The Saints defense pitched its first shutout of the season, holding to the Bills offense to no scores in the Saints 27-7 win. Buffalo’s lone score came on a touchdown off of a fake field goal. Bills receiver Terrell Owens saw his streak of 185 consecutive games with a reception end on Sunday. New Orleans held the Bills to zero first downs on their final five possessions.
Running back Pierre Thomas entered the game with no carries and at the half had no yards. The Saints running back finished the day with 126 yards on 14 carries to go with a pair of touchdowns. Thomas scored on runs of 34 yards and 19 yards. As a team, the Saints rushed for 222 yards on the day.
Saints quarterback Drew Brees, after throwing nine touchdowns in the first two games, didn’t throw for a score on Sunday. Brees, who was 16 of 29 for 172 yards, had gone 22 straight games with a touchdown pass.
Lynell Hamilton scored his first touchdown of his career on the opening drive of the game, it came on a 1-yard dive.
The win sets up what no doubt will be a much hyped meeting between the Saints and the 3-0 Jets. New York beat the Titans on Sunday 24-17. The game will be at the Superdome in a 3:05pm kick off.
D-LINE STEPS UP
Saints head coach Sean Payton challenged the front line of the Saints defense earlier in the week. Three first round draft picks play on it in Charles Grant, Sedrick Ellis, and Will Smith. Those three players responded to the challenge in a big way.
Grant had a sack and a half, Ellis had a sack and Smith had a sack and an interception.
JENKINS CONTINUES TO BE SPECIAL
Rookie Malcolm Jenkins for the third straight week made a big play on special team. Jenkins stripped the ball from punter Roscoe Parrish. The play lead to a John Carney field goal, giving Jenkins 14 direct points this season that can be attributed to him.
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