recap

Advocate Staff photo by SOPHIA GERMERBy Rod Walker | The AdvocateWith about five minutes left in the third quarter on Sunday, Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas were shown on the Mercedes-Benz Superdome video board dancing on the sideline.The party started much earlier than most expected...

(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneThere was a moment in the first half when it looked like the Eagles might be about to make a game of it with the New Orleans Saints.After a miserable start that put them in a 17-0 hole...

(AP Photo/Duane Burleson) AP (Duane Burleson)By The Associated PressDETROIT — Cam Newton threw an incomplete pass on a 2-point conversion with 1:07 left, letting the Detroit Lions hold on for a 20-19 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.Newton had time and receiver Jarius Wright open...

(Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)By Joseph Santoliquito | CBS PhillyNEW ORLEANS (CBS) — It’s okay to now officially declare the 2018 Eagles season as their “mulligan year.”They won the first Super Bowl in franchise history last season, and what returned was a tired, content team...

Photo by Yahoo SportsBy Josh Alper - PFT | Yahoo SportsThe Eagles were the last team standing in the NFC last year, but their chances of making it back to the playoffs took a serious shot on Sunday from the team that’s looking like it might just be the favorite to be the conference’s No. 1...

Drew Brees and the Saints are rolling. Michael C Hebert/Saints team siteBy Jermaine Every | SportsmapSaints train continues with a 48-7 win against the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles. This game was a laugher since the first quarter. Here’s how I saw it play out: The Good-The Saints...

By Mike Triplett | ESPN Staff WriterCINCINNATI -- Bold prediction: The New Orleans Saints will keep their spot as the No. 1 team in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings this week.The Saints (8-1) scored on each of their first nine possessions Sunday in a 51-14 rout of the Cincinnati Bengals. The only...

(Photo - Frank Victores/AP)By Geoffrey C. Arnold | The Oregonian/OregonLiveAssociated Press: Drew Brees threw three touchdown passes in the first half, moving ahead of Brett Favre for second place on the career list, and the New Orleans Saints rolled to their eighth straight...

(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneCINCINNATI — The first touchdown of many for the New Orleans Saints on Sunday (Nov. 11) was a piece of football art, a throw threaded through a tiny window, a sprawling catch secured by...

(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneCINCINNATI — The New Orleans Saints are on a roll right now, and the Cincinnati Bengals became the latest victim on Sunday.The Saints beat the Bengals, 51-14, at Paul Brown Stadium...

(Photo - NOLA.com)Garland Gillen, Sports Managing Editor | Fox8live.comNEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Drew Brees frustrated the Bengals defense with his pinpoint accuracy the entire contest. Alvin Kamara extended Cincinnati’s frustration on the ground, giving the Saints a 51-14 blowout win.No. 9...

New Orleans Saints You Tube Channel

NewOrleansSaints.comCincinnati – The New Orleans Saints rolled to their eighth consecutive victory Sunday, a 51-14 dismantling of the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium.The Saints scored 35 points in the first half for the second consecutive week and then poured it on in the second...

By Darin Gantt | PFTThe only bad news for the Saints Sunday came in the form of a key injury.Left tackle Terron Armstead left in the first half with a shoulder injury, and did not return. He was replaced by veteran Jermon Bushrod, but it didn’t really impact them in the short term, as they...

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw three touchdown passes and ran for another in Sunday's blowout win over the Bengals (WKRC/Tony Tribble).By Richard Skinner | WKRC-CincinnatiCINCINNATI (WKRC) - The bye week certainly did nothing to improve the Bengals porous defense and it...

(Photo by Bill Feig/AP)By Chuck Culpepper | Washington PostNEW ORLEANS — An NFL season that has brimmed with a smorgasbord of sparkle found itself a capstone Sunday in the Superdome. If the NFL product has come into question for various reasons, here came a hilt of product development. The...

From the Opponents perspective...By Gary Klein | Los Angeles TimesThe Rams came back from a 21-point deficit, but they failed to control New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and suffered their first loss, 45-35. Here’s what we learned from the game between NFC front-runners:The Rams...

(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.)By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneThe consensus in the locker room after the New Orleans Saints took down the previously undefeated Rams was clear: Los Angeles defensive lineman Aaron Donald was every bit as good as advertised.“He is an elite...

By Lindsey Thiry - ESPNNEW ORLEANS -- Marcus Peters leaped, but the ball sailed over his fingertips, just out of reach.Drew Brees completed a 72-yard pass to Michael Thomas for a touchdown late and effectively ended the Los Angeles Rams' perfect record and comeback bid, as the Rams fell to...

(Photo - Bill Feig/Associated Press)By Brett Martel - AP | Washington PostNEW ORLEANS — Michael Thomas caught a late 72-yard touchdown reception and then celebrated with a cellphone in a throwback to another famous New Orleans play, and the streaking Saints handed the Los Angeles Rams their...

Advocate Staff photo by SOPHIA GERMERBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateAlex Anzalone reached up into the highly excited, air-conditioned Mercedes-Benz Superdome air and pulled out a plum — a Jared Goff interception.This old dome started rocking, literally rocking, from the frenzy of some...

Garland Gillen, (WVUE) | WDAM.comNEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Saints were holding tight to a three point lead, 38-35. New Orleans needed a big play, and Drew Brees delivered. No. 9 threw a perfect pass to Michael Thomas for a 71-yard touchdown. The touchdown grab, gave Brees four touchdown passes...

Sporting News PhotoBy Vinnie Iyer - Sporting NewsThe Saints are still getting elite quarterback play from Drew Brees. But now everything else they have in their winning jambalaya tastes better than ever.At 7-1 this season, New Orleans is off to its most impressive start in five years, the...

By Mike Jones - USA TodayA highly anticipated matchup between the NFC’s elite did not disappoint. The Saints came in with a six-game win streak and extended it to seven, outgunning the Rams 45-35 to hand Los Angeles its first loss of the season.Here are three things we learned in this game...

Photo From NOLA.comBy Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneUnfettered euphoria is about the best way to describe the atmosphere for the first 30 minutes of football in the Superdome Sunday.The energy was bouncing off the walls as the New Orleans Saints rolled to a 35-17 halftime...