO 1

(4:30) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short middle to A.Thielen for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.4-1-NO 1 P25

D.Bailey extra point is GOOD, Center-K.McDermott, Holder-M.Wile.


D.Bailey kicks onside 22 yards from MIN 35 to NO 43, out of bounds.


(4:26) M.Ingram left end to MIN 46 for 11 yards (H.Hill).1-10-NO 43 R16

(3:41) M.Ingram up the middle to MIN 42 for 4 yards (S.Richardson; J.Johnson). MIN-S.Richardson was injured during the play.1-10-MIN 46

Timeout #1 by MIN at 03:33.

(3:33) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short right to M.Thomas to MIN 37 for 5 yards (T.Waynes, A.Harris).2-6-MIN 42

(2:50) M.Ingram right guard to MIN 35 for 2 yards (T.Waynes).3-1-MIN 37 R17


(2:40) M.Ingram right tackle to MIN 33 for 2 yards (L.Joseph; T.Johnson).1-10-MIN 35


(2:35) A.Kamara right end to MIN 35 for -2 yards (L.Joseph, E.Kendricks).2-8-MIN 33

Two-Minute Warning

(2:00) (Shotgun) T.Hill up the middle to MIN 39 for -4 yards (D.Hunter).3-10-MIN 35

Timeout #2 by NO at 01:15.

(1:15) T.Morstead punts 30 yards to MIN 9, Center-Z.Wood, fair catch by M.Sherels.4-14-MIN 39



(1:09) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short right to L.Murray to MIN 16 for 7 yards (D.Davis).1-10-MIN 9

(:47) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass deep middle to K.Rudolph to MIN 41 for 25 yards (V.Bell; A.Anzalone).2-3-MIN 16 P26

(:24) (No Huddle, Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short right to L.Murray to NO 46 for 13 yards (D.Davis).1-10-MIN 41 P27

(:07) K.Cousins spiked the ball to stop the clock.1-10-NO 46

(:06) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short right to S.Diggs to NO 38 for 8 yards (E.Apple) [S.Rankins].2-10-NO 46

END OF QUARTER



Score

TimePoss

First Downs

R P X T

Efficiencies

3 Down 4 Down




Miscellaneous Statistics Report

Ten Longest Plays for New Orleans Saints

Ten Longest Plays for Minnesota Vikings

VISITOR New Orleans Saints 2 1 0

HOME Minnesota Vikings 3 0 0

Offense Defense Special TeamsTouchdown Scoring Information

Player Scoring Information

Play Start Play DescriptionQtrYards

2-9-NO 48 (12:36) (Shotgun) T.Hill pass deep middle to M.Thomas to MIN 8 for 44 yards (G.Iloka) [S.Richardson].Penalty on MIN-H.Smith, Defensive Pass Interference, declined.

144

3-2-NO 27 (13:34) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass deep right to M.Thomas pushed ob at NO 47 for 20 yards (T.Waynes).Minnesota challenged the pass completion ruling, and the play was Upheld. The ruling on the field was confirmed. (Timeout#1.)

120

2-8-MIN 28 (9:55) D.Brees pass short right to M.Ingram to MIN 9 for 19 yards (H.Smith).319

2-5-NO 38 (3:52) A.Kamara up the middle to MIN 45 for 17 yards (H.Smith).217

1-10-MIN 18 (:57) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to A.Kamara to MIN 1 for 17 yards (H.Hill, E.Kendricks).217

1-10-NO 43 (4:26) M.Ingram left end to MIN 46 for 11 yards (H.Hill).411

2-6-MIN 47 (13:58) M.Ingram right end pushed ob at MIN 42 for 5 yards (H.Smith).PENALTY on MIN-E.Griffen, Illegal Use of Hands, 5 yards, enforced at MIN 42.

