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New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos - Week 8
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

TB
MIN		 36
 17
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ATL
PHI		 30
 17
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SEA
DET		 24
 28
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SD
CLE		 6
 7
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WAS
PIT		 12
 27
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NE
STL		 45
 7
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MIA
NYJ		 30
 9
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JAC
GB		 15
 24
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IND
TEN		 19
 13
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CAR
CHI		 22
 23
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OAK
KC		 26
 16
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NYG
DAL		 29
 24
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NO
DEN		 14
 34
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SF
ARI		 24
 3
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Broncos 31, Saints 27

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
New Orleans Saints
Rank  Player Projections
QB 2 Drew Brees Pass: 310, 3 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 10 Darren Sproles Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 6-50, 1
RB 32 Pierre Thomas Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 8 Marques Colston Rec: 7-90, 1 TD
WR 15 Lance Moore Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
WR 63 Devery Henderson Rec: 1-20, 0 TD
 TE 12 Jimmy Graham Rec: 5-60, 0 TD
K 6 Garrett Hartley FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3
DEF 28 Defense / ST  
View all Week 8 Rankings or Projections
  
Denver Broncos
Rank  Player Projections
QB 3 Peyton Manning Pass: 320, 3 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 11 Willis McGahee Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 1 Demaryius Thomas Rec: 7-110, 1 TD
WR 12 Eric Decker Rec: 7-90, 1 TD
WR 72 Brandon Stokley Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
TE 10 Jacob Tamme Rec: 5-50, 1 TD
TE 25 Joel Dreessen Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 14 Matt Prater FG: 1/1 XP: 4/4
DEF 26 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Saints QB Drew Brees has TD pass in 49 consecutive games, longest streak in NFL history. Has 62 career 300-yard passing games, tied with BRETT FAVRE for 3rd most in NFL history. Has 299 career TD passes & needs 1 to tie HOFer JOHN ELWAY (300) for 6th most all-time... Since 2011, RB-PR-KR Darren Sproles leads NFL RBs with 118 catches. RB Pierre Thomas had 2 rush TDs in only meeting... TE Jimmy Graham has 7 TD rec. in past 7 vs. AFC. Has TD in 6 of past 8 overall. WR Marques Colston has 5 TD rec. in past 3. Aims for 4th in row with TD. WR Devery Henderson aims for 3rd in row with 40+ yard catch. Last week, WR Lance Moore had 121 rec. yards & tied career high with 9 rec.... Since 2006, S Roman Harper has 17 sacks, most by DB. DE Junior Galette had sack vs. TB & has 4 sacks in past 4 overall.

Broncos Have 17-6 (.739) record after bye... Seek 4th consecutive win vs. NO... Last game, Den. overcame 24-0 deficit & became 1st team in NFL history to win by double digits after trailing by at least 24. Totaled 79 points in 4th quarter of games in '12, 2nd-most in NFL... QB Peyton Manning has 11 TDs vs. 4 INTs & 116.3 rating vs. Saints. Has 36 career games with at least 3 TD passes & 0 INTs, tied for most such games in NFL w/ BRETT FAVRE. Last game, registered his 47th career game-winning drive in 4th quarter or OT to tie HOFer DAN MARINO for most by player since '70... In 2 games vs. NO, RB Willis McGahee has 137 rush yards w/ TD... WR Demaryius Thomas has 100+ rec. yards in 2 of 3 at home in '12. WR Eric Decker seeks 4th straight game w/ TD. WR Brandon Stokley has TD in past 2... DE Elvis Dumervil has 4 sacks in past 3 games. LB Von Miller has 17.5 sacks in 21 career games... CB Chris Harris had career-high 2 INTs vs. SD, incl. 46-yard INT-return TD. CB TONY CARTER had INT & 65-yard FR-TD last game. CB Tracy Porter played 4 seasons w/NO (2008-11).


