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Philadelphia Eagles at New Orleans Saints - Week 9
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

KC
SD		 13
 31
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ARI
GB		 17
 31
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MIA
IND		 20
 23
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DET
JAC		 31
 14
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DEN
CIN		 31
 23
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CHI
TEN		 51
 20
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CAR
WAS		 21
 13
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BUF
HOU		 9
 21
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BAL
CLE		 25
 15
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MIN
SEA		 20
 30
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TB
OAK		 42
 32
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PIT
NYG		 24
 20
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DAL
ATL		 13
 19
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PHI
NO		 13
 28
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Saints 27, Eagles 24

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Philadelphia Eagles
Rank  Player Projections
QB 5 Michael Vick Pass: 270, 2 TD Rush: 30, 0
RB 5 LeSean McCoy Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
RB 55 Bryce Brown Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 4 DeSean Jackson Rec: 7-100, 1 TD
WR 34 Jeremy Maclin Rec: 5-70, 0 TD
WR 74 Jason Avant Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
TE 5 Brent Celek Rec: 6-60, 1 TD
K 20 Alex Henery FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 21 Defense / ST  
View all Week 9 Rankings or Projections
  
New Orleans Saints
Rank  Player Projections
QB 1 Drew Brees Pass: 320, 3 TD Rush: 0, 0
 RB 20 Pierre Thomas Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
 RB 35 Mark Ingram Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 16 Lance Moore Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
 WR 17 Marques Colston Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
WR 68 Devery Henderson Rec: 1-20, 0 TD
TE 2 Jimmy Graham Rec: 5-60, 1 TD
K 9 Garrett Hartley FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3
DEF 25 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Eagles QB Michael Vick has won 5 of 7 career starts vs. NO, passing for 1,131 yards & rushing for 527 yards with 12 total TDs (6 pass, 6 rush) in those 7. Rushed for 166 yards on 12 att. (13.8 avg.) in last meeting. Since 2010, is only NFL player with 8,000+ pass (8,144) & 1,500+ rush (1,512) yards... RB LeSean McCoy had TD run & TD catch last week, 4th such career game. In past 7 on road vs. NFC, McCoy has 763 scrim. yards (109 per game) & 7 total TDs (5 rush, 2 rec.). Eagles are 10-1 when McCoy rushes for 100+ yards... In only career meeting, WR-PR DeSean Jackson had 4 rec. for 101 yards (25.3 avg.) with 71-yard TD. Incl. playoffs, has 31 TDs (24 rec., 4 PR, 3 rush) & avg. 44.5 yards per TD (1,380 yards). WR Jeremy Maclin has 100+ yards or TD in 5 of past 7 on road... DE Jason Babin has 10.5 sacks in past 12. DE Trent Cole had sack in last meeting. Since 2007, has 56.5 sacks, 4th most in NFL. LB Akeem Jordan had INT in last meeting.

Saints QB Drew Brees has TD pass in 50 consecutive games, longest streak in NFL history. Passed for 2 TDs last week & has 301 career, surpassing HOFer JOHN ELWAY (300) for 6th most all-time. Has 62 career 300-yard passing games, tied with BRETT FAVRE for 3rd most in NFL history... Since 2011, RB-PR-KR Darren Sproles leads NFL RBs with 125 catches. Leads NFL RBs in rec. yards (323) & TD catches (4)... TE Jimmy Graham has TD catch in 7 of past 9 overall. Since 2010, Graham leads NFC TEs with 20 TDs. In past 4, WR Marques Colston has 30 catches for 420 yards (105 per game) with 5 TDs. Had 8 catches for 98 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting. WR Devery Henderson has 40+ yard catch in 2 of past 3... Since 2006, S Roman Harper has 17 sacks, most by DB. LB Scott Shanle had INT in last meeting. DE Junior Galette has 4 sacks & FF in past 5.