410

1-10-MIN 37 (13:26) D.Brees pass short right to M.Ingram pushed ob at MIN 28 for 9 yards (J.Kearse) [L.Joseph].49

3-18-MIN 33 (10:24) (Shotgun) M.Ingram up the middle to MIN 24 for 9 yards (B.Gedeon).49

2-6-NO 37 (11:19) D.Brees pass short right to M.Thomas to NO 45 for 8 yards (A.Harris).28

Play Start Play DescriptionQtrYards

2-7-NO 32 (4:56) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass deep right to S.Diggs to NO 1 for 31 yards (P.Williams) [D.Onyemata].131

1-10-NO 45 (14:19) K.Cousins pass deep right to A.Thielen to NO 17 for 28 yards (E.Apple) [A.Anzalone].228

3-17-NO 46 (6:46) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short middle to A.Thielen to NO 19 for 27 yards (P.Williams).427

2-3-MIN 16 (:47) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass deep middle to K.Rudolph to MIN 41 for 25 yards (V.Bell; A.Anzalone).425

2-7-MIN 23 (5:19) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short left to S.Diggs to MIN 45 for 22 yards (A.Anzalone).322

2-9-MIN 36 (15:00) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short left to S.Diggs to NO 45 for 19 yards (M.Williams).219

3-10-MIN 44 (1:26) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass deep right to A.Robinson pushed ob at NO 37 for 19 yards (E.Apple).219

1-10-MIN 20 (1:02) A.Thielen right end to MIN 35 for 15 yards (M.Williams).115

1-10-MIN 25 (7:27) K.Cousins pass short left to A.Thielen to MIN 40 for 15 yards (E.Apple).215

3-24-MIN 26 (5:16) (Shotgun) K.Cousins pass short middle to R.Thomas to MIN 41 for 15 yards (A.Anzalone).215

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NO W.Lutz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 120

NO P.Williams 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 60

MIN L.Murray 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60

MIN A.Thielen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60

MIN S.Diggs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60

MIN D.Bailey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20

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# NAME POS HT WT AGE EXP COLLEGE1 Kyle Sloter QB 6-5 218 24 2 Northern Colorado3 Trevor Siemian QB 6-3 220 26 4 Northwestern5 Dan Bailey K 6-0 190 30 7 Oklahoma State6 Matt Wile P 6-2 225 26 2 Michigan8 Kirk Cousins QB 6-3 202 30 7 Michigan State11 Laquon Treadwell WR 6-2 215 23 3 Mississippi14 Stefon Diggs WR 6-0 191 24 4 Maryland15 Brandon Zylstra WR 6-2 215 25 R Concordia-Moorhead17 Aldrick Robinson WR 5-10 185 30 7 SMU19 Adam Thielen WR 6-2 200 28 5 Minnesota State20 Mackensie Alexander CB 5-10 192 24 3 Clemson22 Harrison Smith S 6-2 214 29 7 Notre Dame23 George Iloka S 6-4 28 28 7 Boise State24 Holton Hill CB 6-2 196 21 R Texas25 Latavius Murray RB 6-3 230 28 6 Central Florida26 Trae Waynes CB 6-0 190 26 4 Michigan State27 Jayron Kearse S 6-4 215 24 3 Clemson29 Xavier Rhodes CB 6-1 218 28 6 Florida State30 C.J. Ham FB 5-11 235 25 2 Augustana32 Roc Thomas RB 5-10 198 23 R Jacksonville State33 Dalvin Cook RB 5-10 210 23 2 Florida State34 Andrew Sendejo S 6-1 210 31 9 Rice35 Marcus Sherels CB 5-10 175 31 8 Minnesota40 Kentrell Brothers LB 6-1 242 25 3 Missouri41 Anthony Harris S 6-1 202 26 4 Virginia42 Ben Gedeon LB 6-2 244 23 2 Michigan44 Mike Boone RB 5-10 206 23 R Cincinnati47 Kevin McDermott LS 6-5 240 28 6 UCLA50 Eric Wilson LB 6-1 230 24 2 Cincinnati54 Eric Kendricks LB 6-0 232 26 4 UCLA55 Anthony Barr LB 6-5 255 26 5 UCLA57 Devante Downs LB 6-2 252 22 R California61 Brett Jones C 6-2 315 27 3 Regina (Canada)63 Danny Isidora G 6-3 306 24 2 Miami65 Pat Elflein C 6-3 303 24 2 Ohio State69 Rashod Hill T 6-6 313 26 3 Southern Mississippi71 Riley Reiff T 6-6 305 29 7 Iowa74 Mike Remmers G 6-5 310 29 6 Oregon State75 Brian O’Neill T 6-7 297 23 R Pittsburgh79 Tom Compton G 6-6 315 29 7 South Dakota82 Kyle Rudolph TE 6-6 265 28 8 Notre Dame83 Tyler Conklin TE 6-3 254 23 R Central Michigan89 David Morgan TE 6-4 265 25 3 Texas-San Antonio90 Tashawn Bower DE 6-5 250 23 2 LSU91 Stephen Weatherly DE 6-5 265 24 3 Vanderbilt92 Jalyn Holmes DT 6-5 283 22 R Ohio State93 Sheldon Richardson DT 6-3 295 27 6 Missouri94 Jaleel Johnson DT 6-3 316 24 2 Iowa95 David Parry DT 6-2 313 26 4 Stanford96 Tom Johnson DT 6-3 285 34 8 Southern Mississippi97 Everson Griffen DE 6-3 273 30 9 Southern California98 Linval Joseph DT 6-4 329 29 9 East Carolina99 Danielle Hunter DE 6-5 252 23 4 LSU

