New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints lost their fifth consecutive game Thursday, Dec. 2, dropping a 27-17 decision to the Dallas Cowboys at the Caesars Superdome.
The loss dropped the Saints to 5-7. This is the Saints' first five-game losing streak since the 2005 season when the team was displaced from New Orleans because of damages to the Superdome and the city from Hurricane Katrina. The team had separate six- and five-game losing streaks that season.
The win improved the Cowboys' record to 8-4. Dallas played the game without its head coach, Mike McCarthy, who missed the game because of the league's Covid-19 protocols. Former Falcons coach Dan Quinn served as the interim coach.
"A disappointing loss. We did well in the first half. I thought we played well defensively," Coach Sean Payton said after the game. "The second half, obviously, was different."
Taysom Hill got the start at quarterback for the Saints, his first start at that position since filling in for Drew Brees for four games during the 2020 season. The fifth-year veteran out of BYU did everything he could to keep the Saints in the game with his legs. He ran the ball 11 times for 101 yards, crossing the 1,000-yard mark for his career and becoming the second Saints quarterback to ever rush for 100 yards in a game (Aaron Brooks, 2000 vs. San Francisco). He was less effective passing, possibly because of an injury to one of the fingers on his throwing hand in the first quarter, completing 19 for 40 yards for 264 yards with two touchdowns and four interceptions, three in the fourth quarter.
"I thought he played with a lot of heart, a lot of guts," Payton said of Hill. "We didn't help him in the first half."
New York Jets
The Jets got the fast start they have craved all season, but after scoring touchdowns on their first three possessions, the Eagles' defense (and some ill-timed "self-inflicted wounds") stymied the Green & White while the Eagles' offense scored to close out the first half, then held the ball for 13:50 in the third quarter en route to a 33-18 victory at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
"Our offense was rolling, we scored three touchdowns and Zach, the receivers and run game were all working well," head coach Robert Saleh said. "We get a stop early [in the second half] and I felt like our offense would have gotten some points."
It was not to be.
Wilson and the Jets (3-9) were propelled out of the gate when Braxton Berrios returned the opening kickoff 79 yards to the Eagles' 21-yard line. Coming into the game, the rookie QB from BYU had not led a first-quarter scoring drive, but five plays after the kickoff return, Wilson zipped a TD pass to fellow rookie Elijah Moore (12 targets, 6 catches for 77 yards) from 3 yards out. The opener was the first of three straight touchdown drives by the Jets in the first half.
"We started out great, Braxton's return put us in great field position," Wilson said. "We had some good momentum, good execution up front and we did a good job running hard. It was the momentum we needed."
The New Orleans Saints lost their fifth consecutive game Thursday, Dec. 2, dropping a 27-17 decision to the Dallas Cowboys at the Caesars Superdome.
The loss dropped the Saints to 5-7. This is the Saints' first five-game losing streak since the 2005 season when the team was displaced from New Orleans because of damages to the Superdome and the city from Hurricane Katrina. The team had separate six- and five-game losing streaks that season.
The win improved the Cowboys' record to 8-4. Dallas played the game without its head coach, Mike McCarthy, who missed the game because of the league's Covid-19 protocols. Former Falcons coach Dan Quinn served as the interim coach.
"A disappointing loss. We did well in the first half. I thought we played well defensively," Coach Sean Payton said after the game. "The second half, obviously, was different."
Taysom Hill got the start at quarterback for the Saints, his first start at that position since filling in for Drew Brees for four games during the 2020 season. The fifth-year veteran out of BYU did everything he could to keep the Saints in the game with his legs. He ran the ball 11 times for 101 yards, crossing the 1,000-yard mark for his career and becoming the second Saints quarterback to ever rush for 100 yards in a game (Aaron Brooks, 2000 vs. San Francisco). He was less effective passing, possibly because of an injury to one of the fingers on his throwing hand in the first quarter, completing 19 for 40 yards for 264 yards with two touchdowns and four interceptions, three in the fourth quarter.
"I thought he played with a lot of heart, a lot of guts," Payton said of Hill. "We didn't help him in the first half."
New York Jets
The Jets got the fast start they have craved all season, but after scoring touchdowns on their first three possessions, the Eagles' defense (and some ill-timed "self-inflicted wounds") stymied the Green & White while the Eagles' offense scored to close out the first half, then held the ball for 13:50 in the third quarter en route to a 33-18 victory at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
"Our offense was rolling, we scored three touchdowns and Zach, the receivers and run game were all working well," head coach Robert Saleh said. "We get a stop early [in the second half] and I felt like our offense would have gotten some points."
It was not to be.
Wilson and the Jets (3-9) were propelled out of the gate when Braxton Berrios returned the opening kickoff 79 yards to the Eagles' 21-yard line. Coming into the game, the rookie QB from BYU had not led a first-quarter scoring drive, but five plays after the kickoff return, Wilson zipped a TD pass to fellow rookie Elijah Moore (12 targets, 6 catches for 77 yards) from 3 yards out. The opener was the first of three straight touchdown drives by the Jets in the first half.
"We started out great, Braxton's return put us in great field position," Wilson said. "We had some good momentum, good execution up front and we did a good job running hard. It was the momentum we needed."
