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    Saints get back on track with 34-17 win over Bucs

    Getty Images The Saints saw their six-game winning streak end against the Falcons last Sunday, but there won’t be a losing streak in New Orleans. The Saints moved out to a 20-0 lead in the first half and Marcus Williams returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown with just over five...
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    Marshon Lattimore, Andrus Peat out for Saints

    Getty Images The Saints are going to have to try to bounce back from last week’s embarrassing loss without their top cover man. Cornerback Marshon Lattimore is out for Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers because of a hamstring injury. Left guard Andrus Peat (arm) and wide receiver Deonte...
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    Week 11 injury report roundup

    Getty Images Week 11 of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win (and a few other things) by the Browns and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on...
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    Saints won’t be at Colin Kaepernick’s workout

    Getty Images The NFL released a list of 11 teams that have committed to sending representatives to the workout the NFL arranged for Colin Kaepernick on Saturday and other teams are reportedly going to have someone there as well, but the Saints won’t be one of them. Saints head coach Sean...
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    Which teams are attending Colin Kaepernick’s workout?

    Getty Images Colin Kaepernick will workout for scouts Saturday in Atlanta. As PFT reported earlier Thursday, the league has not provided and does not plan to provide Kaepernick’s representatives with the names of those attending. The only certainty Kaepernick has received came from General...
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    Michael Thomas on pace for NFL record 153 catches

    Getty Images Whether Drew Brees or Teddy Bridgewater is throwing him the ball, Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas is doing special things this season. Thomas caught a season-high 13 catches on Sunday and now has 86 catches through nine games. That puts him on pace for 153 catches over 16...
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    Saints lose guard Andrus Peat for six weeks

    Getty Images The Saints lost a game on Sunday against the Falcons, and they also lost a key player on their offense for most of the rest of the season. New Orleans guard Andrus Peat suffered a broken arm, had surgery today and and is expected to miss six weeks, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports...
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    Saints designate Keith Kirkwood to return from injured reserve

    Getty Images The New Orleans Saints designated wide receiver Keith Kirkwood to return from the injured reserve list on Wednesday. Kirkwood injured his hamstring in pregame warmups ahead of the Saints’ Week 2 game against the Los Angeles Rams. Kirkwood has missed seven games for the Saints in...
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    Drew Brees “extremely disappointed” by Saints’ offense on Sunday

    Getty Images The Saints were 14-point favorites against the Falcons on Sunday and got blown out 26-9, the first time this season that a two-touchdown favorite had lost a game. Clearly, something went wrong. Saints quarterback Drew Brees said he and his teammates on offense consider it...
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    Is Robert Saleh getting too much in-game exposure?

    Getty Images 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh has become a star of sorts this season, thanks to his enthusiastic in-game reactions to great plays from his much-improved group of players. As Peter King pointed out on Tuesday’s PFT Live, Saleh perhaps has become too much of a star. King...
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    NFC playoff picture: Getting tighter at the top

    Getty Images The 49ers lost their first game of the year on Monday night, which didn’t knock them from the top perch in the NFC playoff picture but did make things tighter in the race for the No. 1 seed in the conference. A win would have left them two games up on the Packers and Saints in the...
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    Raheem Morris’s “different perspective” helped Falcons secondary in Sunday’s win

    Getty Images The Falcons didn’t fire head coach Dan Quinn during their bye week, but they did make some changes to the responsibilities of coaches on his staff. One of those moves involved Raheem Morris going from working with the wide receivers to working with the defensive backs and that...
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    Marshon Lattimore “week-to-week” with hamstring

    Getty Images The Saints clearly missed cornerback Marshon Lattimore Sunday. They’re apparently going to have to get used to being without him. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Saints cornerback is considered “week-to-week” with a hamstring strain suffered yesterday. Lattimore’s...
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    Falcons stun the Saints 26-9

    Getty Images The word literally gets misused, and often. But on Sunday, the Falcons literally played unlike they had all year. The Falcons shocked the Saints with a 26-9 win, playing the kind of inspired football they had not while slinking to a 1-7 start that made questions about firing...
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    Sean Payton: Saints didn’t play well enough to beat anybody

    Getty Images Sean Payton wasn’t going to complain about the officiating Sunday. His own team gave him enough to complain about. After his previously 7-1 Saints were rolled by the Falcons, Payton was in no mood for extraneous reasons why. “We didn’t play well enough to win today — really...
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    Week 10 early inactives

    Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. Check back to see the full list as it becomes available 90 minutes ahead of kickoff. Giants at Jets Giants: TE Evan Engram, WR Sterling Shepard, C Jon...
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    Falcons up 10-3 on Saints

    Getty Images The Falcons went into the bye week with questions about who was getting fired, and the answer turned out to be nobody. Now, they’re playing the kind of football that would prevent such questions from being asked. The Falcons are up 10-3 on the Saints in the second quarter, with...
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    Marshon Lattimore hurt, Falcons lead Saints 13-6

    Getty Images The Saints have a guy on defense who can make an opposing receiver disappear. But without the eraser on the field, the Falcons are writing an unexpected story. The Falcons are up 13-6 at halftime over the Saints, controlling the clock with their ground game and making a few big...
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    Devonta Freeman out with ankle injury

    Getty Images The Falcons may be closing out one of the upsets of the season, and they may be doing it without their leading rusher. The team announced that running back Devonta Freeman was out for the rest of the game with an ankle injury. While that doesn’t help, the Falcons are up 20-9 on...
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    NFL teams have a winning record when playing their backup QBs this year

    Getty Images It’s a common refrain from NFL fans: If we lose our starting quarterback, we’re screwed. But that isn’t the case, at all. In fact, NFL teams actually have a winning record this season when forced to go to a backup because of an injury to their starter. So far this season, 35...
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