ALPHABETICAL# Name Pos20 Alexander, Mackensie ...........CB5 Bailey, Dan .............................K55 Barr, Anthony ....................... LB44 Boone, Mike .........................RB90 Bower, Tashawn....................DE40 Brothers, Kentrell ................. LB79 Compton, Tom ........................G83 Conklin, Tyler ........................ TE33 Cook, Dalvin .........................RB8 Cousins, Kirk ........................ QB14 Diggs, Stefon ...................... WR57 Downs, Devante ................... LB65 Elflein, Pat .............................. C42 Gedeon, Ben ......................... LB97 Griffen, Everson ....................DE30 Ham, C.J. ............................. FB41 Harris, Anthony ...................... S24 Hill, Holton ...........................CB69 Hill, Rashod ............................ T92 Holmes, Jalyn .......................DT99 Hunter, Danielle ...................DE23 Iloka, George .......................... S63 Isidora, Danny ........................G94 Johnson, Jaleel .....................DT96 Johnson, Tom .......................DT61 Jones, Brett ............................ C98 Joseph, Linval .......................DT27 Kearse, Jayron ........................ S54 Kendricks, Eric ...................... LB47 McDermott, Kevin ................ LS89 Morgan, David ...................... TE25 Murray, Latavius ..................RB75 O’Neill, Brian .......................... T95 Parry, David ..........................DT71 Reiff, Riley .............................. T74 Remmers, Mike ......................G29 Rhodes, Xavier ......................CB93 Richardson, Sheldon .............DT17 Robinson, Aldrick ............... WR82 Rudolph, Kyle ....................... TE34 Sendejo, Andrew .................... S35 Sherels, Marcus ....................CB3 Siemian, Trevor .................... QB1 Sloter, Kyle .......................... QB22 Smith, Harrison ...................... S19 Thielen, Adam .................... WR32 Thomas, Roc .........................RB11 Treadwell, Laquon .............. WR26 Waynes, Trae.........................CB91 Weatherly, Stephen .............DE6 Wile, Matt ..............................P50 Wilson, Eric ........................... LB15 Zylstra, Brandon ................. WR

ALPHABETICAL# Name Pos47 Anzalone, Alex...................... LB25 Apple, Eli ..............................CB72 Armstead, Terron .................... T85 Arnold, Dan .......................... TE31 Banjo, Chris ............................ S24 Bell, Vonn ............................... S59 Biegel, Vince ......................... LB9 Brees, Drew ......................... QB5 Bridgewater, Teddy .............. QB74 Bushrod, Jermon .................... T80 Carr, Austin ......................... WR64 Clapp, Will .............................. C29 Coleman, Kurt ........................ S20 Crawley, Ken .........................CB92 Davenport, Marcus ...............DE56 Davis, Demario ..................... LB95 Davison, Tyeler......................DT48 Gray, J.T. .............................. DB34 Hardee, Justin...................... DB91 Hendrickson, Trey .................DE89 Hill, Josh ............................... TE7 Hill, Taysom ......................... QB22 Ingram II, Mark .....................RB94 Jordan, Cameron ..................DE41 Kamara, Alvin .......................RB53 Klein, A.J. ............................. LB23 Lattimore, Marshon ..............CB61 LeRibeus, Josh ........................G42 Line, Zach ............................. FB70 Loewen, Mitchell ..................DL3 Lutz, Wil .................................K81 Meredith, Cameron ............ WR6 Morstead, Thomas ..................P57 Okafor, Alex ..........................DE65 Ola, Michael ........................... T93 Onyemata, David ..................DT75 Peat, Andrus ....................... G/T71 Ramczyk, Ryan ....................... T98 Rankins, Sheldon ..................DT52 Robertson, Craig ................... LB32 Robinson, Josh .................... DB10 Smith, Tre’Quan .................. WR76 Stallworth, Taylor .................DT51 Te’o, Manti ............................ LB13 Thomas, Michael ................ WR63 Tom, Cameron ........................ C60 Unger, Max ............................. C67 Warford, Larry ........................G27 Washington, Dwayne ...........RB82 Watson, Benjamin ................ TE43 Williams, Marcus ................... S26 Williams, P.J. .........................CB49 Wood, Zach ........................... LS

