NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1-1) AT NEW YORK JETS (1-1) SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2019 – 6:30 PM (CST) METLIFE STADIUM -– EAST RUTHERFORD N.J. TV: Gray Communications Regional Coverage (WVUE – FOX 8 locally) – Joel Meyers (play-by-play), Jon Stinchcomb (color analyst) and Meghan Pay- ton (sideline) LOCAL RADIO: WWL (870 AM and 105.3 FM) – Zach Strief (play-by-play), Deuce McAllister (color analyst) and Steve Geller (sideline) SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIO: Crocodile Broadcasting (97.5 FM and 105.7 FM) – Mario Jerez (play-by-play) and Victor Quinonez (color analyst) THE MATCHUP After New Orleans forced a punt quickly on Los Angeles’ ensuing possession, Hill engineered a nine-play, 50-yard The New Orleans Saints (1-1) and New York Jets (1-1) will drive, where he completed two-of-two passes for 24-yards face off in Week 3 of the NFL preseason when they meet and converted a first down with a six-yard rush to set up a at MetLife Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 24 at 6:30 p.m. CT. 28-yard field goal by kicker Wil Lutz with 1:05 remaining. Linebacker Colton Jumper recorded and interception with The Saints enter this week’s competition with a 1-1 pre- 32 seconds left to clinch the victory. season record after returning early Monday morning from Los Angeles with a 19-17 road victory over the Los Ange- Long before the comeback, the majority of the Saints’ no. les Chargers on Aug. 18 following two days of joint prac- 1 offense played to mixed results behind Teddy Bridge- tice between the two clubs. New Orleans evened their rec- water at quarterback. ord after dropping a 34-25 decision in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Aug. 9 in their 2019 preseason opener. The Saints defense surrendered 304 total net yards to the Chargers, but what really impressed was surrendering only New Orleans and New York have met in eight previous one defensive touchdown in the contest and interceptions preseason contests with the clubs deadlocked at 4-4 rec- by Jumper and linebacker A.J. Klein. ord and the Saints leading the regular season series 7-6. New Orleans is riding a three-game winning streak in the New Orleans’ linebackers shined in the contest, both in preseason against the Jets, having not dropped a presea- coverage and run-stopping. In addition to the picks by son tilt against Saturday night’s opponent since 2000 and Jumper and Klein, rookie Kaden Elliss and Darnell Sankey taking command of the regular season series with a 31-19 tied for the team lead with six tackles apiece, while Demar- win at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Dec. 17, 2017. io Davis wasn’t far behind with five stops. In a nationally televised contest, the Black and Gold rallied Following Lutz’s game-winning kick late in the contest, the in dramatic fashion to beat the Chargers in Sunday after- fourth-year placekicker and kickoff man is in midseason noon’s preseason game in Carson, Calif., erasing a 17-3 form, having drilled all six field goal attempts in the presea- halftime deficit with two second half touchdowns and a son. field goal with 1:05 remaining. Undrafted rookie wide receiver/return specialist Deonte Backup quarterback Taysom Hill threw TD passes of 27- Harris, the NCAA’s all-time leader in combined kickoff/ yards to wide receiver Austin Carr in the third quarter and punt return touchdowns (14) at Division II Assumption for one-yard to rookie running back Devine Ozigbo in the (Mass.) College continues to make a spirited competition fourth quarter. With a two-point conversion attempt unsuc- for return duties for the club. Harris brought back five punts cessful, New Orleans trailed 17-16 with 6:46 left in the for 55 yards, including a 26-yard runback and also re- contest. turned two kickoffs for 50 yards. Saints at Jets: Preseason Week 3 2 THE COACHES attach from 27th in the National Football League to 11th. He also helped Cutler post the highest quarterback rating New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton has posted (92.3) of his career. Prior to coming to Chicago, Gase a 126-80 overall record (.612), including an 8-6 postseason spent six seasons (2009-14) with the Denver Broncos. In mark after the franchise had won only one playoff game Gase’s first season as offensive coordinator (2013), the prior to his arrival. Payton holds both the club’s top win to- Broncos set NFL records in both points (606) and touch- tal and winning percentage. He continues to represent the downs (76). He began his NFL career as a scouting assis- Saints as the model of stability