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Rattler finds Kamara out of the backfield for a gain of 6 yards. 

2nd and 4 from the NO 48. 

Play action from Rattler and he lobs it over the defender for Johnson who makes the short catch and turns up field for a gain of 12 yards. 

1st and 10 from the NO 42. 

Rattler roll right and tried to run for it but was pushed out of bounds just short of the marker. The Saints take a TO and are going to think about going for it fro their own 31. 

4th and inches from the NO 31. 

Williams to the left side and he is taken down after a gain of 2. 

3rd and 2 from the NO 29. 

NO get the ball back from their 21 and Kamara picks up 6 yards on the first down run. 

2nd and 4 from the NO 27. 

The Broncos have struggled with the run game all year, but they have over 100 yards in the first half and Williams just extended the lead to 13-0 with this 8 yard run into the end zone. 

Nix finds Humphrey on the left side for a gain of 9 yards and a first down. 

1st and Goal from the NO 8. 

Williams on the run to the right side and he picks up 2 yards. 

2nd and 8 from the NO 17. 

Nix rolling right and he finds Franklin down the sideline for a 30 yard catch and run. 

1st and 10 from the NO 19. 

Adebo was hurt on the play and he is going to get carted off the field as the list of injuries gets longer for the Saints. 

Screen pass set up for Williams on the left side and he follows his blockers for a gain of 9 yards. 

1st and 10 from the NO 49. 

Estime up the middle and he picks up four yards on first down. 

2nd and 6 from the DEN 42. 

Williams finds a hole and he explodes through it for a 20 yard pick up and a first down!

1st and 10 from the DEN 38. 

DEN get the ball back from their 14 and Nix tucks it after a fake pitch to the left side. 

2nd and 6 from the DEN 18. 

Rattler down the right sideline but that pass sailed out of bounds and the Saints are going to punt. 

4th and 5 from the NO 45. 

Short out route from Johnson and he his pushed out of bounds on the right side after a gain of 5. 

3rd and 5 from the NO 45. 

After another offside penalty gave the Saints a first down, Rattler goes deep for Tipton who fell after his feet got tangled with a defender. 

2nd and 10 from the 40. 

Rattler was pressured out of the pocket after a muffed shotgun snap and ended up fumbling. The Broncos scooped it and scored it but an offside on DEN will take that TD off the board, and give the Saints a free five yards. 

1st and 5 from the NO 35. 

NO get the ball back from their 30 looking for their first points of the game. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

Lutz hits his second field goal of the night, this one from 32 yards out after the defense came up with a fumble that set up the scoring drive. 

DEN lead 6-0 with 13:24 to go in the first half. 

Nix with a ton of time in the backfield, and he stepped up to draw the defense off a WR, but left the lob short and it bounced off the turf. 

4th and 1 from the NO 8. 

Nix scrambles to the left side nd picks up 4 yards to bring up 3rd and short. 

3rd and 1 from the NO 8. 

Williams to the right side and he picks up 5 yards on the right side. 

2nd and 5 from the NO 12. 

WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER HERE FROM NEW ORLEANS!!

It's been low scoring so far. Don't expect too many more fireworks the rest of the night. 

Nix on the play action and pass to the right side for Sutton on the comeback route but that pass hit off the WR's and falls incomplete. 

1st an 10 from the NO 29. 

Williams moves the chains with a run up the middle that gets just enough for the first down. 

1st and 10 from the NO 34. 

Willams gets the shotgun hand off to the right side and he takes it for 7 yards on first down. 

2nd and 3 from the NO 37. 

QB sneak from Nix and he moves the chains for a gain of 2 yards. 

1st and 10 from the NO 44. 

Williams to the right side and he gets four yards to bring up 3rd and short. 

3rd and 1 from the NO 46. 

Nix looks over the middle for Krull and he picks up 5 yards to the 50. 

2nd and 5 from the 50. 

The Broncos are going to bring the pressure on the rookie Rattler, and it was Barton who teed off on him and forced the fumble that was recovered by Alexander. 

FUMBLE!!!

Rattler dropped back and was hit from behind by Barton who jarred it out of the QB's hands and it was recovered by Alexander!

Broncos ball at the DEN 45 with 3:39 to go in the first half!!

Roll out to the right side for Rattler and he finds Means who went up and grabbed it for a gain of 10. 

1st and 10 from the 50. 

