Game Preview - Week 9: Jacksonville Jaguars at New Orleans Saints

Jacksonville: Head coach Jack Del Rio said quarterback David Garrard is expected to miss at least one more game while he recovers from an ankle injury. "I think he's likely to start walking around and moving this week. The most likely scenario would be to have him possibly return against the Titans [in two weeks]. I think it would be very difficult for him to make it back this week." That means another week of Quinn Gray as the starting quarterback and another week of Jacksonville struggling on offense. Gray threw for 100 yards and 1 TD against the Titans completing seven passes in the process. Expect a heavy dose of Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew (if healthy). Drew received a lighter workload last week partly due to his bruised knee. Jacksonville's defense should keep them in this game and won the game for them against the Buccaneers but that kind of performance doesn't happen two weeks in a row.

Start: Jaguars D/ST, RB Fred Taylor
Consider: RB Maurice Jones-Drew
Sit: QB Quinn Gray, WR Dennis Northcutt, WR Ernest Wilford, TE Marcedes Lewis WR Matt Jones, K Josh Scobee (inj)

New Orleans: After a dismal start the Saints and Drew Brees have things moving in the right direction. Brees has thrown eight touchdowns the last three weeks and while marginal numbers are to be expected against the Jags secondary, keeping a lid on the turnovers should be enough to get a victory against Jacksonville's one-dimensional offense. Marques Coltson found the endzone again, scoring three times at San Francisco and Reggie Bush continues to post solid numbers both running and receiving. The number two wide receiver rotation seems to be favoring David PatteRn who notched his second 100-yd game of the season while Devery Henderson's 3 catches over the last three weeks makes him a perfect option for your bench or out-right release.

Start: RB Reggie Bush
Consider: QB Drew Brees, WR Marques Colston, TE Eric Johnson
Sit: K Olindo Mare WR Devery Henderson, WR David Patten, TE Mark Campbell

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Jacksonville Jaguars
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 28	Quinn Gray	Pass: 120, 0 Rush: 10, 0
RB 10	Fred Taylor	Rush: 95, 1 Rec: 2-15, 0
RB 28	Maurice Jones-Drew	Rush: 40, 0 Rec: 3-25, 0
WR 61	Ernest Wilford	Rec: 2-25, 0
WR 63	Dennis Northcutt	Rec: 2-20, 0
WR 76	Matt Jones	Rec: 1-20, 0
TE 26	Marcedes Lewis	Rec: 1-10, 0

New Orleans Saints
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 9	Drew Brees	Pass: 215, 2 Rush: 0, 0
RB 11	Reggie Bush	Rush: 50, 0 Rec: 7-50, 1
WR 28	Marques Colston	Rec: 5-65, 0
WR 37	David Patten	Rec: 4-45, 0
WR 65	Lance Moore	Rec: 2-20, 0
TE 6	Eric Johnson	Rec: 3-35, 1

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Jacksonville Jaguars
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	TEN	H	L 10-13	-3
2	2007-09-16	ATL	H	W 13-7	+6
3	2007-09-23	DEN	A	W 23-14	+9
4		Bye
5	2007-10-07	KC	A	W 17-7	+10
6	2007-10-14	HOU	H	W 37-17	+20
7	2007-10-22	IND	H	L 7-29	-22
8	2007-10-28	TB	A	W 24-23	+1
9	2007-11-04	NO	A	L 24-41	-17
10	2007-11-11	TEN	A
11	2007-11-18	SD	H
12	2007-11-25	BUF	H
13	2007-12-02	IND	A
14	2007-12-09	CAR	H
15	2007-12-16	PIT	A
16	2007-12-23	OAK	H
17	2007-12-30	HOU	A

New Orleans Saints
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-06	IND	A	L 10-41	-31
2	2007-09-16	TB	A	L 14-31	-17
3	2007-09-24	TEN	H	L 14-31	-17
4		Bye
5	2007-10-07	CAR	H	L 13-16	-3
6	2007-10-14	SEA	A	W 28-17	+11
7	2007-10-21	ATL	H	W 22-16	+6
8	2007-10-28	SF	A	W 31-10	+21
9	2007-11-04	JAC	H	W 41-24	+17
10	2007-11-11	STL	H
11	2007-11-18	HOU	A
12	2007-11-25	CAR	A
13	2007-12-02	TB	H
14	2007-12-10	ATL	A
15	2007-12-16	ARI	H
16	2007-12-23	PHI	H
17	2007-12-30	CHI	A

Offense Stats Comparison

	JAC Offense	NO Offense	NFL Average
Points for	21.3	21.3	21.3
Rushing yards	158.3	94.0	111.1
Rushing yards per attempt	4.67	3.47	4.09
Completion %	60.1%	67.7%	62.0%
Passing yards	150.0	239.0	215.6
Passing yards per completion	9.36	9.35	10.57
Passing yards per attempt	5.63	6.32	6.55
Interceptions	0.0	1.0	1.0
Fumbles lost	1.0	0.7	0.7
Sacked	2.7	0.0	2.1

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 3 to 8 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 3 to 8 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	JAC Defense	NO Defense	NFL Average
Points against	18.0	16.3	21.3
Rushing yards	81.3	87.7	111.1
Rushing yards per attempt	3.73	3.41	4.09
Completion %	60.4%	60.5%	62.0%
Passing yards	251.0	207.3	215.6
Passing yards per completion	11.50	10.67	10.57
Passing yards per attempt	6.95	6.45	6.55
INT return	1.0	0.7	1.0
Fumble recoveries	0.7	0.3	0.7
Sacks	2.0	2.0	2.1

Weather

Dome stadium

Team vs. Team History

Jacksonville Jaguars vs. New Orleans Saints
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2003	16	2003-12-21	NO	JAC	19-20	JAC

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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