2007 Redux: Jaguars 28, Saints 21

by Saintsational on Jul 23, 2008 3:00 PM CDT Comment 0 comments

The Saints efforts at a fairytale comeback following a slow start have been stalled. At the halfway point in the Redux season and the Saints are one game behind their real life counterparts with a 3-4 record.

Drew Brees had a pretty solid day. It was all about the tight ends in this one. Eric Johnson notched two TD's while Billy Miller picked up the other one. Deuce might finally be feeling the effects of taking so many handoffs as Reggie got a lot more touches in this game than he has seen normally this season. Deuce was still effective with only 20 attempts, but both running backs fumbled the ball once. Mare missed the one try he attempted today. Terrance Copper returned 7 kickoffs for a total of 153 yards. Another two turnovers hurt the Saints and possibly cost them the game

Mark Simoneau led the defense with 12 tackles including one sack. Charles Grant also added to the sack total with two of his own. The bend and don't break policy didn't work so well for the Saints D as the Jaguars slowly killed the Saints with field goals. Josh Scobee was the hero of the day for the Jags with 5 made field goals which included a long of 50 yards.

Saints now find themselves all alone in last place in the NFC South. The somewhat decent Rams are next on the schedule.

Scoring Summary

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Final
Jaguars	6	16	3	3	-	28
Saints	0	0	14	7	-	20

Game Stats

Stat	Saints	Jaguars
Score	21	28
Total Offense	321	277
Rushing Yards	164	97
Passing Yards	157	180
First Downs	21	15
PR Yards	88	142
KR Yards	153	89
Possession	31:34	28:26
Turnovers	2	0
3rd Down Conv.	7/14	8/20
Red Zone Offense	100%	20%
Penalty Yards	66	65

Division Standings

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Atlanta	5	3	0	.625	212	179
Tampa Bay	5	4	0	.555	165	191
Carolina	4	4	0	.500	151	162
New Orleans	3	5	0	.375	135	146

Passing

Player	Yards	Comp.	Att.	Pct.	TD	Int.
Drew Brees	174	18	25	72%	3	0

Rushing

Player	Attempts	Yards	Avg.	TD	Fumble
Deuce McAllister	20	114	5.7	0	1
Reggie Bush	12	48	4.0	0	1

Receiving

Player	Rec.	Yards	Long	TD
Eric Johnson	7	52	14	2
Reggie Bush	3	34	15	0
Devery Henderson	2	38	30	0
Billy Miller	2	24	12	1
Marques Colston	2	15	9	0

Defense

Player	Tackles	Sacks	Int.
Mark Simoneau	7	1	0
Charles Grant	5	2	0
Scott Shanle	5	0	0
Roman Harper	4	0	0
Scott Fujita	4	0	0
Rodney Leisle	3	0	0
Josh Bullocks	3	0	0

Kicking

Player	Att.	Comp.	Long
Olindo Mare	1	0	0

We are now at the half way point. Here is how the rest of the league stands league stands. While the Saints season seems to be running along the same path as the real 2007 season, the rest of the league does not seem to be following that same pattern. Notice Oakland and New England!

NFC West

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Cardinals	5	3	0	.625	168	161
Rams	5	3	0	.625	208	158
Seahawks	4	4	0	.500	194	169
49ers	2	6	0	.250	134	201

NFC East

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Eagles	5	3	0	.625	165	122
Giants	5	3	0	.625	171	168
Cowboys	3	5	0	.375	156	189
Redskins	2	6	0	.250	166	195

NFC North

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Bears	6	2	0	.750	172	147
Lions	6	2	0	.750	181	169
Vikings	2	6	0	.250	135	224
Packers	1	7	0	.125	150	209

AFC West

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Raiders	7	1	0	.875	198	151
Chiefs	7	1	0	.875	251	149
Chargers	5	3	0	.625	206	178
Broncos	1	7	0	.125	129	185

AFC East

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Jets	7	2	0	.777	230	152
Dolphins	5	3	0	.625	191	184
Bills	3	5	0	.375	147	165
Patriots	3	6	0	.333	190	203

AFC South

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Jaguars	5	3	0	.625	195	163
Colts	5	3	0	.625	175	178
Texans	3	6	0	.333	170	160
Titans	1	7	0	.125	137	208

AFC Noth

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Bengals	5	3	0	.625	159	177
Steelers	4	4	0	.500	169	161
Browns	3	5	0	.375	190	182
Ravens	3	5	0	.375	149	163

Our very own Deuce McAllister has cracked the top five among league leaders in rushing, just six yards shy of being the fourth leading rusher.

Rushing Leaders

Player	Yards	TD	Att.	Avg.
L. Tomlinson	1,210	6	226	5.3
W. McGahee	1,164	1	261	4.4
T. Jones	1,070	4	260	4.1
C. Portis	1,009	5	220	4.5
D. McAllister	1,004	4	243	4.1

Saints are also tied for second in the league for sacks allowed, with only 16. The Saints defense is fourth in the league in points allowed per game with a very low 18.2 average and also included a shocking ninth place ranking for interceptions made with nine. Overall however, a very mediocre season.

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