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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WEEKLY MEDIA INFORMATION GUIDE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT DETROIT LIONS OCTOBER 4, 2020 @ FORD FIELD GAME INFORMATION • ROSTERS • DEPTH CHART STATISTICS • MINIBIOS NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1-2) AT DETROIT LIONS (1-2) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2020 – 12:00 P.M. (CST) FORD FIELD – DETROIT, MI. TV: FOX (WVUE FOX 8) – Kenny Albert (play-by-play), Jonathan Vilma (color analyst) and Shannon (sideline) 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/105.7 FM) – Mario Jerez (play-by-play) and Juan Carlos Ramos and Victor Quinonez (Color Analysts) and two scores, adding 58 rushing yards on 12 carries for THE MATCHUP 187 total yards from scrimmage. It was the 16th multiple- The New Orleans Saints (1-2) will look to bounce back touchdown game of Kamara’s career, as he set the club after consecutive defeats this week when they travel to record surpassing Marques Colston and Deuce McAllister. Ford Field for the first time since 2014 to face the Detroit In a standout campaign, Kamara leads the NFL in receiv- Lions (1-2). ing with 27 grabs for 285 yards and three touchdowns and leads the league with six total touchdowns and 438 total The Saints lost to the Green Bay Packers, 37-30 on yards from scrimmage. Sunday night. After defeating Tampa Bay in the season opener, New Orleans has dropped two straight close On defense, S Malcolm Jenkins led the way with a games and will set to reverse that trend this week. team-leading nine tackles, leading a run-stopping effort where the Saints didn’t allow a 100-yard rusher for the New Orleans’ Sunday night loss to the Packers featured 45th consecutive game (regular season and postseason seven different lead changes. With the score tied at 27-27 combined) now tied for the third-longest in NFL history. at the start of the fourth quarter, the Saints had regained the ball near midfield on a big fourth and one stop for no Detroit back to their first meeting at Detroit’s Tiger Sta- gain by S Malcolm Jenkins and CB Marshon Lattimore. dium in 1968, a 20-20 tie, Tom Dempsey’s then-NFL rec- However a fumble by QB Taysom Hill was forced and re- ord 63-yard game-winning field goal in a 19-17 victory in covered by Green Bay LB Za’Darius Smith at the Pack- 1970 at Tulane Stadium to a postseason win by the Saints ers 43-yard line with K Mason Crosby eventually kicking a in the 2011 playoffs, the Lions have ranked among New 49-yard field goal and the Saints behind for the remainder Orleans’ toughest foes with the regular season series tied of the contest. at 12-12-1. In the last meeting in 2017, the Saints scored three defensive touchdowns for the first time in franchise New Orleans had previously tied the score on the next to history in a 52-38 win at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. last play of the third quarter, when QB Drew Brees com- pleted a screen pass to RB Alvin Kamara, who eluded sev- This Week In The NFC South: The Carolina Panthers (1 eral tacklers for a 52-yard touchdown. -2) will host the Arizona Cardinals (2-1) at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will host The receiving touchdown capped a standout perfor- the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday and the Atlanta Fal- mance by Kamara, who set career-highs in receiving yard- cons will play at the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night age and touchdown receptions with 13 grabs for 139 yards Football. Saints at Lions: Week Four 2 SAINTS-LIONS CONNDECTIONS SAINTS – LIONS New Orleans running back Dwayne Washington was a sev- enth round pick of the Lions in 2016 and played for Detroit STATISTICAL COMPARISON from 2016-17. Washington and Lions wide receiver Marvin 2020 NFL Regular Season Rankings Hall were college teammates at Washington…Saints center/guard Cesar Ruiz played at Michigan from 2017- Saints Lions 19…New Orleans tight end Adam Trautman prepped at Elk Record 1-2 1-2 Rapids (Mich.) HS…Saints fullback Michael Burton played Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 29.3 (7t) 23.3 (21t) for Detroit from 2015-16 and played with Lions safety Du- Opp. Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 31.3 (27t) 30.7 (26) ron Harmon at Rutgers...Saints defensive tackle Mal- Total Off. (NFL Rank) 364.0 (19) 351.7 (20) com Brown played for Lions Head Coach Matt Patricia Rushing Off. (NFL Rank) 105.3 (23) 105.7 (22) from 2015-17, when he served as defensive coordinator Passing Off. (NFL Rank) 258.7 (11) 246.0 (15t) with the New England Patriots. Brown was also patriots Total Def. (NFL Rank) 352.0 (11) 409.3 (27) teammates with Harmon, Lions WR Danny Amendola, de- Rushing Def. (NFL Rank) 100.0 (7) 172.3 (30) fensive end Trey Flowers, defensive lineman Danny Shel- Passing Def. (NFL Rank) 252.0 (20) 237.0 (13) ton and linebacker Jamie Collins. Collins prepped at Kickoff Return Avg. (NFL Rank) 28.4 (5) 28.2 (6) Franklin County (Meadville, Miss.) high school and played Punt Return Avg. (NFL Rank) 14.6 (3) 17.5 (1) at Southern Mississippi. Saints linebacker Demario Davis, Turnover Margin (NFL Rank) +2 (9t) +1 (14t) Shelton and Collins were teammates in 2016 in Cleve- Penalties 24 22 land...Saints Quarterbacks Coach Joe Lombardi served as Penalty Yards 331 193 offensive coordinator of the Lions from 2014-15...Detroit Opp. Penalties 14 21 running back Adrian Peterson played for New Orleans in Opp. Penalty Yards 126 156 2017...New Orleans linebacker Alex Anzalone played at Florida with Lions linebacker Jarrad Davis...New Orleans linebacker Kayden Elliss is the son of former Lions stand- out defensive lineman Luther Elliss, who was a first round LAST MEETING draft pick of Detroit in 1995 and played for the Lions from Saints 52, Lions 38; October 15, 2017 @ Mercedes 1995-2002...New Orleans defensive end Cameron Jordan Benz Superdome – Running backs Mark Ingram and Alvin and Detroit wide receiver Marvin Jones Jr. were college Kamara combined for 237 yards from scrimmage, the teammates at the University of California...Saints Offensive Saints' resurgent defense forced five turnovers and scored Line Coach Dan Roushar enjoyed a six-year stint at Michi- a franchise-record three times, and New Orleans took a 52- gan State from 2007-12, where he served as offensive co- ordinator/tight ends coach his final two seasons...Saints 38 victory over the Detroit Lions in a game full of crazy Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends Dan Campbell played for bounces and unusual plays. the Lions from 2006-08...Saints running back Alvin Kamara New Orleans (3-2), which has a winning record for the first and Detroit linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin were college time since its last playoff season in 2013, built a five- teammates at Tennessee...Detroit safety Tracy Walker touchdown lead, only to wind up gutting out a remarkable starred at Louisiana-Lafayette...New Orleans cornerback comeback bid by Detroit. Marshon Lattimore, wide receiver Michael Thomas and Detroit tackle Taylor Decker were college teammates at Detroit (3-3) scored four straight touchdowns, including one Ohio State...Lions assistant defensive backs coach Tony on a punt return by rookie cornerback/return specialist Carter played for the Saints from 2015-16..Lions defen- Jamal Agnew and another on defensive tackle A'Shawn sive line coach Bo Davis is a Magee, Miss. native who Robinson's close-range interception near the Saints goal played on the offensive line at LSU from 1990-92 and line, in less than 15 minutes off the game clock to pull as coached for the Tigers from 1995-97 and 2002-05...Saints close as 45-38 with 6:41 to go. But after Agnew muffed a Special Teams Coordinator Darren Rizzi, Campbell and punt and barely got it out of the end zone, Saints defensive Lions Tight Ends Coach Ben Johnson served on the same end Cam Jordan scored on virtually the same type of play Miami Dolphins staff....Saints Senior Defensive Assistant as Robinson when he got his hand on Matt Stafford's pass Peter Giunta and Detroit Quarterbacks Coach Sean from the end zone. Ryan served on the same staff with the New York Gi- ants from 2007-14...New Orleans safety Malcolm Jenkins CONT. ON NEXT PAGE and cornerback Patrick Robinson played for Detroit Defen- sive Coordinator Cory Undlin in Philadelphia. Saints at Lions: Week Four 3 LAST MEETING-CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE seven games on the road for the second consecutive sea- son. The Saints set an NFL single-season record with only The Saints' defense produced its first points on Detroit's eight turnovers as they ranked second in the league in first possession, when Alex Okafor sacked and stripped turnover ratio (+15). New Orleans also ranked third in Stafford in the end zone and safety Kenny Vaccaro recov- sacks (51), tied for third in scoring (28.6 ppg.) and ranked ered. In the third quarter, rookie cornerback Marshon Lat- fourth in opponent rushing yards per game. Special teams timore, New Orleans' top draft choice last spring, made his captured first place in NFL writer Rick Gosselin’s annual first interception and returned it 27 yards for a TD. comprehensive rankings. Payton earned a bachelor’s de- Stafford was sacked five times and turned the ball over five gree in communications at Eastern Illinois, where as a times -- twice on fumbles and three times on interceptions, quarterback he had 10,665 passing yards, at the time the two of which were tipped.