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(Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) By Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ATLANTA -- New Orleans Saints Hall of Famers Rickey Jackson and Willie Roaf are as upset as everyone else about the NOLA No-Call in the NFC Championship Game. “We got robbed,” said Jackson at the Pro...

By NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune In Week 9, the New Orleans Saints handed the Los Angeles Rams their first loss of the season with a 45-35 victory at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. On Sunday (Jan. 20), the stakes are much greater as the winner of the rematch advances to Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta...

Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The Los Angeles Rams say they are ready for the New Orleans Saints. They insist the Mercedes-Benz Superdome crowd noise will be a nonfactor in their rematch with the Saints in the NFC...

(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Turns out Marcus Peters was mistaken. It’s not Gumbo Week, after all. Apparently, it’s crawfish season. At least it was on Wednesday (Jan. 16) in Los Angeles, where the loquacious Rams...

(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune In honor of Drew Brees turning 40 on Tuesday (Jan. 15), a look at 40 statistics — some well-known, others more arcane — that tell the story of the New Orleans Saints quarterback’s...

By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Quarterbacks Drew Brees shook off a slow start, including an interception on the game's first snap, to complete 28 of 38 passes for 301 yards and two touchdowns. His passer rating of 103.1 was impressive. Brees was masterful in the pocket...

Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The New Orleans Saints rallied from an early deficit to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 20-14 in the NFC Divisional playoffs Sunday (Jan. 13) at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The victory...

Saints owner Gayle Benson signs autographs during New Orleans Saints Training Camp held at Tulane University's Yulman Stadium on Sunday, August 5, 2018. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The bottom right-hand drawer of...

(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune PARIS, Ky. -- Gayle Benson doesn’t feel the Saints buzz around New Orleans the way you and I do. As the owner of the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans, her hectic schedule limits her...

By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The Carolina Panthers defeated a makeshift New Orleans Saints team 33-14 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday (Dec. 30). The loss dropped the Saints' record to 13-3 and prevented them from securing the best regular-season record in club...

(Michael DeMocker, Nola.com / The Times-Picayune) By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune I don’t know which New Orleans Saints regulars are going to sit out Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. But I know Cam Jordan won’t be one of them. The...

Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The New Orleans Saints defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-28 on Sunday to clinch home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs. A look at my position-by-position grades for each unit in the...

NOLA.com Photo By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The New Orleans Saints scored a dramatic 31-28 victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday (Dec. 23) at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to clinch the No. 1 playoff seed in the NFC and home-field advantage in the playoffs. Here...

Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA. By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The New Orleans Saints improved to 12-2 with a gritty 12-9 win against the Carolina Panthers on Monday night at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. Here are my position-by-position grades for the Saints in...

Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It wasn't pretty. At times, it was downright frustrating. But the New Orleans Saints will take it. They ground out a workmanlike 12-9 win against the Carolina Panthers...

(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune TAMPA, Fla. -- The New Orleans Saints scored 25 unanswered points in the second half to rally from a 14-3 halftime deficit and defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28-14 at a soggy Raymond James...

By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ARLINGTON, Texas – In one corner of AT&T Stadium, Jerry Jones stood amid a huddle of reporters and declared his Dallas Cowboys a changed team after their 13-10 upset of the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night “You win a game like this, it changes...

Drew Brees is featured on the cover of the Dec. 3, 2018 issue of Sports Illustrated. By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is featured on the cover of the Dec. 3 issue of Sports Illustrated and is the subject of an in-depth profile story by...

(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Come on, man. This Saints season is just getting silly now. The blowouts, the firsts, the records, the streaks. They’re mounting weekly in head-spinning fashion. Just when you think the...

Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The New Orleans Saints recorded their 10th consecutive win on Thursday night (Nov. 22), celebrating Thanksgiving with a 31-17 rout of the archrival Atlanta Falcons at the Mercedes-Benz...