New Orleans Saints @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Game Preview

by Dave Cariello on Nov 18, 2009 6:15 AM CST

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (9-0) AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1-8)

SERIES

	SAINTS	BUCCANEERS
SERIES LEADER	20-14
STREAKS		3 of past 4
COACHES VS. OPP.	Payton: 3-3	Morris: 0-0
LAST WEEK	W 28-23 at Rams	L 25-23 at Dolphins
LAST GAME	11/30/08: Saints 20 at Buccaneers 23. Tampa Bay K Matt Bryant kicks game-winning 37-yard FG with 1:55 remaining. Buccaneers defense registers 2 INTs in final minutes of win.
LAST GAME AT SITE	11/30/08
BROADCAST	FOX (1:00 PM ET): Sam Rosen, Tim Ryan. SIRIUS: 126 (NO), 158 (TB). XM: 103 (NO).

STATS

PASSING	Brees: 199-291-2,559 (1C)-19 (1C)-9-104.6 (2L)	Freeman (R): 32-63-417-4-2-79.9
RUSHING	P. Thomas: 94-492-5.2-5	Williams: 106-418-3.9-3
RECEIVING	Colston: 39-613-15.7-6	Winslow (TE): 42-454-10.8-5
OFFENSE	426.1 (1L)	276.3
TAKE/GIVE	+6 (3C)	0
DEFENSE	343.0	379.2
SACKS	Smith: 7.5 (T3C)	Wilkerson: 5.5
INTs	Sharper: 7 (1C)	Talib: 5 (T3L)
PUNTING	Morstead (R): 43.0	D. Johnson: 41.4
KICKING	Carney: 73 (40/42 PAT; 11/14 FG)	Barth: 17 (5/5 PAT; 4/5 FG)

NOTES

SAINTS: Are 9-0 for 1st time in team history. Average 36.8 points per game, most in NFL...QB DREW BREES aims for 4th in row vs. division with 300+ yards. In past 3 vs. division, has 1,024 yards, 7 TDs, 3 INTs & 104.1 rating. Since joining NO in 2006, leads NFL with 16,469 pass yards. Has 2,636 yards (329.5 per game), 24 TDs, 7 INTs & 118.9 rating in past 8 vs. NFC...RB-PR REGGIE BUSH had rush & rec. TD last week. Has 2 TDs vs. TB (65-yard PR-TD & 42-yard rec. TD). Has 30 career TDs (17 rush, 9 rec, 4 PR) & is only Saint to score via rush, rec. & PR. RB PIERRE THOMAS aims for 4th in row vs. division with rush TD. Had 20-yard TD catch in last meeting...WR MARQUES COLSTON had 6 catches for 106 yards in last meeting. Has 10 TDs in past 12. WR ROBERT MEACHEM aims for 3rd in row with TD. TE JEREMY SHOCKEY has 458 receptions since 2002, 3rd most in NFL by TE. KR COURTNEY ROBY had 97-yard KR-TD last week, his 1st TD since 2005...DE WILL SMITH has 5 sacks in past 3 & aims for 4th in row with sack. S DARREN SHARPER has INT in 2 of past 3 vs. TB, incl. 88-yard INT-TD. LB JONATHAN VILMA had sack in last meeting...

BUCCANEERS: QB JOSH FREEMAN has 4 TDs in 1st 2 NFL starts...Team is 10-0 when RB CADILLAC WILLIAMS has 22+ carries. Has 3 rush TDs in past 2 meetings. Rushed for TD last week. RB-KR CLIFTON SMITH is 2nd in NFL with 30.1 KR avg...WR ANTONIO BRYANT has rec. TD in 2 of past 3 vs. NO (48 & 39 yards). Has 19 catches for 345 yards (115 per game) & 3 TDs in past 3 division games. WR MAURICE STOVALL had 33-yard TD reception last week. TE KELLEN WINSLOW had 7 catches for 102 yards last week, 2nd 100-yard game of season. Since 2006, ranks 3rd among TEs with 256 catches. WR SAMMIE STROUGHTER is tied for 3rd among NFC rookies with 15 1st down receptions...Defense has 198 INTs since 2000, 2nd most in NFL. S TANARD JACKSON has 3 INTs in past 4, incl. 2 INT-TDs. CB RONDE BARBER has posted 3 INTs in game 2 times, both vs. NO. Has 13 career return TDs. Is 1 of 4 players all-time with 20+ sacks (24) & 30+ INTs (37). CB AQIB TALIB has 5 INTs in past 6. LB QUINCY BLACK had 1st career INT last week...K CONNOR BARTH became 4th player in NFL history with 3 50+ yard FGs in game last week.

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hello last one I promise

hey evrybody just a feindly reminder

some of you may be sick of me posting but just today we’ve gained 500 votes on them we’er within
600 vote and since i started posting it on here we’ve gained major ground.so I know nolas helping so keep it up we’re pissing off about hundred thousand cowboy fans here

heres some of what our lovely neibors of texas had to say about us

“you idiot! The Aints are the Aints! Cry some more about broken records and you’ll take a good a** whippin this weekend my your favorite rival Rams.. What a joke.. You wished you lived in Texas.. Cajun dumba**”

“Whr were the New Orleans ‘Aints’ fans during their last few losing seasons. Oh well, I guess having Fair weather fans are better than having no fans at all!!!”

“If it wasn’t for the Cowboys giving you guys Sean Payton, the assistant coaches and casting of the likes of Shanle, Fujita and Ayedelle you guys would still be 4-12.”

“Saints have won 2 playoff games in 43 years. Now that’s something to be proud of. Saints fans talking smack=comedy. Go Cowboys”

go here and make a diffrence

http://www.kmsstv.com/which-game-should-we-air-nov-22?

by darshiva420 on Nov 18, 2009 8:19 AM CST reply actions

Hard to Understand

It still amazes me we even have to vote. The Saints should be a no brainer, in Louisiana. I suggest we vote on lowering the State line to just above Natchitoches!!!

"I said this early on, that this was a good football team, they just maybe had to have a stick put in certain parts of their body to play a little harder in certain places." - Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams.

by Ponysaints on Nov 18, 2009 8:39 AM CST up reply actions

I hear you.

I remember when I lived in Monroe, LA. I started noticing the local station playing the Cowboy games, but when the the regular season started they played the Saints. I thought if you had a NFL team in your state due to some NFL broadcasting rule they had to play that game. Anyway I always thought I-20 was the highway to Hell and I mean Dallas. The north part of Louisiana should become part of Texas., because they boil seafood like Texans.

by rustdog74 on Nov 19, 2009 8:03 PM CST up reply actions