SAINTS

PRONUNCIATION

Alex Anzalone ......................anne-zuh-LOAN-ee

Terron Armstead ........................................ter-RON

Demario Davis ........................... duh-MAR-ee-oh

Alvin Kamara .................................. Kuh-MARE-Uh

Josh LeRibeus .....................................luh-REE-bus

Mitchell Loewen .........................................LAY-ven

Alex Okafor ........................................... OH-kuh-for

David Onyemata ..........................un-ye-mah-tah

Andrus Peat ..................................... an-druss pete

Ryan Ramczyk ......................................Ram-check

Manti Te’o ..........................................MAN-tie TE-O

MIKE ZIMMER (Head Coach). Coordinators: George Edwards (Defensive Coordinator), John DeFilippo (Offensive Coordinator), Mike Priefer (Special Teams Coordinator). Assistants: Clancy Barone (Offensive Line), Todd Downing (Tight Ends), Ryan Ficken (Assistant Special Teams), Jerry Gray (Defensive Backs), Darrell Hazell (Wide Receiv-ers), Ellis Hill (Assistant Strength & Conditioning), Jeff Howard (Defensive Assistant/Assistant Defensive Backs), Andrew Janocko (Offensive Line), Derik Keyes (Assistant Strength & Conditioning), Chaz Mahle (Assistant Stength & Conditioning), Terence Newman (Nickel/Defensive Backs), Andre Patterson (Defensive Line), Drew Petzing (Assistant Quarterbacks), Kennedy Polamalu (Running Backs), Nick Rallis (Defensive Quality Control), Robert Rodriguez (Assistant Defensive Line), Kevin Stefanski (Quar-terbacks), Mark Uyeyama (Head Strength & Conditioning), Adam Zimmer (Linebackers)

SEAN PAYTON (Head Coach). Coordinators: Dennis Allen (Defensive Coordina-tor), Pete Carmichael (Offensive Coordinator). Assistants: Bradford Banta (Special Teams Coordinator), Joseph Brady (Offensive Assistant), Charles Byrd (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Dan Campbell (Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends), Ronald Curry (Assistant Wide Receivers), Dan Dalrymple (Head Strength and Conditioning), Peter Giunta (Senior Defensive Assistant), Aaron Glenn (Second-ary), Michael Hodges (Defensive Assistant), Curtis Johnson (Senior Offensive As-sistant/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)