Kamara breaks a tackle in the backfield and takes it up the middle for a gain of 8 yards. 

3rd and 2 from the NO 40. 

The Saints start their second drive of the night from their 32 and Kamara is stuffed at the line of scrimmage for no gain on first down. 

2nd and 10 from the NO 32. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

Lutz, the former Saint, drills the field goal from 46 yards out to put the first points on the board. 

DEN lead 3-0 with 5:30 to go in the 1st quarter. 

Nix escapes the rush and the pocket and runs to the sideline, but will be short of the marker after running out of bounds with a 3 yard scramble. 

4th and 3 from the NO 28. 

McLaughlin gets the hand off to the left side and that was blown up by Orji who dropped him for a loss of 2. 

3rd and 6 from the NO 31. 

Short pass to Williams out of the backfield and he makes the catch for a gain of 6. 

2nd and 4 from the NO 29. 

Williams up the middle and he powers through the defense for a gain of 10 yards. 

1st and 10 from the NO 35. 

Nix finds Franklin on a short pass to the right side after his roll out and he gets 2 yards on first down. 

2nd and 8 from the NO 45. 

Nix finds Vele on a short slant to the right side and he takes it for a 20 yard catch and run. 

1st and 10 from the NO 47. 

Estime gets his first carry and moves the chians with a 6 yard pick up to the left side. 

1st and 10 from the DEN 33. 

DEN get the ball back from their 20 after a touchback and Nix finds Mims in the flat and he gains 7 yards on the catch and run up the sideline. 

2nd and 3 from the DEN 27. 

Rattler over the middle to Wilson who makes the catch but he is taken down short of the marker. 

4th and 2 from the NO 48. 

Rattler rolls to the right side and he takes a shot down field for Tipton, and that should have been picked by the Broncos. 

3rd and 9 from the NO 41. 

Kamara gets his first carry and takes it for a yard on the right side. 

2nd and 9 from the NO 41. 

Rattler and the Saints take over from their own 8 yard line and the rookie QB finds Moreau wide open on the left side for a gain of 32 to open their night. 

1st and 10 from the NO 41. 

Nix looking over the middle for Trautman who had some space, but that pass fell well short and the Broncos are going to punt. 

4th and 10 from the NO 41. 

Nix rolls left and looks for Franklin up sideline but that pass hit the turf before getting to the WR. 

3rd and 10 from the NO 41. 

The Broncos go into their bag of tricks and Nix had Krull open on the left side after the misdirection play action, but the pass fell incomplete. 

2nd and 10 from the NO 41. 

Nix keeps it on the RPO and takes it to the right side for a gain of 8 yards. 

1st and 10 from the NO 41. 

Nix fakes the pitch to the left side and rolls right finding Franklin on the right side for a short gain of 2. 

2nd and 8 from the NO 49. 

Nix tucks it and runs up the middle for a 14 yard scramble for a first down on the opening play of the game. 

1st and 10 from the DEN 49. 

The Saints won the toss and differed so it's the Broncos getting the ball to start the night. 

Nix will take over from their 35. 

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM NEW ORLEANS!!!!

Tonight's odds

The Saints might be at home, but that doesn’t mean that they are the favorites to win the game tonight in New Orleans. On a four game win streak, with a rookie QB in under center, the Saints are 2.5 point home dogs with the Over/Under set at 37. 

The Saints losing streak isn’t going to last forever, but it’s not coming to an end tonight. Denver’s defense is going to make life tough for Spencer Rattler as the zero in on Kamara and make sure that he doesn’t take the game over out of the backfield. Nix will do just enough to win, as he has in the first three wins of the season and the Broncos will drop the Saints to their fifth straight win. 

Broncos win 17-10. 

Head to head series

These two franchises have both been around for a long, long time but because they are in different conferences, they have only played each other 12 times. The Broncos lead the series 9-3 dating back to their first match up in 1970, but it was the Saints that had the last laugh in the last match up between these two teams. The Saints crushed the Broncos 31-3 from Mile High Stadium back in 2020 to snap a five game losing streak to Denver. Tonight they will be trying to snap another long losing streak, and get back into the win column for the first time since early September. 

NFL Standings

Taking a look at the standings in both the AFC and NFC, there are just two undefeated teams remaining through the first third of the season. The Broncos are sitting at 3-3 sitting behind the undefeated Chiefs and the Chargers that just beat them last week. The Saints have fallen to the bottom of the NFC South after their four game collapse, and now trail the Falcons and the Bucs by two games. Both of these teams need a win tonight to keep pace with the rest of their respective divisions. 

