26CornerBlitz Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 (edited) Saints vs. Rams: Sean Payton Is Ready for Sean McVay By ALBERT BREER November 01, 2018 To keep his Drew Brees-led offense fresh and unpredictable, Sean Payton devotes hours each week to watching what other innovative offenses around the league are doing—and cribbing from them. That’s why when Sean McVay’s high-flying Rams visit the Superdome this Sunday, they could see a little bit of themselves in what the Saints throw at them. Lee Corso to make headgear pick before Saints-Rams, a first for ESPN NFL coverage By Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com Lee Corso will make his famous headgear pick on the Sunday NFL Countdown set for ESPN leading into the New Orleans Saints' home game against the Los Angeles Rams. This will be the first time in the 33-year history of Countdown for Corso to be on set for an NFL pick, according to ESPN coordinating producer Matt Garrett. The set will be outside Manning’s Bar & Grill in New Orleans. Corso also will be in Baton Rouge on Saturday to make his headgear pick leading into the LSU home game against Alabama. The headgear pick is closely associated to ESPN’s college football coverage, particularly on ESPN’s traveling College GameDay set. Edited November 2, 2018 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Cmdjr85 said: Cooks playing his old team for the 2nd time. He'll faceoff against Lattimore. That should be a fun game within the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 As the 2019 season crosses the midway point, one undefeated team remains. The Los Angeles Rams advanced to 8-0 for the first time since 1969 with a win over the Green Bay Packers in Week 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 (edited) Game Preview: Rams and Saints Set to Battle as NFC’s Best Clarence Dennis - Rams' STAFF WRITER The Rams (8-0) will travel to New Orleans to take on the Saints (6-1) for the third time in three seasons in Week 9. In 2016, the Saints beat the Rams 49-21 in quarterback Jared Goff’s second-career start. Last season, Goff and the Rams got revenge back home in the L.A. Memorial Coliseum — beating the Saints 26-20. Goff threw for 354 yards in that game, one yard shy of his career high, which remained until Week 4 of this season, when Goff threw for 465 yards against the Vikings. Edited November 2, 2018 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Which duo will triumph on Sunday: Los Angeles rams head coach Sean McVay/quarterback Jared Goff or New Orleans Saints head coach (3:18) The "Good Morning Football" crew debates which duo will triumph on Sunday between Rams head coach Sean McVay and QB Jared Goff and Saints head coach Sean Payton and QB Drew Brees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 From Andy Benoit: Rams at Saints Running backs in the passing game could decide this one. Alvin Kamara was the reason the Saints were even competitive when they visited the Rams in Week 12 last year. Will Sean Payton go back to featuring Kamara on the weak side of spread empty formations? (Taysom Hill’s curious rise seems to have come at the expense of New Orleans’s once-foundational spread-empty passing game.) Speaking of empty sets, that’s what the Rams employed at times last week against Green Bay when throwing to Todd Gurley. This doesn’t necessarily reflect a shift in philosophy, though. Those empty formations were condensed, not spread, and out of them the Rams still ran many of their usual pass plays for Gurley. Whichever team gets more big catches from its tailback will win this game. And keep in mind it was reported yesterday that Saints DE Marcus Davenport will be out for about a month with a toe injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Despite Facing Many Double-Team Blocks, Donald Still Dominating Defensive tackle Aaron Donald leads the league with 10.0 sacks so far in 2018. Donald is also seeing more double-team blocks than any other of the league’s sack leaders by a significant margin. That’s according to NFL Next Gen stats, which has Donald being double teamed on 70.0 percent of plays. Of the players tied for No. 2 with 8.0 sacks, Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt is seeing the most double teams at 46 percent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Rams (8-0) at Saints (6-1): 4:25 p.m. ET, Fox Point spread: NO -2 | Matchup quality: 91.3 (of 100) Lindsey Thiry's pick: The Rams have won eight consecutive games, but the Saints in the Superdome are undoubtedly their biggest test yet, especially on offense. Defense could be the difference in this one. The Rams have the edge in that department after adding edge rusher Dante Fowler Jr. at the trade deadline and with Aaron Donald's league-leading 10 sacks. But it might not be enough against Drew Brees, who gets the ball out fast. Saints 28, Rams 24 Mike Triplett's pick: This is the latest in the season that two teams averaging 33 points or more have faced each other, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Rams have the edge on defense led by Donald, and while they added firepower this week by trading for Fowler, the Saints lost firepower when rookie DE Marcus Davenport suffered a toe injury. However, the home-field advantage helps the Saints, and there might not be a more battle-tested team in the NFL right now after they had to grind out come-from-behind victories at Baltimore and Minnesota in their past two outings. Saints 29, Rams 27 FPI win projection: NO, 49.8 percent. With a pregame matchup quality of 91.3, this is the second-best matchup of the season according to FPI, trailing only the Chiefs-Rams matchup in Week 11. This game is also projected to be incredibly close, as only the Falcons-Redskins game noted earlier has a smaller spread in our data set, according to FPI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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