NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WEEKLY MEDIA INFORMATION GUIDE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES DECEMBER 13, 2020 @ LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD GAME INFORMATION • ROSTERS • DEPTH CHART STATISTICS • MINIBIOS NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (10-2) AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (3-8-1) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2020 – 3:25 P.M. (CST) LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD – PHILADELPHIA, PA. TV: FOX (WVUE FOX 8 locally) – Kevin Burkhardt (play-by-play), Daryl Johnston (color analyst) and Pam Oliver (sideline) NATIONAL RADIO: Compass Media Networks – Chris Carrino (play-by- play) and Brian Baldinger (color analyst) LOCAL RADIO: WWL (870 AM and 105.3 FM) – Zach Strief (play-by-play) and Deuce McAllister (color analyst) SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIO: KGLA (830 AM and 105.7 FM) – Mario Je- rez (play-by-play), Juan Carlos Ramos and Victor Quinonez (color analysts) On the offensive side of the ball, the Black and Gold THE MATCHUP were productive in all phases. QB Taysom Hill tossed two Following a resilient 21-16 victory over the Atlanta touchdowns, passed for 232 yards and rushed for a career Falcons on the road to give them the season sweep and -high 83 yards, as New Orleans converted 8-of-17 (47.1%) punch their playoff ticket for a club-record fourth consecu- third down attempts. To top off the run offense that fea- tive season, the New Orleans Saints (10-2), owners of a tured several explosive plays, RB Alvin Kamara produced nine-game winning streak, will conclude their three-game 88 yards on the ground, including a 37-yard rush and an road run against the Philadelphia Eagles (3-8-1) at Lincoln acrobatic 11-yard touchdown. WR Michael Thomas lit up Financial Field on Sunday afternoon. the field as Hill’s biggest target with nine receptions for 105 yards, as he made history, recording his 500th reception in The Saints proved their consistency across the board, his 69th game, the quickest to the milestone in NFL record becoming the first team in 2020 to clinch a playoff berth. books. TE Jared Cook caught his team-leading fifth touch- Week in and Week out, the Black and Gold defense has down. improved and come up strong in recent weeks, while they racked up their fifth consecutive performance of surrender- Looking to surrender under 20 points in six consecutive ing 20 or fewer points. LB Demario Davis led a unit that contests for the first time since the 2018 season, the Black allowed only 70 rushing yards on 21 carries (3.3 avg.), by and Gold defense ranked first in the NFL, will look to com- posting nine tackles, one of the most important being two plement a diverse offense and solid special teams unit in late fourth quarter stuffs on back to back plays of Falcons Philadelphia, a traditionally difficult place to play. The RB Todd Gurley for no gain followed by a loss of seven Saints will face the Eagles looking to break a four-game yards. New Orleans’ defensive front continues to spark losing streak and keep their postseason hopes alive, which momentum week after week, as DE Trey Hendrickson, DT are in distance in the NFC East. New Orleans’ fourth con- David Onyemata and DE Carl Granderson each record- secutive division title will be clinched with a win ed sacks, as the Saints have dropped Falcons QB Matt Around The NFC South: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ryan 20 times in the last three meetings. To end the (7-5) will host Minnesota (6-6), the Falcons (4-8) will travel contest, DB D.J. Swearinger broke up a Ryan pass in the to the Los Angeles Chargers (3-9) and the Carolina Pan- end zone, taking confidence into Sunday’s matchup. thers (4-8) will host the Denver Broncos (4-8). Saints at Eagles: Week 14 2 SAINTS-EAGLES CONNECTIONS where he had a key interception return for a touchdown in the 2017 NFC Championship to help in sending the Eagles Saints Head Coach Sean Payton spent part of his child- to the Super Bowl...Saints Quarterbacks Coach Joe Lom- hood in the Philadelphia area and served on the Eagles bardi served as defensive line coach/strength and coaching staff from 1997-98 as their quarterbacks conditioning coordinator at Bucknell in 2000 and as an as- coach...Saints Special Teams Coordinator Darren Rizzi sistant at Mercyhurst from 2002-05...Saints Senior Offen- coached the Rutgers special teams units from 2002-07, sive Assistant Curtis Johnson tutored Eagles wide receiver also tutoring the running backs his first three and the line- Alshon Jeffery in Chicago in 2016. Jeffrey and Saints S backers his final three. Rizzi, Saints Assistant Head Coach/ D.J. Swearinger were college teammates at South Car- Tight Ends Dan Campbell and Eagles Special Teams Co- olina...New Orleans Vice President of Football Administra- ordinator Dave Fipp