Lions vs Saints in the Dome

The Saints are near their all-time scoring high.

 

fix the special teams and its a very solid team. The only real points not related to special teams is the Bell fumble.

 

51 points is the record for the Saints

They need 7 to break it!

 

Bell deserves it...NOT Bush!

 

Reggie finally has a solid run. Took him the whole game to do it.

 

Final 45-27

 

...and it didn't count.

 

Bell finished with 143 yards on 28 carries (5.1 YPC).

Bush finished with 14 yards on 7 carries (2.0 YPC).

These were Bush's seven carries:

2nd-5, DET9 13:00 R. Bush rushed for no gain
1st-10, NO19 5:05 R. Bush rushed for 1 yard gain
2nd-10, DET15 0:11 R. Bush rushed for 1 yard loss
2nd-2, NO30 0:42 R. Bush rushed for 1 yard gain
2nd-10, DET31 11:49 R. Bush rushed for 1 yard gain
1st-10, DET14 2:03 R. Bush rushed for 10 yard gain
1st-14, DET14 1:50 R. Bush rushed for 2 yard gain

 

Brees was 26-of-34 (76.5%) for 358 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT, 0 sacks, 137.0 rating

Saints had three guys with over 40 yards receiving today:

Henderson -- 5 catches for 103 yards, 1 TD
Bush -- 5 catches for 55 yards, 0 TD
Meachem -- 2 catches for 51 yards, 1 TD

 

Look what the Saint's D did to Matt Stafford and Kevin Smith:

Matt Stafford
16-of-37 (43.2%) for 205 yards, 0 TD, 3 INTs, 1 sack, 27.4 rating

Kevin Smith
20 yards on 15 carries (1.3 YPC), 1 TD... longest run was 6 yards.

Total Yards
Saints - 515
Lions - 231

Total Rushing Yards
Saints - 157
Lions - 33

Average Per Rush
Saints - 4.5
Lions - 1.7

Last season, the Lion's offense averaged 268 yards/game and 3.8 yards/rush