Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford on roll with new offense

Saints quarterback Drew Brees is scheduled to get an MRI today for the foot he injured in last night’s loss to the Lions.

“I don’t know what exactly we’ve got going on here”, Brees said of his injury.

With New Orleans already trailing 21-3 with one minute, 12 seconds left in the second quarter, Brees fired a pass across the middle to Brandin Cooks for a 29-yard touchdown-or so it seemed.

PROLIFIC BREES: Brees passed for 341 yards and three touchdowns, becoming only the fourth quarterback to surpass 60,000 yards in a career while also eclipsing the 4,000-yard mark for the 10th straight season.

That allegedly provoked Beckham to engage Josh Norman in a series of confrontations that somehow resulted in neither player’s ejection and a mere one-game suspension of Beckham subsequently for turning the National Football League into the WWE for an afternoon. Since the 2003 season with San Diego when he missed five starts, Brees hasn’t missed more than one start in a season. But it’s an especially big deal for a quarterback; Brees pushes off that right foot, and will struggle getting as much on his throws.

If Brees does not play, the Saints’ backups are veteran former LSU star Matt Flynn and rookie Garrett Grayson, who was the first of New Orleans’ two third-round draft choices last spring out of Colorado State.

-The Lions had their second best rushing performance of the season with 150 yards, but it wasn’t all good as backs Ameer Abdullah and Joique Bell each fumbled in otherwise strong outings.

“There’s no comparison to his shoulder, but there is a similarity in that unknown as to how it feels”, Payton said. Cooks led all receivers with 10 receptions, 124 yards and his TD.

The Jacksonville Jaguars travel to New Orleans to take on the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. And if a player has a risk to further injure himself, we don’t play them.

Woodson is one of the most accomplished defensive backs to play the game, ranking fifth all-time with 65 interceptions and tied for first with Rod Woodson and Darren Sharper with 13 defensive touchdowns.

“I see myself coaching this team long past this season”, he said, pointing out there have been lots of rumors in the past about him leaving the Saints and he’s still there.

It’s hard to tell a competitor like Brees when he has to sit and not play, but he’s also a smart quarterback and probably realizes being healthy and perhaps allowing someone who might be able to make those throws play right now, could be potentially better at the moment for the Saints franchise.

The Saints thought they had found the end zone three times on their final drive of the first half but came away with no points. Saints receiver Willie Snead had a career-high 10 catches for 76 yards.