Earlier today the New Orleans Saints played the Kansas City Chiefs and won their first game on the road this season. As I stated in an earlier post the Saints really needed this win if they wanted to keep their post season hopes alive. The Saints knew what they needed to do and they did just that. The offense which was lead by Drew Brees did exceptionally well and the defense did what they had to do to cement the win.
Let me start with the Saints defense, the defense played well and made two very important defensive stops near the goal line. Those two stops should have been touchdowns for the Cheifs, instead the New Orleans defense forced the Chiefs to kick two field goals. Also, they sacked the Chiefs quarter back Tyler Thigpen four times, when asked how he thought his defense played in today's game, Saints head coach Sean Payton said, "I thought we tackled pretty well and kept the ball in front of us." All in all the Saints defense knew what they had to do in today's game, which was contain the Chiefs offense and they did just that.
Now on to the Saints offense, as I said earlier it was the Saints first win on the road this season, but it was also their first win on the road since last December. Prior to today's game, the Saints were 0-4 on the road, that changed after Saints QB Drew Brees threw for an outstanding 266 yards and 1 touchdown. The Saints running back Pierre Thomas, who filled in for starter Reggie Bush, had 88 rushing yards a touchdown, and on top of all that he had four receptions for 56 yards. The Saints kicker also kicked two field goals from the 30 and 23, both of which were good. The Saints did what they had to do this week, now that they are back on track hopefully they keep it up and do well in their upcoming games this season.
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