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Packers continue their push toward playoffs as they host the injury-riddled Saints
New Orleans (5-9) at Green Bay (10-4) Monday, 8:15 p.m. EST, ABC, ESPN BetMGM NFL Odds: Packers by 13½. Against the spread: Saints 6-8; Packers 8-6. Series record: Packers lead 18-10. Last meeting: Packers won 18-17 at...
Rookie Spencer Rattler shines in relief for Saints after Jake Haener struggles early
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On Spencer Rattler's first play after replacing Jake Haener for the New Orleans Saints’ first series of the third quarter, the rookie threw the ball away just before two unblocked Washington pass rushers hit him. Little else about Rattler's performance bore...
Ex-LSU star Jayden Daniels leads the high-scoring Commanders against the Saints 30th-ranked defense
Washington (8-5) at New Orleans (5-8) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox BetMGM NFL odds: Commanders by 7 1/2. Against the spread: Commanders 8-5; Saints 5-8. Series record: Commanders lead 17-11. Last meeting: Saints beat Commanders...
Giants will try to snap a 7-game losing streak when they host the Saints
New Orleans (4-8) at New York Giants (2-10) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox BetMGM NFL Odds: Saints by 5. Against the spread: Saints 5-7; Giants 3-9. Series record: Giants lead 17-15. Last meeting: Saints beat Giants 24-6 on Dec....
Saints say Taysom Hill 'likely' has a season-ending knee injury
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans tight end Taysom Hill is likely to miss the rest of the season after injuring his left knee in the Saints' loss to the Los Angeles Rams. “It looks like an ACL tear,” interim coach Darren Rizzi said Monday. “He’ll probably get a second...
Rams finally ran the ball well in New Orleans, and it kept them in the playoff race
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After struggling to run the ball consistently all season, the Los Angeles Rams finally made some progress on the ground in New Orleans. Kyren Williams and rookie Blake Corum carried the Rams (6-6) to a 21-14 win that kept them squarely in the playoff race for...
Saints lose Taysom Hill for the final minutes of a loss to the Rams -- and perhaps longer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Do-it-all Saints tight end Taysom Hill converted a key fourth down with another physical run on a direct snap — and that was his last play of the afternoon. Coming off a career-best performance against Cleveland in New Orleans' previous game, Hill was carted...
Matthew Stafford and Kyren Williams help the Rams grind out a 21-14 victory over the Saints
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kryen Williams and the Los Angeles Rams strode to the locker room at halftime confident that the zero they had on the scoreboard was no indication of how the final 30 minutes would go. “We knew the second half was going to be ours,” said Williams, who rushed...
Resurgent and rested Saints seek a third straight victory when they host the Rams
Los Angeles Rams (5-6) at New Orleans (4-7) Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EST, Fox. BetMGM NFL odds: Rams by 2½. Against the spread: Los Angeles 4-7; New Orleans 5-6. Series record: Rams lead 44-35. Last meeting: Rams beat the Saints...
Taysom Hill runs for 3 TDs as the Saints top Jameis Winston and the struggling Browns 35-14
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tayson Hill couldn't hide his irritation over two early turnovers against the Cleveland Browns, so New Orleans Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi took a moment to address it. “He was taking it personal and I just told him on the way out at halftime, ‘You’re...
