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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WEEKLY MEDIA INFORMATION GUIDE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 @ ALLEGIANT STADIUM GAME INFORMATION • ROSTERS • DEPTH CHART STATISTICS • MINIBIOS NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1-0) AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (1-0) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 2020 – 7:15 P.M. (CST) ALLEGIANT STADIUM – LAS VEGAS, NV. TV: ESPN/ABC (WGNO ABC 26 locally) – Steve Levy (play-by-play), Brian Griese and Louis Riddick (color analysts) and Lisa Salters (sideline) NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One – Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) and Kurt Warner (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) the Allegiant Stadium christening scheduled to be the fifth THE MATCHUP facility. This will be the third time the Saints and Raiders The New Orleans Saints will kick off their 2020 prime time face off on Monday night football, with the two clubs hav- slate, the first of five nationally televised contests, when ing split two meetings at the Superdome, the last a 27-0 they go on the road for the debut of football in the desert, Saints win in 1991. facing the Las Vegas Raiders in the opening of Allegiant On Sunday in a Mercedes-Benz Superdome devoid of Stadium on Monday Night Football. While fans will not be fans, the New Orleans defense managed their own motiva- present at the contest, the matchup will feature two clubs tion by keeping pressure on the Buccaneers, while some who both showed promise in winning their season openers key contributors on offense and special teams also in Week One as the Saints seek to get off to a 2-0 start for stepped up. the first time since 2013. After Tampa Bay marched down the field on their first of- New Orleans is coming off a hard-fought 34-23 season fensive possession and QB Tom Brady scored on a two- opening victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that fea- yard rushing touchdown, the New Orleans defense settled tured contributions from offense, defense and special down and forced a three-and-out the next time. After the teams. Despite the margin of victory, the Saints weren’t Saints tied the score early in the second quarter on a 12- able to feel completely comfortable in the contest until QB yard touchdown pass from QB Drew Brees to RB Alvin Taysom Hill completed a pass to RB Alvin Kamara that Kamara, S Marcus Williams picked off Brady on the resulted in a 38-yard gain with 2:19 left. In their first con- next possession, setting up a drive that ended with a rush- test since their relocation from Oakland, the Raiders ing touchdown for Kamara and a 14-point swing in less weathered a contest with seven lead changes to defeat the than two minutes of regulation. Carolina Panthers 34-30 at Bank of America Stadium, on the strength of a late fourth quarter six-yard rushing touch- Taking a 17-7 lead into halftime, New Orleans completed a down by Silver and Black RB Josh Jacobs, the final of his 24-point swing when early in the third quarter CB Janoris Jenkins snuffed out an intended screen by Brady, three scoring rushes. picked it off and returned it 36 yards into the end zone for The all-time series between the Saints and the Raiders is the eighth interception return for a touchdown of his nine- tied 6-6-1, having been hosted at four different stadiums, year career, tied for eighth in NFL record books. Saints at Raiders: Week Two 2 SAINTS-RAIDERS CONNECTIONS also served as Allen’s offensive coordinator with the Raid- ers from 2013-14, tutoring Murray...New Orleans Second- Saints Head Coach Sean Payton and Las Vegas Head ary Coach Aaron Glenn served on Las Vegas Defensive Coach Jon Gruden served on the same Philadelphia offen- Backs Coach Jim O’Neil’s defensive staff in Cleveland sive staff in 1997...Payton, Saints Senior Offensive Assis- when he was defensive coordinator from 2014-15...Raiders tant Curtis Johnson and Raiders Offensive Line Coach Tight Ends Coach Frank Smith served as an offensive as- Tom Cable served on the same coaching staff at San sistant in New Orleans from 2010-14. Smith served as Diego State in 1989. Johnson and Cable served on the Cook’s position coach in Oakland in 2018...Saints DB J.T. same Idaho staff from 1987-88...Saints Quarterbacks Gray and Raiders S Johnathan Abram were teammates Coach Joe Lombardi and Cable served on the same Atlan- at Mississippi State in 2018. Abram prepped at East Marion ta coaching staff in 