New England (3-2) at New Orleans (1-4)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS.
BetMGM NFL Odds: Saints by 1.
Towards the unfold: Patriots 3-2; Saints 2-3.
Collection document: Patriots lead 10-6.
Final assembly: Saints beat Patriots 34-0 on Oct. 8, 2023, at New England.
Final week: Patriots beat Bills 23-20; Saints beat Giants 26-14.
Patriots offense: total (16), rush (27), move (7t), scoring (12t)
Patriots protection: total (18), rush (4), move (26), scoring (9t)
Saints offense: total (24), rush (14t), move (25), scoring (27)
Saints protection: total (17), rush (20), move (9), scoring (24)
Turnover differential: Patriots minus-1; Saints plus-5.
Patriots participant to look at
WR Stefon Diggs. After a subdued begin to the season, Diggs has come alive over the past two weeks. His 10 catches for 146 yards in final week’s win at Buffalo had been a season excessive and it was his second straight 100-yard receiving recreation. A 3rd consecutive 100-yard recreation could be his first since he had 4 straight in 2022 when he performed for Buffalo. Diggs has 38 profession video games with no less than 100 yards receiving, tied for fourth-most amongst lively gamers (Davante Adams 46, DeAndre Hopkins 42, Keenan Allen 39).
Saints gamers to look at
WR Rashid Shaheed. Coach Kellen Moore calls him the quickest participant he has ever seen and Shaheed is coming off his greatest recreation this season. He had 4 catches for 114 yards, highlighted by his 87-yard landing, the longest of his six profession offensive TDs protecting 53 yards or extra.
Key matchup
Patriots run protection vs. Saints dashing assault. The Patriots are the one staff within the NFL that hasn’t surrendered 50 yards to a operating again by the primary 5 video games. It’s the primary time in staff historical past that has occurred. New Orleans is available in averaging 116.8 dashing yards per recreation. RB Alvin Kamara had two video games with no less than 50 yards dashing (99 vs. San Francisco in Week 2 and 70 vs. Buffalo in Week 4).
Key accidents
Patriots: DE Keion White (elbow) and S Jaylinn Hawkins (hamstring) each sat out apply early within the week.
Saints: CB Isaac Yiadom (hamstring) missed apply this week. … S Justin Reid was within the concussion protocol, however allowed to apply on a restricted foundation and appeared on monitor to being cleared to play. … Kamara tweaked an ankle in apply however Moore downplayed the importance of his presence on the membership’s damage report.
Collection notes
The highway staff has received the previous three. … The Saints have received the previous two conferences. … The Patriots are 5-2 towards the Saints in New Orleans. … New England received the primary 5 occasions these groups performed between 1972 and 1986, and New Orleans has received six of the previous 11 conferences since. … Saints WR Brandin Cooks and DT Davon Godchaux have performed for each groups.
Stats and stuff
New England is on the lookout for its first three-game win streak since 2022. … New England’s protection is permitting simply 3.51 yards per rush by 5 video games, the fourth-lowest mark within the NFL. … QB Drake Maye enters the week ranked second within the NFL with a 73.9% completion proportion, behind solely Detroit’s Jared Goff (75.2%). … Maye’s streak of 4 consecutive video games of 200-plus passing yards, finishing 70-plus p.c of his passes and having a 100-plus quarterback score is the longest lively streak within the NFL. It’s tied with Tom Brady for the longest such streak in Patriots historical past because the 1970 merger. … TE Hunter Henry enters the week with 2,455 yards receiving, rating fifth all-time amongst Patriots tight ends. He wants 33 extra yards to maneuver previous Jim Whalen (2,487 yards) into fourth place. … Saints QB Spencer Rattler earned his first profession win as a starter final week, finishing 21 of 31 passes (67.7%) for a season-high 225 yards and a TD with out taking a sack or turning the ball over. Rattler additionally rushed for 21 yards to enhance to 1-10 in his profession as a starter. … Rattler has accomplished finally 65% of his passes in his previous 4 video games. … Kamara had 55 scrimmage yards (28 receiving, 27 dashing) final week, his Twelfth-straight recreation with 55-plus scrimmage yards. … Kamara has 590 profession catches, fifth-most by a operating again in NFL historical past. … RB Kendre Miller had a career-high 90 scrimmage yards (53 receiving, 37 dashing) within the final assembly. … WR Chris Olave had seven catches for 59 yards final week and has no less than 50 yards receiving in 4 of 5 video games this season, together with all three video games performed within the Superdome. … TE Juwan Johnson has 5 or extra catches in two of three residence video games this season. … LB Demario Davis had 10 tackles, a move defensed and his fifth profession compelled fumble final week. … LB Pete Werner led the Saints with 11 tackles in Week 5, his second time in three video games with no less than that many. … DE Cameron Jordan had his first fumble restoration of the season final week and has a sort out for loss in two of his previous three video games. … DE Carl Granderson has 5-plus tackles in 4 of 5 video games this season. He had three tackles for loss and a sack within the final assembly. … DT Bryan Bresee had a sort out for loss, compelled fumble and move defensed final week. … CB Kool-Help McKinstry had a career-high three passes defensed and first two profession INTs final week.
Fantasy tip
The one factor Diggs hasn’t finished this season is get into the tip zone in 5 video games. The drought marks probably the most video games to open a season he has gone with out a receiving TD in his profession. The one earlier time he went even two video games was his rookie season in 2015 with Minnesota.
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