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By Christopher Dabe - NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
A primary concern for the New Orleans Saints defense was not so much to figure out how to stop Todd Gurley, the league’s leader in combined rushing and receiving yards, but rather how not to let the team’s expected big gains affect them going into the next play.
Do that, they figured, and they’d survive against the league’s last remaining undefeated team.
The Saints allowed 8.2 yards per play against the high-powered Los Angeles Rams but minimized the damage done by Gurley in a 45-35 victory Sunday (Nov. 4) at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. His 79 yards from scrimmage on 13 carries along with six receptions were a season-low and caused the Rams to get many of their big gains through the air.
“They’re going to get theirs,” Saints defensive end Alex Okafor said. “They key is, just don’t let it affect you. Don’t let those four or five huge runs let you give up on the run game. After those runs, we felt terrible. But at the end of the game, we kept grinding, we kept grinding, we kept grinding.” ...
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