New Orleans Saints vs. LA Chargers 10.12.20

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

• A Saints win would improve New Orleans’ all-time record against the Chargers to 6-7. Their home record against the Chargers would improve to 3-4. A win would also extend the Saints’ winning streak against the Chargers to four games.

• With a win on Monday night, Saints Head Coach Sean Payton would improve his record against Los Angeles to 2-0, and his regular season record against Chargers Head Coach Anthony Lynn to 1-0, which would also make him the 67th coach of the 81 he will have faced to defeat and the 57th of 81 to have a winning record against.

• Payton’s combined 141 combined regular season/postseason victories are tied for 26th all-time with John Fox. With a win tonight, Payton would break a tie with Fox and take sole possession of 25th place in NFL record books.

• A Saints win would improve New Orleans’ overall record on to 23-22. It would also be the New Orleans franchise’s 50th win on prime time (22 on Monday night, 20 on Sunday night and seven on Thursday night). New Orleans will also be looking for their fourth consecutive home win on Monday Night Football.

• Dating back to a 25-20 win vs. Seattle on October 30, 2016, New Orleans has won 12 consecutive games in the month of October. A win on Monday night would extend the October winning streak to 13 games. New Orleans has not lost at home in the month of October dating back to a 30-17 loss to Cleveland on October 24, 2010, looking to extend their winning streak in the month of October at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to 15 games.

• The Saints currently have a streak of 292 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 293 games on Monday night.

• With a win, the Saints would improve to 3-2 and move into a three-way tie for first place in the NFC South with Carolina, who they host following New Orleans’ Week Six bye on October 25 and Tampa Bay, who defeated in the season opener. • QB will play in his 280th career game today, surpassing for sole possession out of 21st in games played in NFL record books.

• Brees and Tampa Bay each enter Monday night with 94 career games with at least three touchdown passes, tied for the most in league history. With three touchdown passes, Brees would take sole possession of first place in league record books.

• will play in his 50th career game on Monday night. In 49 career games, Kamara has recorded 5,033 scrimmage yards and 44 scrimmage touchdowns, including 16 career games with at least two touchdowns. With at least two touchdowns tonight, Kamara can surpass Pro Football Hall of Famers Marcus Allen (16 games) and (16), as well as (16) for the second-most games with at least two touchdowns in their first 50 career games in NFL history. Only Larry Johnson (18 games) had more.

• Dating back to Week 16 of 2019, Kamara has scored a touchdown in six consecutive games for the second time in his career, tying a six-game stretch in 2017. Tied for first in club record books with Dalton Hilliard (1988-89, 1992), Pierre Thomas (2008) and Jimmy Graham (2011-12), Kamara would have the longest streak in club record books with a touchdown on Monday night. Kamara needs three touchdowns to move into a tie for seventh all-time in club record books with WR Eric Martin.

• TE Josh Hill will play in his 108th career game on Monday night, moving into a tie with RB Dalton Hilliard and K John Carney for 37th place on the club’s all-time games played list.

• LB Alex Anzalone has 98 career tackles. With 2 stops on Monday night, he would reach 100 for his career.

DE Trey Hendrickson has three sacks this season. With 1.5 takedowns against the Chargers on Monday night, he will set a new career high.

FS Marcus Williams has 195 career tackles. With five stops on Monday night, he will reach 200 for his career.

DT David Onyemata has 147 career tackles. With three stops on Monday night, he will reach 150 for his career.

• WR Emmanuel Sanders has 615 career receptions, 73rd in NFL record books. With one grab, he would move into a tie for 72nd with A.J. Green, with two, into a tie for 71st with , with three into sole possession of 71st. Sanders ranks 97th in NFL record books with 8,075 receiving yards. With 17, he will surpass Haven Moses and move into 96th, with 37, he would surpass Webster Slaughter and move into 95th, with 60, he would surpass into 94th, with 87, he would move into 93rd past Martin and with 98, he would move into 92nd past Jeff Graham. • Defensive end Cameron Jordan will play in his 149th consecutive game Monday night, a club record and the longest current streak among non- on offense and defense.

• Jordan has two sacks against the Chargers. If Jordan sacks Chargers QB tonight, he would become the 34th signal-caller he would have at least one takedown against and the Chargers would be the eighth team Jordan has at least three against.

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