New Orleans Saints @ Arizona Cardinals: Game Preview

by Dave Cariello on Oct 6, 2010 12:00 PM CDT

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (3-1) AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (2-2)

SERIES

	SAINTS	CARDINALS
SERIES LEADER		13-12
STREAKS	7 of past 10
COACHES VS. OPP.	Payton: 2-0	Whisenhunt: 0-2
LAST WEEK	W 16-14 vs. Panthers	L 41-10 at Chargers
LAST GAME	12/16/07: Cardinals 24 at Saints 31. New Orleans RB Aaron Stecker rushes for 95 yards & 2 TDs in Saints victory. QB Drew Brees adds 2 TD passes for Saints.
LAST GAME AT SITE	10/3/04: Cardinals 34, Saints 10. Arizona RB Emmitt Smith rushes for 127 yards & 1 TD & adds 21-yard TD pass to RB Obafemi Ayanbadejo as Cardinals earn victory.
BROADCAST	FOX (1:05 PM MST): Chris Rose, Kurt Warner. Westwood One Radio: Kevin Kugler, Mark Malone. SIRIUS: 123 (NO), 127 (Ari.). XM: 105 (NO).

STATS

PASSING	Brees: 118-160-1,131 (1C)-7 (2C)-2-102.4 (2C)	Anderson: 58-112-644-3-5-59.5 OR M. Hall (R): 9-16-85-0-1-45.1
RUSHING	P. Thomas: 46-147-3.2-1	Hightower: 42-233-5.5-2
RECEIVING	Shockey (TE): 20-196-9.8-1	Fitzgerald: 19-208-10.9-2
OFFENSE	344.0	249.0
TAKE/GIVE	+2	-6
DEFENSE	334.5	388.0
SACKS	Ellis: 3	7 tied: 1
INTs	3 tied: 1	Wilson: 2
PUNTING	Morstead: 47.1 (3C)	Graham: 45.0
KICKING	Carney: 10 (1/1 PAT; 3/3 FG)	Feely: 16 (7/7 PAT; 3/4 FG)

NOTES

SAINTS: QB DREW BREES is 3-0 in career vs. Arz. In past 2 meetings (incl. 2009 Divisional Playoff), has completed 49 of 62 (79 pct.) for 562 yards with 5 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 131.3 rating. Leads NFC with 73.8 comp. pct. & 1,131 yards. Ranks 2nd in NFC with 102.4 rating...RB CHRISTOPHER IVORY rushed for career-high 67 yards (5.6 avg.) last week... WR MARQUES COLSTON has 14 catches for 197 yards (98.5 per game) & 2 TDs in 2 meetings (incl. playoffs). WR LANCE MOORE has 3 TDs in past 2 & aims for 3rd in row with TD catch. WR DEVERY HENDERSON had 44-yard rec. TD in Divisional. TE JEREMY SHOCKEY has TD in 3 consecutive games vs. Arz. (incl. playoffs)...DE WILL SMITH had INT in playoff meeting. DE SEDRICK ELLIS has sack in 3 of 4 games this year & aims for 3rd in row with sack. Had sack vs. Arz. in playoffs. S ROMAN HARPER had 31-yard INT in last regular-season meeting. In last game vs. Arz. in reg. season (11/28/04 with NYJ), LB JONATHAN VILMA had INT & FR...

CARDINALS: QB DEREK ANDERSON has won past 3 home starts (2 in Cle., 1 in Arz.). Undrafted rookie QB MAX HALL passed for 82 yards last week in relief... RB TIM HIGHTOWER had 70-yard TD run in Divisional. Is 1 of 5 Cardinals all-time with 2 runs of 70+ yards in career. Has 70 catches since start of 2009, 3rd most by NFC RB. RB BEANIE WELLS had TD run in playoff meeting...WR LARRY FITZGERALD ranks 2nd in NFL with 484 receptions & 6,495 yards since 2005. Has 542 career catches, 2nd most in team history. Since start of 2008, has 36 rec. TDs, most in NFL (incl. playoffs)...S ADRIAN WILSON is 1 of 10 players in NFL history with 20+ sacks (21.5) & 20+ INTs (25). S KERRY RHODES had 42-yard FR-TD last week. CB GREG TOLER had 1st career sack & added FF in Week 4. Since start of 2007, DT DARNELL DOCKETT has 25 sacks, most by DT (incl. playoffs). LB JOEY PORTER has 91 sacks since 2000, 3rd most in NFL.

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Kurt Warner?!?

Cmon..as much as I love the guy that’s just gonna piss me off. It will be like aikman commenting on the cowboys or dungy on the colts.

Week 5 matchup: Cardinals
Week 5 motto: I'm too young to have heart problems.

by Jon Banks on Oct 6, 2010 12:07 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

We always seem to get the guys commenting on their former teams.

Snap, place, kick! And it's good! It's good! It's goo-hoo-hood! Pigs have flown! Hell Has frozen over! The Saints are going to the Superbowl!

by Joseph William Stern on Oct 6, 2010 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions

Confirmation bias, you idiot!

Snap, place, kick! And it's good! It's good! It's goo-hoo-hood! Pigs have flown! Hell Has frozen over! The Saints are going to the Superbowl!

by Joseph William Stern on Oct 6, 2010 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions

I'd guess that Warner won't be as biased as Aikman.

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].

I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team(s), throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.

by JoeCB1991 on Oct 6, 2010 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Isn’t that sort of by definition? I mean, can anybody possibly be more biased than Fakeman? And his voice makes me long for the days when we had a defense that could turn him (back) into Acheman.

by FriarBob on Oct 6, 2010 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions

I can't stand listening to him or Buck.

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].

I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team(s), throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.

by JoeCB1991 on Oct 7, 2010 2:46 AM CDT up reply actions