NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WEEKLY MEDIA INFORMATION GUIDE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT DENVER BRONCOS NOVEMBER 29, 2020 @ EMPOWER FIELD AT MILE HIGH GAME INFORMATION • ROSTERS • DEPTH CHART STATISTICS • MINIBIOS NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (8-2) AT DENVER BRONCOS (4-6) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2020 – 3:05 P.M. (CST) EMPOWER FIELD AT MILE HIGH – DENVER, CO. TV: FOX (WVUE FOX 8 locally) – Adam Amin (play-by-play), Mark Schlereth (color analyst) and Lindsay Czarniak (sideline) LOCAL RADIO: WWL (870 AM and 105.3 FM) – Zach Strief (play-by-play) and Deuce McAllister (color analyst) NATIONAL RADIO: ESPN Radio – Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play) and Ben Hartsock (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) Defensively, New Orleans battered Atlanta QB Matt THE MATCHUP Ryan with eight sacks and interceptions by CB Janoris Following a dominating 24-9 victory over the Atlanta Jenkins S Marcus Williams. The first takeaway took Falcons for their eighth consecutive victory, the New Orle- place on the last play of the first quarter, giving New Orle- ans Saints (8-2) will look to start a three-game road trip of ans added momentum after they had just taken a 10-9 on a winning note when they play at the Denver Broncos lead on a three-yard rushing touchdown by RB Alvin (4-6). Kamara. Jenkins’ fourth quarter pick extinguished all hopes for Atlanta, the 25th of his career since entering the In looking to guarantee four consecutive winning sea- NFL in 2012. Just as important though were the eight sons, New Orleans will face a stiff test in their attempt to sacks, three by DE Cameron Jordan and two apiece by do so. New Orleans has moved to first in the NFC Confer- DE Trey Hendrickson and DT David Onyemata. With 21 ence playoff race by playing sound football, spurred by a sacks against Atlanta in his ten-year career, Jordan be- developing running game, an increasingly aggressive and came the 12th NFL player to have 20 sacks against an opportunistic defense and overcoming adversity presented opponent. by injuries and absences by several key starters.. Dating back to their days coming out of the old AFL, the With 168 total rushing yards on Sunday and three Broncos have been a team that the Saints have had diffi- touchdowns, New Orleans put up their most impressive culties in finding success against, trailing the all-time series performance of the season on the ground. QB Taysom Hill 9-2. New Orleans’ last win in the series took place in 1994, put up a standout performance in his first career start, with five straight Broncos wins taking place in that time. completing 18-of-23 passes for 233 yards, while carrying Denver will be looking to build on a 20-13 win over the Mi- ten times for a game-high 51 yards with two touchdowns ami Dolphins on Sunday, where the Broncos gained 189 for a 108.9 passer rating. WR Michael Thomas showed he yards on the ground. is recovered from ankle and hamstring injuries to put up his most explosive performance of 2020, posting nine re- Around The NFC South: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ceptions for 104 yards. Thomas’ 489 career receptions are (7-4) will host the Kansas City Chiefs (9-1), the Panthers (4 the most by an NFL player through his first five seasons. -7) will travel to the Minnesota Vikings (4-6) and the Atlan- ta Falcons (3-7) will host the Las Vegas Raiders (6-4). Saints at Broncos: Week 12 2 SAINTS-BRONCOS CONNECTIONS ver linebacker Anthony Chickillo spent 2020 training camp with the Saints and also had a practice squad stint in New Denver Head Coach Vic Fangio began his NFL career as Orleans….New Orleans center/guard Cesar Ruiz played the Saints’ linebackers coach from 1986-94, during which with Denver wide receiver K.J. Hamler at IMG Acade- time he coached the fames “Dome Patrol”, featuring Rickey my...Broncos cornerback Kevin Tolliver is a Marrero native Jackson, Pat Swilling, Sam Mills and Vaughan Johnson. who played at LSU. Saints Senior Offensive Assistant Curtis Johnson, Fangio and Broncos defensive coordinator Ed Donatell served on DATING GAME the same Chicago Bears coaching staff in 2016. Johnson This week’s game at Denver is being played on November and Donatell also served on the same University of Idaho 29. The Saints are 2-6 on November 29. New Orleans’ first staff from 1987-88...Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas November 22 game was in 1970 against the Cincinnati won the 2014 College Football National Championship with Bengals at Riverfront Stadium and its last was in 2018 at Broncos tight end Nick Vannett. Thomas and Vannett also Dallas. The only team the Saints have played multiple played with Saints cornerback Marshon Latitimore with the times on November 29 are the Miami Dolphins in 1992 and Buckeyes. Lattimore was also a teammate of Broncos de- 1998. The Saints will be looking to win their first contest on fensive end Dre’Mont Jones in Columbus and both are the date since the 1992 season when they went 12-4. Here Cleveland natives…Saints quarterbacks coach Joe Lom- is a brief look at New Orleans’ November 29 games: bardi went to the Air Force Academy...Saints defensive coordinator Dennis Allen, who served in the same position 1970 - The Saints lose to the Cincinnati Bengals 26-6 at in Denver in 2011 when the Broncos advanced to the AFC Riverfront Stadium. Divisional round, served on the same staff with Donatell in 1981 - The Saints lose to Tampa Bay 31-14 at the Super- Atlanta from 2004-05...Saints Pass Rush Specialist Brian dome. Young was tutored by Denver Defensive Line Coach Bill Kollar with the St. Louis Rams from 2001-03...Saints 1987 - New Orleans defeats the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-16 defensive tackle Ryan Glasgow is the younger brother of at Three Rivers Stadium to improve to 9-3, holding on with Broncos guard Graham Glasgow with the two being college two goal line stands in the fourth quarter and guaranteeing teammates at Michigan…New Orleans CB Ken Crawley the franchise’s first winning record. played at the University of Colorado from 2012-15...Saints 1992 - The Saints defeat the Miami Dolphins 24-13 at the quarterback Trevor Siemian played for Denver from 2015- Superdome to improve to 9-3 17…Denver wide receivers coach Zach Azzani tutored Saints wide receiver Marquez Callaway as a freshman at 1998 - The Saints fall to the Miami Dolphins 30-10 at Pro the university of Tennessee when he served as passing Player Park. game coordinator/wide receivers...Saints running back Lat- 2012 - New Orleans falls to Atlanta 23-13 at the Georgia avius Murray played with Broncos cornerback A.J. Dome as QB Drew Brees’ NFL record of 54 consecutive Buoye at the University of Central Florida…Saints de- games with a touchdown pass comes to an end. fensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson and linebacker Alex Anzalone played with Denver strong safety Duke Daw- 2015 - New Orleans loses at the Houston Texans 24-6. son and wide receiver Tyrie Cleveland at the University 2018 - New Orleans has their ten-game winning streak of Florida…New Orleans wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders snapped in a 13-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T played for the Broncos from 2014-09 and was a member of Stadium. their Super Bowl 50 Championship team…Saints offensive lineman Derrick Kelley and Broncos safety Trey Marshall were teammates at Florida State…New Orleans Special Teams Coordinator Darren Rizzi and Denver assistant of- fensive line coach Chris Kuper served on the same coach- ing staff with the Miami Dolphins from 2016-18...Broncos Outside Linebackers Coach John Pagano served as a graduate assistant at Louisiana Tech in 1994, the Universi- ty of Mississippi in 1995 and as a defensive assistant with the Saints from 1996-97...New Orleans Director of Player Development Fred McAfee was tutored by Denver Quarter- backs Coach Mike Shula in Tampa Bay in 1999 when Shu- la was offensive coordinator...New Orleans Offensive Line- man Ethan Greenidge and Denver inside linebacker Austin Calitro were college teammates at Villanova… Den- Saints at Broncos: Week 12 3 NEW ORLEANS – DENVER selected to Associated Press All-Pro and a club-best 11 were named to the Pro Bowl. New Orleans won seven STATISTICAL COMPARISON games on the road for the second consecutive season. The Saints set an NFL single-season record with only eight 2020 National Football League Regular Season turnovers as they ranked second in the league in turnover Rankings ratio (+15). New Orleans also ranked third in sacks (51), Saints Broncos tied for third in scoring (28.6 ppg.) and ranked fourth in op- ponent rushing yards per game. Special teams captured Record 8-2 4-6 first place in NFL writer Rick Gosselin’s annual comprehen- Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 29.5 (5) 20.6 (27) sive rankings. Payton earned a bachelor’s degree in com- Opp. Scoring Avg. (NFL Rank) 22.2 (8) 26.7 (21) munications at Eastern Illinois, where as a quarterback he Total Off. (NFL Rank) 373.6 (12) 346.5 (22) had 10,665 passing yards, at the time the third-highest total Rushing Off. (NFL Rank) 125.5 (9) 114.8 (15) in NCAA Division I-AA history. Payton was inducted into Passing Off. (NFL Rank) 248.1 (14) 231.7 (21) the Eastern Illinois Hall of Fame in September of 2000 and Total Def.