VIKINGS PRONUNCIATION

Tashawn Bower ...................................tuh-SHAWN

Stefon Diggs ................................................Steff-ON

Pat Elflein ....................................................... ELF-line

Ben Gedeon ............................................Ged-E-uhn

Jalyn Holmes ..................................................JAY-lyn

Danielle Hunter .................................... duh-KNEEL

Danny Isidora ........................................... izz-uh-DORA

Linval Joseph ................................................lin-VALL

Jayron Kearse ..............................................JAY-rahn

Aldrick Robinson ..................................... ALL-drick

Andrew Sendejo ...................................sin-DAY-ho

Marcus Sherels ....................................... SHARE-els

Trevor Siemian .......................................... sim-EE-in

Kyle Sloter .................................................... slow-der

Adam Thielen .............................................. THEE-lin

Stephen Weatherly ..................................STEE-ven

Matt Wile ...........................................................WHILE

Brandon Zylstra ...............................ZILL-strah

COACHES

Mike Priefer ..................................................PREE-fur

Andrew Janocko .................................. juh-NO-coe

Mark Uyeyama...........................ooh-ee-YAH-muh

Nick Rallis .....................................................RAWL-iss

# NAME POS HT WT AGE EXP COLLEGE3 Wil Lutz K 5-11 184 24 3 Georgia State5 Teddy Bridgewater QB 6-2 215 25 5 Louisville6 Thomas Morstead P 6-4 235 32 10 Southern Methodist7 Taysom Hill QB 6-2 221 28 2 Brigham Young9 Drew Brees QB 6-0 209 39 18 Purdue10 Tre’Quan Smith WR 6-2 210 22 R Central Florida13 Michael Thomas WR 6-3 212 25 3 Ohio State20 Ken Crawley CB 6-1 180 25 3 Colorado22 Mark Ingram II RB 5-9 215 28 8 Alabama23 Marshon Lattimore CB 6-0 192 22 2 Ohio State24 Vonn Bell S 5-11 205 23 3 Ohio State25 Eli Apple CB 6-1 203 23 3 Ohio State26 P.J. Williams CB 6-0 196 25 4 Florida State27 Dwayne Washington RB 6-1 223 24 3 Washington29 Kurt Coleman S 5-11 208 30 9 Ohio State31 Chris Banjo S 5-10 207 28 5 Southern Methodist32 Josh Robinson DB 5-10 200 27 7 Central Florida34 Justin Hardee DB 6-1 200 24 2 Illinois41 Alvin Kamara RB 5-10 215 23 2 Tennessee42 Zach Line FB 6-1 233 28 6 Southern Methodist43 Marcus Williams S 6-1 195 22 2 Utah47 Alex Anzalone LB 6-3 241 24 2 Florida48 J.T. Gray DB 6-0 202 22 R Mississippi State49 Zach Wood LS 6-3 255 25 2 Southern Methodist51 Manti Te’o LB 6-1 241 27 6 Notre Dame52 Craig Robertson LB 6-1 234 30 7 North Texas53 A.J. Klein LB 6-1 240 27 6 Iowa State56 Demario Davis LB 6-2 248 29 7 Arkansas State57 Alex Okafor DE 6-4 261 27 6 Texas59 Vince Biegel LB 6-3 246 25 2 Wisconsin60 Max Unger C 6-5 305 32 10 Oregon61 Josh LeRibeus G 6-2 315 29 6 Southern Methodist63 Cameron Tom C 6-4 300 23 2 Southern Mississippi64 Will Clapp C 6-5 311 22 R Louisiana State65 Michael Ola T 6-5 312 30 5 Hampton67 Larry Warford G 6-3 317 27 6 Kentucky70 Mitchell Loewen DL 6-5 275 25 2 Arkansas71 Ryan Ramczyk T 6-6 314 24 2 Wisconsin72 Terron Armstead T 6-5 304 27 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff74 Jermon Bushrod T 6-5 318 34 12 Towson75 Andrus Peat G/T 6-7 316 24 4 Stanford76 Taylor Stallworth DT 6-2 305 23 R South Carolina80 Austin Carr WR 6-1 195 24 2 Northwestern81 Cameron Meredith WR 6-3 207 26 4 Illinois State82 Benjamin Watson TE 6-3 251 37 15 Georgia85 Dan Arnold TE 6-6 220 23 2 Wisconsin-Platteville89 Josh Hill TE 6-5 250 28 6 Idaho State91 Trey Hendrickson DE 6-4 270 23 2 Florida Atlantic92 Marcus Davenport DE 6-6 265 22 R Texas San-Antonio93 David Onyemata DT 6-4 300 25 3 Manitoba (Canada)94 Cameron Jordan DE 6-4 287 29 8 California95 Tyeler Davison DT 6-2 309 26 4 Fresno State98 Sheldon Rankins DT 6-2 305 24 3 Louisville

