Drew Brees spotted in walking boot after Lions loss

“We rallied around that”. He became only the fourth quarterback to surpass 60,000 yards passing in National Football League history. Cooks led all receivers with 10 receptions, 124 yards and his TD. The confidence was so high that in 2012, even without Head Coach Sean Payton, many felt that the team would overcome the odds and succeed.

After he left Monday night’s game against the Saints, Drew Brees completed 22-of-32 passes for 259 yards and three touchdowns. Brees was unable to manufacture enough offense to get over the inept play of a young and woeful defense. “It is very hard to do that versus air. He spread it around quite a bit”. That’s just one issue in an organization full of them, but it speaks volumes about the kind of year they’ve had under Ryan. “Unfortunately, we couldn’t match them step for step”.

“So, I see myself coaching this team long past this season”.

And when Detroit’s Ameer Abdullah ran untouched 15 yards around the left end for a touchdown early in the third quarter, the Lions had built a 28-3 lead.

At that point in the game, Brees only needed 27 yards to have his tenth consecutive 4,000-yard season, which he soon eclipsed.

But Abdullah fumbled on Detroit’s next play from scrimmage, and the Saints capitalized on Brees’ 11-yard scoring strike to Marques Colston. “You have to deal with what’s going on today”.

The New Orleans Saints faced the Detroit Lions in the Mercedes-Benz SuperDome on Monday.

The score pulled the Saints to within one point at 20-19, but they couldn’t get the game to overtime when the extra point sailed wide right. Stafford completed 88% of his passes and finished with a 148.6 passer rating, his highest of the season.

Another apparent New Orleans touchdown by running back Tim Hightower was waved off because tackle Senio Kelemete, inserted for extra goal-line blocking, failed to report as an eligible receiver.

The Saints asserted that Kelemete reported on the play before he was penalized and should not have had to report again.

If Brees can’t go against the Jaguars, the Saints will likely turn to veteran Matt Flynn, who replaced injured backup Luke McCown last month, although third-round draft pick Garrett Grayson is on the active roster as well.

“I’ve stopped trying to figure these guys out”, Caldwell said when asked what explanation the officials gave him. He did miss one game due to injury that year – also due to a concussion – but has started every game after week 13 in 2009.

Sep 21, 2014; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Lions free safety Glover Quin (27) is announced before the game against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field.