Saints kicker Wil Lutz had another strong season, as he made 13 of 15 field goals and 48 of 49 extra points. Cousins completed 307 of 444 passes (69.1 percent) for 3,603 yards with 26 touchdowns and six interceptions in 15 games in 2019. New Orleans Saints 24 at Minnesota Vikings 29 on January 14th, 2018 - Full team and player stats and box score Our NFL Nation reporters sort it out. ESPN Analytics created revolutionary new metrics to measure performance in both the run and pass game. He is 0-1, making his lone start with Washington in 2015. 3 target. Kickoff is at 12:05 p.m. (CT) from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. Minnesota Vikings online im Live-Stream ansehen, wenn du ein registriertes Mitglied von U-TV bist, dem führenden Anbieter von Online-Wetten, welcher Streams von über 140.000 Live-Sportevents mit Live-Wetten über das ganze Jahr anbietet. The Saints have won five straight led by an offense that's blowing past the opposition, but the Vikings have been consistent on both sides of the ball during a three-game winning streak of their own. NEW PROOF That Jose Altuve Used a Buzzer To Cheat In the 2019 ALCS vs. the Yankees! New Orleans' defense is allowing only 72.3 rushing yards per game, fewest in the NFL, which should allow it to put more bodies on the Vikings' talented wide receivers. Minnesota hopes the duo that combined for 1,597 yards and 14 touchdowns is healthy for Sunday. 6 seed. The Vikings were suspectable to opponents' passing attacks in 2019, as they allowed 3,737 total passing yards — the second-most under Zimmer since 2014. Minnesota hopes its veteran defense will be fresh for the playoffs after an up-and-down performance in the regular season. It will face a Saints defense that is being gashed for 294 yards passing per game, fifth-most in the NFL. We can tell you the under is hitting in 60 percent of simulations, but the model has also produced a strong against-the-spread pick that hits a solid 55 percent of the time. NEW PROOF That Jose Altuve Used a Buzzer To Cheat In the 2019 ALCS vs. the Yankees! Cook and Mattison helped the Vikings finish the season ranked sixth in the league with 133.3 rushing yards per game. New Orleans Saints vs. Minnesota Vikings Results. The Saints were a middle-of-the-pack running team, finishing 16th with 108.6 yards per game. Pierre Thomas 1 Yd Run (Shayne Graham Kick), Josh Hill 34 Yd pass from Drew Brees (Shayne Graham PAT blocked), Marques Colston 18 Yd pass from Drew Brees (Shayne Graham Kick), Greg Meyer, Terrence Miles, Steve Stelljes, Byron Boston, Walt Anderson, Jeff Rice, Eugene Hall. The Vikings focus will surely be on Thomas, who might be the best wide receiver in the NFL. Kansas City ran for 245 yards on Monday and Clyde Edwards-Helaire had 161 on his own, but he and the Chiefs are ready to share with Bell. The Vikings won 29-24. Jeff Saturday calls the Cowboys' offensive line a travesty after the team's loss to the Cardinals. Meanwhile, the Cowboys are no longer the NFC East favorites. Rushing: The Vikings were without their top two running backs Sunday, as both Dalvin Cook and Alexander Mattison were inactive in Week 17. Mike Hughes averaged 7.4 yards on 14 punt returns in 2019, while Ameer Abdullah averaged 25 yards on 13 kickoff returns. His completion percentage of 74.3 percent fell 0.1 percent shy matching of Brees' own single-season NFL record from 2018. Kirk's two impressive scores for the Arizona Cardinals on Monday Night Football against the Cowboys were what he envisioned for this season. Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. Cousins will now get ready to start his second-career playoff game. © 2019 Minnesota Vikings Football, LLC , All Rights Reserved. "Why not us?". The teams did not meet in 2019, but played each other in the 2017 and 2018 regular seasons. Who wins Saints vs. Vikings? He is 1-2 in his career against the Saints, but has put up solid numbers in those three games. Running back Alvin Kamara has 40 receptions, second-most on the team and third in the NFL among backs, while tight end Benjamin Watson is the team's No. Cousins has completed 73 of 98 passes (74.5 percent) for 1,005 yards with nine touchdowns and one interception. Now the model has simulated the Saints vs. Vikings 10,000 times. An image from the Jan. 14, 2018 divisional playoff game against the New Orleans Saints. The advanced computer model simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, and those who have followed it have seen massive returns. What about Crimson Tide QB Mac Jones? Thomas set a new single-season record with 149 receptions and led the league with 1,725 yards. © 2004-2020 CBS Interactive. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. He recorded 111 tackles (league stats), 11 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks and tied with Eric Kendricks for the NFL lead among linebackers with 12 pass breakups. Kickoff is at 8:20 p.m. He averaged 26.8 yards on 24 kickoff returns. Brees spread the ball around Sunday as five different players — Michael Thomas, Tre'Quan Smith, Hill, Jared Cook and Josh Hill — had at least 35 receiving yards. Ben Krause/Copyright © 2018 Minnesota Vikings Football, LLC, all rights reserved. The Saints will counter with quarterback Drew Brees, a future Hall of Famer, who is the NFL's all-time leader in touchdown passes (547) and passing yards (77,416). His passer rating of 107.4 was a career high and ranked fourth in the NFL. All Rights Reserved. Each team won one of those meetings. Rudolph was on the field for the first snap, extending his consecutive starts streak to 81 games. And which side covers 55 percent of the time? Receiving: Adam Thielen, Stefon Diggs and Kyle Rudolph tied for the team lead with six touchdown catches each in the regular season. Adam Gase's 0-6 Jets are in line to take another quarterback in next year's draft. The Dolphins are naming Tua Tagovailoa their starting quarterback, a league source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Hunter led Minnesota (and tied his career high) with 14.5 sacks. And when it comes to all of its top-rated picks, it is now on a strong 62-43 run. Special Teams: Dan Bailey capped off a strong 2019 season by staying perfect at home Sunday. Rookie Deonte Harris, who was voted to the Pro Bowl as a return specialist, averaged 9.4 yards on 36 punt returns and scored on a 53-yarder against Seattle. Cook led Minnesota with 1,135 yards and 13 touchdowns in 14 games in 2019. 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