SAINTS DEFENSELE 94 Cameron JORDAN 91 Trey Hendrickson 70 Mitchell Loewen

NT 95 Tyeler DAVISON 76 Taylor Stallworth

DT 98 Sheldon RANKINS 93 David Onyemata

RE 57 Alex OKAFOR 92 Marcus Davenport

WLB 56 Demario DAVIS 52 Craig Robertson

MLB 51 Manti TE’O 47 Alex Anzalone

SLB 53 A.J. KLEIN 47 Alex Anzalone 59 Vince Biegel

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

RCB 23 Marshon LATTIMORE 34 Justin Hardee 32 Josh Robinson

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

FS 43 Marcus WILLIAMS 31 Chris Banjo

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (5-1) VS. MINNESOTA VIKINGS (4-2-1)SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2018 • 7:20 P.M. (CT) • U.S. BANK STADIUM (66,467)

SAINTS SPECIALISTSP 6 Thomas MORSTEAD

K 3 Wil LUTZ

H 6 Thomas MORSTEAD 7 Taysom Hill

LS 49 Zach WOOD

KR 7 Taysom HILL

PR 41 Alvin KAMARA

SAINTS OFFENSEWR 13 Michael THOMAS 81 Cameron Meredith

LT 72 Terron ARMSTEAD 74 Jermon Bushrod 65 Michael Ola

LG 75 Andrus PEAT 61 Josh LeRibeus

C 60 Max UNGER 63 Cameron Tom 64 Will Clapp

RG 67 Larry WARFORD 61 Josh LeRibeus

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 / 41 Alvin KAMARA 27 Dwayne Washington

FB 42 Zach LINE

MINNESOTA VIKINGS PR STAFF LOCATIONSBob Hagan, VP of Football and Media Communications ..................................Press Box, 2nd Row, Seat 9Tom West, Director of Public Relations ................................................................. Press Box, 2nd Row, Seat 10 Jon Ekstrom, Public Relations Manager ............................................................... Press Box, 2nd Row, Seat 11

Jeff Anderson, VP of Strategic and Corporate Communications ................ Press Box, 2nd Row, Seat 12Sam Newton, Football Communications Manager ........................................................................................Field

# Name Pos1 Kyle Sloter ................................QB3 Trevor Siemian .........................QB5 Dan Bailey .................................. K6 Matt Wile ................................... P8 Kirk Cousins ..............................QB11 Laquon Treadwell ....................WR14 Stefon Diggs ............................WR15 Brandon Zylstra .......................WR17 Aldrick Robinson .....................WR19 Adam Thielen ..........................WR20 Mackensie Alexander ............... CB22 Harrison Smith ........................... S23 George Iloka ............................... S24 Holton Hill ................................ CB25 Latavius Murray .......................RB26 Trae Waynes ............................. CB27 Jayron Kearse ............................. S29 Xavier Rhodes .......................... CB30 C.J. Ham .................................. FB32 Roc Thomas ..............................RB33 Dalvin Cook ..............................RB34 Andrew Sendejo......................... S35 Marcus Sherels ......................... CB40 Kentrell Brothers ...................... LB41 Anthony Harris ........................... S42 Ben Gedeon ............................. LB44 Mike Boone ..............................RB47 Kevin McDermott ......................LS50 Eric Wilson................................ LB54 Eric Kendricks ........................... LB55 Anthony Barr............................ LB57 Devante Downs ........................ LB61 Brett Jones ................................. C63 Danny Isidora .............................G65 Pat Elflein ................................... C69 Rashod Hill ................................. T71 Riley Reiff ................................... T74 Mike Remmers ...........................G75 Brian O’Neill ............................... T79 Tom Compton .............................G82 Kyle Rudolph ............................ TE83 Tyler Conklin ............................ TE89 David Morgan .......................... TE90 Tashawn Bower ........................ DE91 Stephen Weatherly .................. DE92 Jalyn Holmes ............................ DT93 Sheldon Richardson ................. DT94 Jaleel Johnson .......................... DT95 David Parry .............................. DT96 Tom Johnson ............................ DT97 Everson Griffen ......................... DE98 Linval Joseph ........................... DT99 Danielle Hunter ........................ DE

Referee .......................................................Craig Wrolstad (4)Umpire ..............................................................Paul King (121)Down Judge ................................................Jerod Phillips (6)

