Saints: Results Endorse Their Approach To Running
Lost in all the gaudy, record-breaking numbers Drew Brees puts up in the Saints' passing game is the fact that New Orleans' running game isn't half bad.
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Lost in all the gaudy, record-breaking numbers Drew Brees puts up in the Saints' passing game is the fact that New Orleans' running game isn't half bad.
The Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints have offenses so potent that oddsmakers have set the over-under betting line at a playoff-record 59 points.
It's pretty interesting to hear all the chatter as the Lions get ready to play in their first playoff game in 12 years.
Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith and tight end Tony Scheffler have collided at practice.
There is so much digest following the Lions 105-101 loss Sunday to the Green Bay Packers, a game where teams seemed to score on every drive and there was pass interference on every play.
Saturday night, Detroit will get its second crack at the Saints this season. The first one was one of those big Saints wins — 31-17 in the Superdome on Dec. 4 on a Sunday night.
Matthew Stafford has lifted the Detroit Lions to the playoffs for the first time since the 1999 season.
Tuesday morning the Lions were back on the practice field getting ready for what most people call "an unwinnable game" against the Saints at the Superdome in the first round of the NFL playoffs.
When Barry Sanders topped the 2,000-yard rushing mark in 1997 at the Silverdome during a late-season game vs. the New York Jets, it was the cause of a big celebration.
I know what you are going to say. Here goes Matt Dery again ragging on the best sport out there. Yep. Here I go again.
Losing always stinks, but some losses hurt. File the final game of the Lions regular season under the "hurts" category.
Detroit coach Jim Schwartz yells on the sideline, pumps his right fist after good plays and shouts not-fit-for-print words when things don't go well.
"You understand in our game that when you line up in the postseason, there's a finality to it," Payton said Monday as the Saints began preparations for their playoff opener against Detroit.
Calvin Johnson and Matthew Stafford. Utter brilliance. Their performance Sunday won't soon be forgotten.
The Saints website points fans to the league's Ticket Exchange hub, where seats can be found for as little as $167.
The Green Bay Packers will be without three key players on offense in Sunday's game against Detroit.
With Aaron Rodgers at quarterback, a wealth of skill players on offense and a ball-hawking defense, the Green Bay Packers might have rolled up a 14-1 record no matter.
I now bring you six random thoughts that are running through my weird brain right now.
RB Kevin Smith had touchdowns rushing and receiving last week
I never believe fans when they say they've had it with an athlete, especially one that remains productive.
Green Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley says he sat out Wednesday's practice after he woke up with his left knee bothering him.
Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith said Ndamukong Suh called him to apologize a few days after the Lions defensive lineman's infamous Thanksgiving Day stomp.
Apparently making the playoffs for the first time since 1999 is not enough to send more than one Lion to the Pro Bowl this coming January in Hawaii.
The Detroit Lions' only player voted to the Pro Bowl, Calvin Johnson, watched his teammates work out Wednesday.
