Monday, November 3rd, 2008
pbspan style=”text-decoration: underline;”Saints Defense First Drive/span/b (3 plays, 0 yards, 0:10, Punt)/p
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liThis drive looks great on paper but it could have been much worse. Vincent Jackson completely burns Aaron Glenn but drops the ball just off his fingertips for what probably would have been a score./li
liCharles Grant drops back and makes a nice diving play on the ball in the backfield and almost makes the pick. Pretty impressive for Charles. Not something we usually see from him./li
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pbspan style=”text-decoration: underline;”Saints Offense First Drive/span/b (8 plays, 72 yards, 3:43, Touchdown)/p
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liAfter a Deuce run for only a yard we finally see Marques Colston look like his old self. He scoops up a nice catch and runs a bit more for 49 yards./li
liFirst down and Deuce runs for a loss of 1 yard./li
liDrew throws to Billy Miller incomplete. Then goes right back to Miller over the middle for a gain of 10 yards./li
liRather then kick the field goal with an unsure Mehlhaff, Payton decides to go for it. After a fake pitch to Stecker Brees throws a short jump, dump off to – who else – Billy Miller for the first down. Nice call. br //li
liThe drive ends with a play action touchdown pass over the middle of the end zone to Mark Campbell./li
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pbspan style=”text-decoration: underline;”Saints Defense Second Drive/span/b (12 plays, 64 yards, 6:50, Field Goal)/p
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liLT runs and catches for 20 yards on the first few plays of this drive./li
liOn third down Aaron Glenn gets called for pass interference and this keeps the drive alive. Not cool./li
liRivers makes a few short passes over the middle and continues to take advantage of a weak Saints secondary. br //li
liBack to back false start and offside penalties cancel each other out. It appears it really should have been two false start penalties.br //li
liThe Chargers score a touchdown on third down but they get called for holding and get pushed back 10 yards. San Diego can’t convert and kick the field goal. /li
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pbspan style=”text-decoration: underline;”Saints Offense Second Drive/span/b (7 plays, 77 yards, 3:36, Touchdown)/p
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liBrees starts off going right back to his favorite target of the night, Billy Miller, for 20 yards./li
liThen Deuce gets involved with a 4 yard run and a 3 yard catch off a play action to him. Glad to see Payton continue to stick with McAllister.nbsp; /li
liAfter a 10 yard pass interference penalty on Quentin Jammer, Pierre Thomas makes a nice run off the left side for 15 yards./li
liDrew tries for Meachem in the endzone but Cletis Gordon makes a nice breakup. Fortunately, he gets called for interference though the call is incredibly questionable. Nice to get some calls go our way though. Ball spotted at the 1 yard line. /li
liMike Karney punches it in for the score while San Diego may have had 12 men on the field. No call. br //li
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pThe Saints appear to be well in control of this game as they head into the fourth and final quarter./p