served on the same Miami Dolphins tion Khai Harley served as an administrative intern in Phila- staff from 2011-12. Rizzi and Philadelphia Run Game Co- delphia from 2001-02...Eagles safety Jalen Mills and line- ordinator/Defensive Line Matt Burke served on the same backer Duke Riley both played at LSU, where they were Dolphins staff from 2016-18...New Orleans Senior Defen- teammates of both Alexander and Saints C/G Will sive Assistant Peter Giunta served as defensive backs Clapp...Riley was a standout at John Curtis (River coach of the Eagles from 1991-94 and also served on Ridge, La.) Christian HS...Philadelphia Vice President of staffs at Penn State from 1981-83 and at Lehigh from 1988 Player Personnel Andy Weidl was a member of the Saints -90...Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins played for Philadelphia player personnel department from 2000-05, serving as both from 2014-19...Eagles running back Boston Scott prepped a combine scout and area scout...Saints Area Scout Jon at Zachary (La.) HS, played at Louisiana Tech and was a Sandusky played safety at Penn State from 1996-99 sixth round draft pick of the Saints in 2018, spending the and served nine years in the Philadelphia player personnel majority of his rookie season on the Black and Gold prac- department...New Orleans Area Scout Joey Vitt’s grew up tice squad….New Orleans tackle Ryan Ramczyk, lineback- in the Philadelphia area, when his father Joe Vitt coached er Zack Baun and Philadelphia running back Corey Clem- linebackers for the Eagles from 1995-98. ent and linebacker T.J. Edwards teammates at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin...Quarterback Drew Brees layed to- DATING GAME gether from 2002-2005 in San Diego with Eagles Tight This week’s game at Philadelphia is on December 13. The Ends Coach Justin Peelle...Eagles Head Coach Doug Ped- Saints are 4-3 on December 13. New Orleans’ first Decem- erson was a three-year starter at Northeast Louisiana and ber 13 game was a 38-27 loss to the San Francisco 49ers began his coaching career at Calvary Baptist Academy in at Tulane Stadium in 1970 and the most recent was a 24- Shreveport...Saints linebacker Alex Anzalone led Wy- 17 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2015. New omissing (Pa.) HS to its first Pennsylvania Class AA state Orleans has not played a team multiple times on the date. championship in 2012...New Orleans wide receiver Juwan Here is a brief look at New Orleans’ December 13 games: Johnson and Philadelphia running back Miles Sanders were college teammates at Penn State...Saints running 1970 - The Saints lose to the San Francisco 49ers 38-27 at back Alvin Kamara, defensive tackle Shy Tuttle and Eagles the Tulane Stadium defensive end Derek Barnett were college teammates at 1981 - The Saints lose to the Green Bay Packers 35-7 at the University of Tennessee...Saints Guard/Tackle Andrus the Superdome. Peat and Eagles Tight End Zach Ertz were college teammates at Stanford...Saints offensive lineman Ethan 1987 - New Orleans defeats the Houston Oilers 24-10 at Greenidge played at Villanova...Saints linebacker Kwon the Superdome for the team’s seventh straight win as QB Alexander, quarterback Jameis WInston and Philadel- Bobby Hebert tossed three touchdowns to guarantee New phia defensive end Vinny Curry were teammates in Tampa Orleans a home playoff game. Bay in 2018...Philadelphia Linebackers Coach Ken Flajole 1992 - The Saints defeat the Los Angeles Rams 37-14 at served as the Saints secondary coach in Anaheim Stadium. 2012...Philadelphia Senior Offensive Assistant Rich Scangarello served on the coaching staff at Millsaps 1998 - The Saints lose to the Atlanta Falcons 27-17 at the College (Jackson, Miss.) from 2010-11. Scangarello tu- Superdome. tored Saints wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders in Denver in 2009 - New Orleans improves to 13-0 with a 26-23 over- 2019. Sanders and Philadelphia defensive tackle Malik time victory at Atlanta. Jackson were teammates with the Broncos from 1014- 15 and both were a member of Denver’s Super Bowl 50 2015 - New Orleans breaks a three-game losing streak to championship team...Saints Pro Scouting Coordinator Jus- defeat Tampa Bay 24-17 at Raymond James Stadium and tin Matthews is a Cherry Hill, N.J. native...New Orleans split the season series. cornerback Patrick Robinson played for the Eagles in 2017, . Saints at Eagles: Week 14 3 NEW ORLEANS – PHILADELPHIA consecutive NFC South title and playoff berth. A franchise- record six players were selected to Associated Press All- STATISTICAL COMPARISON Pro and a club-best 11 were named to the Pro Bowl. New Orleans won seven games on the road for the second con- 2020 NFL Regular Season Rankings secutive season. The Saints set an NFL single-season rec- (Through Sunday, December 6 games) ord with only eight turnovers as they ranked second in the league in turnover ratio (+15).