Results and Schedule
New Orleans Saints
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 WAS H L 32-40 -8
2 2012-09-16 CAR A L 27-35 -8
3 2012-09-23 KC H L 24-27 -3
4 2012-09-30 GB A L 27-28 -1
5 2012-10-07 SD H W 31-24 +7
6   Bye      
7 2012-10-21 TB A W 35-28 +7
8 2012-10-28 DEN A L 14-34 -20
9 2012-11-05 PHI H    
10 2012-11-11 ATL H    
11 2012-11-18 OAK A    
12 2012-11-25 SF H    
13 2012-11-29 ATL A    
14 2012-12-09 NYG A    
15 2012-12-16 TB H    
16 2012-12-23 DAL A    
17 2012-12-30 CAR H    
   
Denver Broncos
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 PIT H W 31-19 +12
2 2012-09-17 ATL A L 21-27 -6
3 2012-09-23 HOU H L 25-31 -6
4 2012-09-30 OAK H W 37-6 +31
5 2012-10-07 NE A L 21-31 -10
6 2012-10-15 SD A W 35-24 +11
7   Bye      
8 2012-10-28 NO H W 34-14 +20
9 2012-11-04 CIN A    
10 2012-11-11 CAR A    
11 2012-11-18 SD H    
12 2012-11-25 KC A    
13 2012-12-02 TB H    
14 2012-12-06 OAK A    
15 2012-12-16 BAL A    
16 2012-12-23 CLE H    
17 2012-12-30 KC H    

Injury Report
New Orleans Saints
Out  WR Joseph Morgan (chest)
Questionable  TE Jimmy Graham (ankle)
 WLB David Hawthorne (hamstring)
Probable  RB Darren Sproles (other-illness)
IR  SLB Chris Chamberlain (knee, 8/19)
 WR Nick Toon (foot, 9/1)
   
Denver Broncos
Questionable  CB Tracy Porter (other-illness)
Probable  FS Mike Adams (knee)
 TE Jacob Tamme (hip)
 OLB Danny Trevathan (thumb)
 WR Matt Willis (hamstring)
IR  SS Quinton Carter (knee, 9/29)
 DE Jason Hunter (triceps, 8/27)
 DT Ty Warren (triceps, 9/11)

Offense Stats Comparison
  NO
 Offense 		 DEN
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 28.3 27.0 22.8 NO
Rushing yards 72.3 82.3 116.0 DEN
Rushing yards per attempt 3.79 3.66 4.27 NO
Completion % 64.3% 66.8% 61.8% DEN
Passing yards 350.3 319.0 239.9 NO
Passing yards per completion 11.87 11.21 10.96 NO
Passing yards per attempt 7.62 7.49 6.78 NO
Interceptions 1.0 0.3 1.0 DEN
Fumbles lost 0.0 1.3 0.7 NO
Sacks allowed 2.0 1.7 2.3 DEN
3rd down conversions 52.7% 43.9% 38.9% NO
4th down conversions 33.3% 60.0% 57.1% DEN
Time of possession 28:31 27:14 30:17 NO
  Defense Stats Comparison
  NO
 Defense 		 DEN
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 27.7 27.3 22.8 DEN
Rushing yards 146.0 103.0 116.0 DEN
Rushing yards per attempt 5.25 3.87 4.27 DEN
Completion % 64.6% 62.8% 61.8% DEN
Passing yards 291.0 206.3 239.9 DEN
Passing yards per completion 12.50 10.04 10.96 DEN
Passing yards per attempt 8.07 6.30 6.78 DEN
INT return 0.7 0.3 1.0 NO
Fumble recoveries 1.0 0.7 0.7 NO
Sacks 1.7 2.7 2.3 DEN
3rd down conversions 40.3% 42.3% 38.9% NO
4th down conversions 71.4% 25.0% 57.1% DEN
Time of possession 31:20 32:46 30:17 NO

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   NO   DEN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 7.6 6.7 8.8 NO
Yards per kick return 23.2 18.4 25.0 NO
Yards allowed per punt return 10.6 3.6 8.8 DEN
Yards allowed per kick return 23.4 19.6 25.0 DEN
  Misc Stats Comparison
   NO   DEN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 7.0 7.0 6.5 -
Penalty yards 57.3 62.0 56.3 NO

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 2 to 7 of the 2012 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, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 2 to 7 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
New Orleans Saints vs. Denver Broncos
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 14 2000-12-03 DEN NO 38-23 DEN
2004 11 2004-11-21 DEN NO 34-13 DEN
2008 3 2008-09-21 NO DEN 32-34 DEN

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.