Field Judge ...............................................Jeff Lamberth (21)Side Judge .......................................................Adrian Hill (29)Back Judge ........................................... Scott Helverson (93)

Line Judge ............................................... Carl Johnson (101)Replay Official ...............................................Larry NemmersReplay Assistant ................................................... Kevin Stine

VIKINGS DEFENSELE 99 Danielle HUNTER 90 Tashawn Bower

DT 93 Sheldon RICHARDSON 96 Tom Johnson 92 Jalyn Holmes

NT 98 Linval JOSEPH 94 Jaleel Johnson 95 David Parry

RE 97 Everson GRIFFEN 91 Stephen Weatherly

WLB 42 Ben GEDEON 50 Eric Wilson

MLB 54 Eric KENDRICKS 40 Kentrell Brothers

SLB 55 Anthony BARR 57 Devante Downs

LCB 26 Trae WAYNES 24 Holton Hill 35 Marcus Sherels

RCB 29 Xavier RHODES 20 Mackensie Alexander

SS 34 Andrew SENDEJO 27 Jayron Kearse 23 George Iloka

FS 22 Harrison SMITH 41 Anthony Harris

VIKINGS SPECIALISTSP 6 Matt WILE

K 5 Dan BAILEY

H 6 Matt WILE

LS 47 Kevin McDERMOTT

KR 35 Marcus SHERELS 24 Holton Hill

PR 35 Marcus SHERELS 15 Brandon Zylstra

VIKINGS OFFENSEWR 19 Adam THIELEN 11 Laquon Treadwell 17 Aldrick RobinsonLT 71 Riley REIFF LG 79 Tom COMPTON 63 Danny IsidoraC 65 Pat ELFLEIN 61 Brett Jones RG 74 Mike REMMERS 63 Danny Isidora RT 69 Rashod HILL 75 Brian O’Neill TE 82 Kyle RUDOLPH 89 David Morgan 83 Tyler ConklinWR 14 Stefon DIGGS 15 Brandon ZylstraQB 8 Kirk COUSINS 3 Trevor Siemian 1 Kyle SloterHB 33 Dalvin COOK 25 Latavius Murray 44 Mike Boone 32 Roc ThomasFB 30 C.J. HAM

Note: Rookies are Underlined

TODAY’S OFFICIALS

# Name Pos3 Wil Lutz .................................... K5 Teddy Bridgewater .................QB6 Thomas Morstead .................... P7 Taysom Hill .............................QB9 Drew Brees .............................QB10 Tre’Quan Smith ......................WR13 Michael Thomas ....................WR20 Ken Crawley ........................... CB22 Mark Ingram II .......................RB23 Marshon Lattimore ................ CB24 Vonn Bell .................................. S25 Eli Apple ................................. CB26 P.J. Williams............................ CB27 Dwayne Washington ..............RB29 Kurt Coleman ........................... S31 Chris Banjo ............................... S32 Josh Robinson ........................DB34 Justin Hardee .........................DB41 Alvin Kamara..........................RB42 Zach Line ................................ FB43 Marcus Williams ....................... S47 Alex Anzalone ........................ LB48 J.T. Gray ..................................DB49 Zach Wood ..............................LS51 Manti Te’o ............................... LB52 Craig Robertson ..................... LB53 A.J. Klein ................................ LB56 Demario Davis ........................ LB57 Alex Okafor ............................ DE59 Vince Biegel ........................... LB60 Max Unger ............................... C61 Josh LeRibeus ...........................G63 Cameron Tom ........................... C64 Will Clapp ................................. C65 Michael Ola .............................. T67 Larry Warford ...........................G70 Mitchell Loewen ..................... DL71 Ryan Ramczyk .......................... T72 Terron Armstead....................... T74 Jermon Bushrod ....................... T75 Andrus Peat ...........................G/T76 Taylor Stallworth .................... DT80 Austin Carr ............................WR81 Cameron Meredith ...............WR82 Benjamin Watson ................... TE85 Dan Arnold ............................. TE89 Josh Hill.................................. TE91 Trey Hendrickson .................... DE92 Marcus Davenport .................. DE93 David Onyemata ..................... DT94 Cameron Jordan ..................... DE95 Tyeler Davison ........................ DT98 Sheldon Rankins .................... DT

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