New Orleans Saints Week 13 Recap: Lions Implode; Saints March On

realheavyd · 12-05-2011, 10:03 AM

The New Orleans Saints improved their record to 9-3 on a 4 game winning streak and grabbed a solid hold of the lead in the NFC South by 2 whole games over the 7-5 Atlanta Falcons, who lost yesterday in Houston to the 9-3 Texans. The Detroit Lions, on the other hand, continued on a downward spiral by losing their last 2 consecutive games, this one to the Saints by the final score of 31-17, and 3 of their last 5 now.

New Orleans won several key battles that wound up being the ultimate difference in deciding which team would emerge victorious in this contest between playoff hopefuls in the NFC. They won the turnover battle 1-0, the 3rd-down conversion battle 50%(6-12)-18%(2-11), the net yards rushing battle 100-87, the touchdown battle 4-2 and, last but certainly not least, they won the penalties/yards battle 3/30-11/107. The Saints had 11 penalties go against them on Monday night versus the Giants, so this was a welcome turn of events which undoubtedly pleased Head Coach Sean Payton after all was said and done.

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realheavyd 100th Post Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 339	New Orleans Saints Week 13 Recap: Lions Implode; Saints March On The New Orleans Saints improved their record to 9-3 on a 4 game winning streak and grabbed a solid hold of the lead in the NFC South by 2 whole games over the 7-5 Atlanta Falcons, who lost yesterday in Houston to the 9-3 Texans. The Detroit Lions, on the other hand, continued on a downward spiral by losing their last 2 consecutive games, this one to the Saints by the final score of 31-17, and 3 of their last 5 now. New Orleans won several key battles that wound up being the ultimate difference in deciding which team would emerge victorious in this contest between playoff hopefuls in the NFC. They won the turnover battle 1-0, the 3rd-down conversion battle 50%(6-12)-18%(2-11), the net yards rushing battle 100-87, the touchdown battle 4-2 and, last but certainly not least, they won the penalties/yards battle 3/30-11/107. The Saints had 11 penalties go against them on Monday night versus the Giants, so this was a welcome turn of events which undoubtedly pleased Head Coach Sean Payton after all was said and done. Read the rest here: New Orleans Saints News Attached Thumbnails Halo likes this.
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