not only within the NFC tant for the Detroit Lions (2003-04) and served as an assis- South, as he is the longest tenured head coach within the tant coach with the Lions (2005-07) and San Francisco division, but also among the most accomplished within the 49ers (2008). Gase earned his bachelor’s degree from National Football League. Only the New England Patriots’ Michigan State, where he was a student assistant. He was Bill Belichick (2000) has been with the his team longer than a graduate/recruiting assistant at Louisiana State (2000-03) Payton’s 13 seasons. Payton is also one of just seven ac- under former Tigers Head Coach Nick Saban, who he fol- tive NFL head coaches to lead a team to a Super Bowl vic- lowed from Lansing. tory. The others are Belichick, the Seattle Seahawks’ Pete Carroll, the Oakland Raiders’ Jon Gruden (Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002), the Baltimore Ravens’ John Har- baugh, the Philadelphia Eagles’ Doug Pederson and the 2018 SAINTS – JETS STATISTICAL Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Tomlin. The 2018 Saints edition COMPARISON posted a 13-3 regular season record, secured the NFC’s number one seed for the postseason and advanced to the 2018 Regular Season National Football League NFC Championship game. A franchise-record five players Rankings were selected to the Associated Press All-Pro team and a Saints N.Y. Jets club-best eight were named to the Pro Bowl. New Orleans’ ten-game winning streak was the second-longest in club Record 13-3 4-12 history and the longest run of consecutive victories in the Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 31.5 (3) 20.9 (23) NFL in 2019. The streak only sits behind in club record Opp. Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 22.1 (14) 27.6 (29) books, New Orleans’ 13-0 start under Payton in 2009, the Total Off. (NFL Rank) 379.2 (8) 299.2 (29) season when they captured Super Bowl XLIV. Payton Rushing Off. (NFL Rank) 126.6 (6) 101.4 (26) earned a bachelor’s degree in communications at Eastern Passing Off. (NFL Rank) 252.6 (12) 197.8(25) Illinois, where as a quarterback he had 10,665 passing Total Def. (NFL Rank) 349.1 (14) 380.4 (25) yards, at the time the third-highest total in NCAA Division I- Rushing Def. (NFL Rank) 80.2 (2) 126.3 (26) AA history. Payton was inducted into the Eastern Illinois Passing Def. (NFL Rank) 268.9 (29) 254.1 (24) Hall of Fame in September of 2000 and had his jersey re- Kickoff Return Avg. (NFL Rank) 24.3 (10) 26.9 (3) tired in a ceremony in September of 2010. He received an Punt Return Avg. (NFL Rank) 6.5 (24) 13.0 (1) honorary doctorate from his alma mater in 2013. Payton Turnover Margin (NFL Rank) +8 (7) -10 (27) was born December 29, 1963 in San Mateo, Calif., and Penalties 94 114 raised in Naperville, Ill., Payton has a daughter, Meghan Penalty Yards 939 948 and a son, Connor. Opp. Penalties 85 95 Opp. Penalty Yards 814 817 Adam Gase became the 17th head coach in New York th Jets history on January 11, 2019. Gase enters his 17 NFL SERIES HISTORY season with a long-standing resume of quarterback suc- cess with signal-callers such as Peyton Manning, Jay Cut- The Saints and Jets have met 13 times, with New Orle- ler, and Ryan Tannehill all studying under Gase. Prior to ans leading New York 7-6. The preseason series is tied at joining the Jets, Gase spent the last three seasons as head 4-4. coach of the Miami Dolphins, where he compiled a 23-25 Two of New Orleans’ regular season victories against record and led the franchise to their first postseason berth the Jets have come as shutouts, with the Saints posting 14 since 2008 in his first season. Gase was only the fourth shutouts in their 51-year history. Overall, this series has head coach in Dolphins history to advance to the postsea- been extremely close with eight of the 11 contests being son in his first season in charge of the fish. Gase joined decided by seven points or less, five by three points or Miami after serving as the offensive coordinator of the Chi- less. cago Bears in 2015. In his lone season in charge of the Bears offense, Gase helped improve the team’s rushing Saints at Jets: Preseason Week 3 3 LAST REGULAR SEASON MEETING SAINTS-JETS CONNECTIONS Saints Assistant Special Teams Coach Phil Galiano served Saints 31, New York Jets 19; December 17, 2017 @ as an assistant at Rutgers from 2010-11 and from 2014-15, Mercedes Benz Superdome – Mark Ingram gave the the second stint where he served on the same Scarlet Saints much more than the first-down run they needed to Knights staff as Jets Assistant Strength & Conditioning wind down the clock on the Jets.