Results and Schedule
Philadelphia Eagles
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 CLE A W 17-16 +1
2 2012-09-16 BAL H W 24-23 +1
3 2012-09-23 ARI A L 6-27 -21
4 2012-09-30 NYG H W 19-17 +2
5 2012-10-07 PIT A L 14-16 -2
6 2012-10-14 DET H L 23-26 -3
7   Bye      
8 2012-10-28 ATL H L 17-30 -13
9 2012-11-05 NO A L 13-28 -15
10 2012-11-11 DAL H    
11 2012-11-18 WAS A    
12 2012-11-26 CAR H    
13 2012-12-02 DAL A    
14 2012-12-09 TB A    
15 2012-12-13 CIN H    
16 2012-12-23 WAS H    
17 2012-12-30 NYG A    
   
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 W 28-13 +15
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    

Injury Report
Philadelphia Eagles
Out  WR Mardy Gilyard (hamstring)
 DT Mike Patterson (other-illness)
Questionable  FS Nate Allen (hamstring)
Probable  CB Brandon Boykin (toe)
 DT Cullen Jenkins (knee)
 SLB Mychal Kendricks (shoulder)
   
New Orleans Saints
Out  WR Courtney Roby (shoulder)
 RB Darren Sproles (hand)
Probable  WLB David Hawthorne (hamstring)
 WR Joseph Morgan (chest)
IR  SLB Chris Chamberlain (knee, 8/19)
 WR Nick Toon (foot, 9/1)

Offense Stats Comparison
  PHI
 Offense 		 NO
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 16.7 27.3 22.3 NO
Rushing yards 98.7 61.7 114.4 PHI
Rushing yards per attempt 4.20 3.07 4.25 PHI
Completion % 59.0% 62.1% 61.5% NO
Passing yards 197.0 311.0 239.6 NO
Passing yards per completion 9.95 11.75 10.84 NO
Passing yards per attempt 5.87 7.30 6.67 NO
Interceptions 0.0 1.0 0.9 PHI
Fumbles lost 1.0 0.0 0.7 NO
Sacks allowed 3.0 2.0 2.3 NO
3rd down conversions 40.9% 45.2% 38.7% NO
4th down conversions 50.0% 60.0% 55.2% NO
Time of possession 28:54 27:19 29:58 PHI
  Defense Stats Comparison
  PHI
 Defense 		 NO
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 23.3 27.7 22.3 PHI
Rushing yards 120.0 148.0 114.4 PHI
Rushing yards per attempt 3.80 5.29 4.25 PHI
Completion % 60.1% 65.3% 61.5% PHI
Passing yards 258.3 311.3 239.6 PHI
Passing yards per completion 11.95 12.20 10.84 PHI
Passing yards per attempt 7.19 7.97 6.67 PHI
INT return 0.3 0.7 0.9 NO
Fumble recoveries 0.0 1.0 0.7 NO
Sacks 0.7 1.3 2.3 NO
3rd down conversions 36.9% 38.1% 38.7% PHI
4th down conversions 25.0% 83.3% 55.2% PHI
Time of possession 32:26 33:12 29:58 PHI

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   PHI   NO  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 6.4 4.0 8.3 PHI
Yards per kick return 20.6 24.7 24.5 NO
Yards allowed per punt return 12.2 10.4 8.3 NO
Yards allowed per kick return 26.3 22.5 24.5 NO
  Misc Stats Comparison
   PHI   NO  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 5.3 7.0 6.3 PHI
Penalty yards 55.3 57.3 53.6 PHI

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 3 to 8 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 3 to 8 with no adjustment.

Weather
Dome Stadium

Team vs. Team History
Philadelphia Eagles vs. New Orleans Saints
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 4 2000-09-24 PHI NO 21-7 PHI
2003 12 2003-11-23 NO PHI 20-33 PHI
2006 6 2006-10-15 PHI NO 24-27 NO
2006 DP 2007-01-13 PHI NO 24-27 NO
2007 16 2007-12-23 PHI NO 38-23 PHI
2009 2 2009-09-20 NO PHI 48-22 NO

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. DP = Divisional Playoff