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New Orleans Saints at 11.1.20

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

• A Saints win would improve ’ all-time record against the Bears to 17-13 in the regular season. Their road record against the Bears would improve to 10-8. A win would also extend the Saints’ winning streak against the Bears to six games.

• With a win on Sunday, Saints would improve his record against regular season Chicago to 6-3, and his regular season record against Panthers Head Coach Matt Nagy to 2-0.

• Payton’s combined 143 combined regular season/postseason victories are ranked 25th all-time. With a win today, Payton would break a tie with Pro Football Hall of Famer Marv Levy for 24th place in NFL record books.

• The Saints currently have a streak of 294 regular season games without having been shut out, dating back to a 26-20 win at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September 6, 2002 at Raymond James Stadium, the longest running streak in the and fourth overall, a streak that they will look to extend to 295 games on Sunday.

• With a win, the Saints would improve to 5-2 and could move into a first place in the NFC South depending on the outcome of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. game on (7:15 CT Kickoff).

• QB will play in his 282nd career game today, breaking a tie with LS Trey Junkin for 20th in games played in NFL record books and tying DT Jim Marshal (1960- 1979) for 19th place.

• In 51 career games, RB has recorded 5,300 scrimmage yards and 44 scrimmage . With his next 228 rushing yards yards, Kamara will join Roger Craig as the only players with at least 3,000 rushing yards and 2,500 receiving yards in their first four seasons.

• With 93 rushing yards today, Kamara will move past RB Tony Galbreath (1976-1980) for 9th place in club record books. With five more receptions, Kamara will surpass RB for ninth in club record-books. Kamara will also set a new single-season career high with his next three receiving touchdowns (6). • Entering Week 8, Kamara leads the NFL with 824 scrimmage yards and ties for the lead league with seven touchdowns (four rushing, three receiving). He also leads all running backs with 46 receptions and 460 receiving yards this season.

• With at least four receptions at Chicago on Sunday, Kamara will become the third with at least 50 receptions in each of his first four seasons in NFL history, joining and Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson.

• Kamara needs one more game with at least one rushing and one receiving touchdown to surpass Chuck Foreman (eight games) and Christian McCaffrey (eight) for the most such games in a player’s first four seasons in NFL history.

• TE Josh Hill will play in his 110th career game on Sunday, moving into a tie with P Tommy Barnhardt (1987, 89-94, 99) for 34th place on the club’s all-time games played list.

• CB has 196 career tackles. With 4 stops on Sunday, he would reach 200 for his career.

• DE Trey Hendrickson has 4.5 sacks through six games, tying his career-high of 2019. With one takedown on Sunday, he would establish a new career-high through only seven contests.

• Playing in his 135th consecutive game on Sunday, LB has 24.5 career sacks, needing a split sack to reach 25 for his career.

• S Malcolm Jenkins 1,148 career tackles, needing four to reach 1,150 for his career. Adding in 44 career special teams stops, with ten defensive/special teams stops on Sunday, he would reach a combined number of 1,200 for his career.

FS and CB P.J. Williams need one pass defensed each to reach 25 for their careers.

• Defensive end will play in his 151st consecutive and career game Sunday, a club record and the longest current streak among non- on offense and defense.

• Jordan has 2.5 career sacks against the Bears. Jordan has one career sack against Bear’s QB in the postseason which came in New Orleans’ wildcard win over Philadelphia in 2013. Foles would be the 33rd signal caller Jordan would have taken down with one sack today.

• Jordan needs one pass defensed to reach 50 for his career.

• Linebacker Craig Robertson has 48 career special teams tackles, needing two more to reach 50 for his career.