Archive for November, 2011

While the Detroit Lions are very likely to be without one of their top defensive weapons this Sunday, the Saints may be getting back one of their best in middle linebacker Jonathan Vilma.

The Saints have followed up their ugliest loss of the season (at St. Louis) with arguably their three best games of the year so far.

Clipped from: www.nola.com (share this clip) Nearly 14.5 million viewers watched Monday’s New Orleans Saints 49-24 demolition of the New York Giants, according to ratings distributed by ESPN. The audience figure exceeded “Monday Night Football’s” season average despite the blowout, and gave the network the largest Monday night audience among all networks, broadcast or cable.

New Orleans is coming off a monstrous 49-24 clobbering of the New York Giants yesterday on Monday Night Football. Next up for the 8-3 Saints, the Detroit Lions, this Sunday night.

Clipped from: espn.go.com (share this clip) Brees threw for 363 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran for a touchdown, perhaps the most spectacular run of a career that hasn’t included a lot of runs. But the most impressive stat of all might have been that the Saints had 577 yards of total offense (the second-highest output in franchise history) without a 100-yard rusher or receiver and without a sack.

Getting “inside information” we exchanged questions with Joe Tufaro, the editor of FanSided’s New York Giants site gmenhq.com, to ask him some questions about the upcoming game and the team that he covers.

The New Orleans Saints will finally get back to playing football after a two week hiatus thanks to a bye-week, and a long week leading up to tonight’s showdown with the New York Giants.

Clipped from: www.shreveporttimes.com (share this clip) Has the magic may have returned? The Saints (7-3) carry a spotless 2011 home record (4-0) into tonight’s prime-time showdown against the New York Giants, and the team — from top to bottom — has sensed a rebirth of the elements that created one potent intangible.

In the dark of the night on top of old Monkey Hill, My cauldron is boiling to brew up my will, Into this magic pot many things I do put, Like big nasty eels and a mean monkey’s foot, Some nutria rat skulls and some camels toenails,

For the second time in two weeks the Saints have sit and watched the outcome of Sunday’s NFL games while they await their turn in the spot light when they host New York Giants on Monday Night Football.