Saints beat Cowboys 26-20 in OT
The Cowboys come into the matchup with a 2-1 record, which is good for first place in the NFC East division.
The tying touchdown came on a 17-yard pass to Terrance Williams on fourth down with less than two minutes left.
While the Cardinals brought out the worst in Kaepernick, the Packers historically have brought out the best.
The Packers, who entered with the league’s 11-th ranked run defense, gave Hyde little room to run on his season-low eight carries. In the receiving end, Brandin Cooks had 79 yards in seven receptions while Michael Colston added 47 yards in four receptions. “But we’ve got to do a better job of breaking on the throw”.
The Chiefs’ secondary has had a hard time defending the pass, which makes a trip to Cincinnati to go against the Bengals’ thriving offense a case of unfortunate timing.
“We had to earn it on both sides of the ball. That’s the bottom line”, guard Alex Boone said.
Brees converted two third downs on the drive, including a 7-yard slant to tight end Benjamin Watson for a first down at the Dallas 3. We weren t able to get the ball to them and allow them to have that impact until later in the game. Highlighting that triumph was Carlos Hyde’s 168 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
Unlike last week, when the Cowboys were outscored 25-0 after taking a 28-14 lead on Atlanta, this one was close all the way. “I thought Clay played another great game”. Six of Browner’s penalties have resulted in first down for the opponents. “Did it even move him? I’m focused on doing what I can to help this team win“. “He’s an experienced player”, Belichick said.
“I knew nobody was going to catch him”, Brees said. “Next time I’m going to get it”.
The Chiefs would squander a Packers’ 3rd-and-eight on the following drive when linebacker Dee Ford jumped offside, and Rodgers connected for 52 yards on the free play. Tonight will be the first game the Saints “Big Three” of Ingram, Khiry Robinson and C. J. Spiller are all 100 percent healthy. We haven’t gotten to that point. “That was their game plan today, try to put pressure on us”. “Once we do that, we’ll start putting wins on the board”. His third-and-6 pass for wide receiver Marcus Colston on the left sideline fluttered and should have been intercepted by cornerback Tyler Patmon. In the game, Tony Romo had three touchdown passes, two interceptions. Unfortunately, through three weeks the Saints passing game has been pretty mediocre. Not a bad effort one week after missing the first start of his career because of injury….
– Bruce Ellington returned from a two-game absence (ankle) and was the primary kickoff returner.
Rodgers continued to throw accolades Montgomery’s way Monday, when the rookie instinctively broke off his inside route with the coverage shaded that way and veered to the outside to get in position for an open 8-yard touchdown catch early in the game.