Brees has torn plantar fascia in foot, hopes to play

Abdullah ripped off a 36-yard run to the New Orleans 9 and the Lions killed most of the clock, but kicker Matt Prater missed a 35-yard chip shot with nine seconds left. “We rallied around that”.

The New Orleans Saints wide receiver caught a 27-yard touchdown pass during the Saints’ 35-27 loss to Detroit Monday. Brandin Cooks made a career-high 10 catches for 124 yards and a touchdown.

Do they stick with head coach Sean Payton who, despite the recent struggles, has an 85-57 overall record as head coach?

Brees injured his right foot in Monday night’s loss to Detroit, but never missed a snap.

“Today’s like a Tuesday with three hours of sleep”, Payton said.

Werder says Brees hopes to play the final two games of the season. “That would be my assumption, but obviously that would be a coach’s decision once we got to the actual game”. “It is very hard to do that versus air. He spread it around quite a bit”.

The Saints finish up their season with a home game this week against the Jacksonville Jaguars and a road game in Atlanta against the nose-diving Falcons. Strong performances from Drew Brees and Matthew Stafford against below-average defenses seemed to be a given, but it was actually one team’s inability to get into the end zone that proved to be a deciding factor. Fortunately for them, the referees hadn’t noticed and awarded them an extra stoppage of play. I kid, but no really.

Both players, though, had long runs after fumbling, a sign that the coaches are more trusting now than early in the season when Abdullah was benched in a couple games after fumbling.

Detroit then iced the game with a 76-yard drive that ended with a 1-yard scoring run by Joique Bell with 5:24 left. “I’m close enough to my son back in Dallas where I’m pretty much back there once a week or he’s over here; my daughter is off in college now”, Payton said. “You play Drew Brees in this place, it’s like an NBA basketball game”. “You’re going to have losing seasons; everybody does”. His roll reached a new level Monday night.

Detroit scored fewer than 20 points in eight of its first 10 games, a stretch that including three straight sub-20 point performances to start Jim Bob Cooter’s tenure as offensive coordinator. On fourth down, Brees hit Colston at the goal line, but New Orleans was flagged for an illegal man downfield, ending the half.

It wasn’t just one play either; it was the consistent failures that turned the Saints’ struggles into a popular talking point on social media. That option involves extending a quarterback who will turn 37 years old in January, a risky endeavor itself even with as well as Brees has played. “I’m sure there will be explanations and maybe apologies about that”.