Star watch: Saints

It would be a bit premature to put Spencer Rattler in the star watch portion of the preview considering he has played exactly 4 quarters in the NFL. So let’s move on to the backfield and Alvin Kamara who is one of the best two way running backs in the league. He racks up yards on the ground and through the air, but curiously enough he has never had a 1,000 yard season rushing the ball. This could be his first year reaching that landmark, especially if the rookie QB is forced to stay under center for more than a couple weeks. So far, he has 428 yards on 104 rushes with 6 TDs, and another 238 yards receiving with another TD.

Star watch: Broncos 

Bo Nix has been impressive in his first month and a half in the NFL. He was drafted by a quarterback coach, Sean Payton, and on a team that has both John Elway and Payton Manning. That’s quite a bit of pressure for a young QB, but he has been handling it well. His numbers aren’t staggering, but he is doing what needs to be done to keep his team in games. So far he has 1,082 yards and 5 TDs with 5 INTs while completing 61.1% of his passes. 

Season recap: Broncos

We had no idea what to expect from the Broncos who had gone through a myriad of quarterback problems over the last few years. They brought in rookie Bo Nix to lead their offense, but not a whole lot was known about the former Oregon Duck. What we know now is that Nix is a mature QB, with the ability to throw or use his feet to move the ball while managing the game and limiting mistakes on the offensive end. The defense is the dominant force for the Broncos. The three losses they have suffered, to the Seahawks, Steelers and Chargers, all came in a one possession game. Their three wins against the Bucs, Jets and Raiders came in games in which the defense allowed just over 11 ppg.

Season recap: Saints

A lot can happen in the span of a month just ask the New Orleans Saints. They dropped 91 points in their first two wins over the Panthers and the Cowboys and there was talk of this team being a real contender in the NFC. Since then, they have spiraled into a four game losing streak. Their first loss came to the Eagles in a defensive struggle from NO, then came a narrow loss to the Atlanta Falcons in the last few minutes of the game, and then the Chiefs beat them up in Arrowhead in a game that Derek Carr was hurt in the fourth quarter. That kept him out last game and the Saints were incapable of hanging with the Bucs high flying offense. 

Last game: Saints 

It was a wild one from the Caesar’s Superdome on Sunday. With no Derek Carr, the Saints were going to have to come up with ways to score the football and managed to score all 27 of their points in the second quarter. After the Bucs took a 17-0 first quarter lead, New Orleans scored three touchdowns and two FGs thanks to a punt return for a TD by Rashid Shaheed and an interception two plays later. They went into the halftime break with a 27-24 lead, but the offense stopped scoring and the Bucs dropped 51 points on the Saints defense. Spencer Rattler went 22/40 for 243 yards with 1 TD and 2 INTs in his debut, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Saints in the game all 60 minutes. 

Last game: Broncos

After a three game win streak, the Broncos came out flat against a Chargers team that was coming off a BYE and were down by two scores in the blink of an eye. Bo Nix threw a pick on the opening series of the game, one of two first half turnovers that allowed Justin Herbert and JK Dobbins to build up a 20-0 lead. Nix and the offense finally woke up at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but by that time it was too late. They cut the lead to 23-16 but ran out of time as the Chargers held on to improve to a game over .500 which the Broncos fell to 3-3. 

We are live from the Bayou

Hello everyone and welcome to the Big Easy where nothing has been easy for the Saints over the last month. There was a time very early in the season in which the Saints were being talked about as Super Bowl contenders after two blowout wins in the opening weeks of the season. Since then things have gone south in a hurry and they come into tonight needing a win, and needing their back up, rookie quarterback to lead them to the win. Denver a rookie quarterback of their own, and after a bumpy start Bo Nix and the Broncos rattled off three straight wins before losing their last game to the LA Chargers in Week 6. Will the Saints snap their losing spell or will the Broncos add to the misery in New Orleans?  

Broncos vs. Saints

A couple of rookie quarterbacks take the spotlight on primetime tonight as two teams looking to get back in the win column kickoff Week 6 from New Orleans. The New Orleans Saints are on a four game losing skid and are desperate to snap the streak, but they will have to do it tonight against a Denver Broncos team that has surprised more than a few people after a 3-3 start. AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from the Caesar’s Superdome.