2006. Payton tutored Raiders TE Jason (Columbia, Miss.) HS...Jenkins and Raiders WR Nelson Witten in Dallas from 2013-15...Saints Defensive Coordi- Agholor were teammates in Philadelphia from 2015-19. nator Dennis Allen served as head coach of the Raiders Saints CB Patrick Robinson also played with Agholor in from 2012-14...New Orleans RB Latavius Murray was a Philadelphia in 2017…Saints DT Malcom Brown and Las T sixth round draft pick of the Raiders in 2013 and played for Trent Brown were teammates in New England in them from 2013-16...Saints TE Jared Cook played for the 2018...Saints S Erik Harris played for New Orleans in Raiders from 2017-18...New Orleans Assistant Strength 2016...Robinson and Raiders C Rodney Hudson were col- and Conditioning Coach Charles Byrd played defensive lege teammates at Florida State. Hudson prepped at Ben back for the Arena Football League’s Las Vegas Gladiators C. Rain (Mobile, Al.) HS…Saints C/G Cesar Ruiz and Raid- in 2006...New Orleans Wide Receivers Coach Ronald Cur- ers DT Maurice Hurst were teammates at Michigan in ry was a seventh round draft pick of the Raiders in 2017. Hurst’s father, Maurice, served as director of plyaer 2002, playing in 76 career games with 32 starts and regis- programs of the Saints from 1998-99...Saints LB Zack tering 193 receptions for 2,347 yards and 13 touchdowns Baun, T Ryan Ramczyk and Raiders FB Alec Ingold from 2002-08. Cable served as Curry’s head coach with were college teammates at Wisconsin...Montgomery and the Raiders in 2008...Saints S D.J. Swearinger Sr. played Raiders DE Datone Jones were teammates in Green Bay for the Raiders in 2019...Saints QB Taysom Hill played at in Green Bay in 2016...Saints CB Janoris Jenkins, Cook Brigham Young. Hill and Saints RB Ty Montgomery were and Raiders CB Lamarcus Joyner were teammates with tutored by Raiders Wide Receivers Coach Edgar Bennett the St. Louis Rams from 2014-15. Saints CB P.J. Williams , when he served as offensive coordinator of the Pack- QB Jameis Winston and Joyner were college teammates at ers...Saints LB Chase Hansen and S Marcus Williams Florida State...Raiders DE Arden Key played at LSU, played at Utah. Hansen prepped at Lone Peak (Highland, where he was a teammate of New Orleans C/G Will Clapp. Utah) HS. Hill’s brother-in-law David Nixon, played line- backer for the Raiders in 2009...Raiders Strength and Con- SAINTS – RAIDERS ditioning Assistant D’Anthony Batiste is a Marksville na- tive, who played at Louisiana-Lafayette...Saints LB Kaden- STATISTICAL COMPARISON Elliss prepped at Judge Memorial Catholic (Salt Lake City, Utah) HS...Las Vegas Assistant Head Coach/Special 2019 Final NFL Regular Season Rankings Teams Coordinator Rich Bisaccia served on the University Saints Raiders of Mississippi Coaching staff from 1999-2001…New Orle- Record 13-3 7-9 ans Running Backs Coach Joel Thomas served on the same staff with Las Vegas Assistant Defensive Backs Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 28.6 (3t) 19.6 (24) Coach Taver Johnson at Arkansas in 2013. Johnson tu- Opp. Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 21.3 (13) 26.2 (24) tored Saints S Malcolm Jenkins when he played at Ohio Total Off. (NFL Rank) 373.9 (9) 363.7 (11) State from 2007-08...New Orleans Assistant Head Coach/ Rushing Off. (NFL Rank) 108.6 (16) 118.3 (13) Tight Ends Dan Campbell played for Las Vegas Defensive Passing Off. (NFL Rank) 265.3 (7) 245.4 (9) Line Coach Rod Marinelli when he was head coach of the Total Def. (NFL Rank) 333.1 (11) 354.8 (19) Detroit Lions from 2006-08...Raiders Senior Offensive As- Rushing Def. (NFL Rank) 91.3 (4) 98.1 (8) sistant John Morton tutored Curry with the Raiders from Passing Def. (NFL Rank) 241.8 (20) 256.7 (30) 202-03 as senior offensive assistant/wide receivers, served Kickoff Return Avg. (NFL Rank) 24.1 (9) 23.2 (11) as offensive assistant/passing game in New Orleans in Punt Return Avg. (NFL Rank) 9.2 (6) 7.0 (17) 2006, worked with Curry on the San Francisco staff from Turnover Margin (NFL Rank) +15 (2) -2 (21) 2012-14 and served as wide receivers coach of the Saints Penalties 120 128 in 2016...New Orleans QB Drew Brees was tutored by Las Penalty Yards 1,036 1,138 Vegas Offensive Coordinator Greg Olson when he Opp. Penalties 92 911 coached quarterbacks at Purdue from 1997-2000. Olson Opp. Penalty Yards 713 763 Saints at Raiders: Week Two 3 New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton has posted (.594) record and led the Silver and Black to back-to-back a 140-84 overall record (.625), including an 8-7 postseason AFC West titles in 2000 and 2001.