New Orleans 38 @ Tennessee 28 Final - FOX

Scoring Plays:
1Q - TEN - Ryan Tannehill to Jonnu Smith 41 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 0, TEN 7
1Q - TEN - A.J. Brown 49 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 0, TEN 14
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2Q - NO - Wil Lutz 47 yd FG GOOD | NO 3, TEN 14
2Q - NO - Drew Brees to Jared Cook 61 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 10, TEN 14
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3Q - NO - Alvin Kamara 40 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 17, TEN 14
3Q - NO - Alvin Kamara 1 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 24, TEN 14
3Q - TEN - Ryan Tannehill to Tajae Sharpe 36 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 24, TEN 21
3Q - NO - Drew Brees to Jared Cook 16 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 31, TEN 21
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4Q - TEN - Ryan Tannehill to Tajae Sharpe 7 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 31, TEN 28
4Q - NO - Drew Brees to Michael Thomas 2 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 38, TEN 28
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Welcome to the Week 16/Game 15 Game Thread, Who Dats & Who Datettes!!!

With the season rapidly coming to a close, the playoff picture is coming better into focus with 5 of the 6 NFC playoff teams confirmed. The only 2 questions, who will get locked into what spots, including the 2 byes, and which NFC East team will undeservedly earn a home game. Of course, your Saints won the NFC South long ago and are still trying to secure a seed that gets them a first round bye, if not even the #1 seed and homefield advantage throughout

The Titans, on the other hand, are still trying to fight their way into the playoffs They lost 1 of their roads to the postseason yesterday when the Houston Texans beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to clinch the AFC South Division Championship. Now Tennessee's playoff hopes rest with the #6 Wild Card spot.

Oddly enough though, today's game may actually mean more to the Saints than the Titans. A lose today by the Titans doesn't kill their playoff hopes. They'd still get into the postseason with a win in week 17 and a loss by Pittsburgh either today to the Jets or next week to a Ravens team that may have the AFC's #1 seed wrapped up (BAL can clinch that with a win today against CLE) and be resting players for the playoffs. Meahwhile, if the Saints lose today, it wouldn't kill the Saints hopes for a top-2 seed... but would be very harmful to the cause.

LET'S TURN THE TITANS INTO LITTLE PEOPLE AND KEEP OUR HOPES FOR A BYE ALIVE AND WELL!!!

The injuries continue to go back and forth for the Saints. Kiko Alonso (Quad) & Vonn Bell (Knee) will both miss another week of action while Larry Warford's knee injury suffered last week will keep him out of today's game. The good news, however, is that Andrus Peat (forearm), Patrick Robinson (calf), & CJ Gardner-Johnson (concussion) all practiced and are all listed as QUESTIONABLE, which tells me all 3 should be able to play today.

Another thing to watch today, how will the newly-acquired CB Janoris Jenkins make his impact felt today as a Saint for the first time?

The Titans have several key injuries.WR Adam Humphries (ankle) & CB Adoree Jackson (foot) are both out of today's game. And then something major happened yesterday, RB Derrick Henry, who practiced fully on Friday and didn't have an injury designation on the Friday injury report, was downgraded to QUESTIONABLE with a hamstring injury. Downgrading a player following the final injury report suggests the player suffered a significant re-aggravation of the injury and is not anywhere near 100% heading into the contest, and may not even play at all, so Henry is a name to watch for when the inactive lists come out.

Weather: There is about a 50% chance of rain in Nashville today, with that chance peaking around kickoff and going down the rest of the day. Temperatures should be in the low to mid 50s for most of the game and wind out of the NE around 3-6 mph.

Uniforms: Back on the road means the return of the all-white uniforms



Drew Brees & Michael Thomas Record Watch: If Drew Brees completes his first 4 passes in today's game, he'll break the NFL record for most completed passes in a row (26). Michael Thomas (133 catches in 2019) is 11 catches away from breaking Marvin Harrison's NFL record (143 - 2002) for most catches in a single season.

Playoff Clinching Scenarios: The Saints have already clinched the NFC South Division Championship and can not clinch anything further today.

Current Standings:
NFC South
Saints 11-3
Bucs 7-8
Falcons 5-9
Panthers 5-9

AFC South
Texans 10-5
Titans 8-6
Colts 6-8
Jaguars 5-9

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Today's Officials:
Referee: #23 Jerome Boger


Umpire: #124 Carl Paganelli
Down Judge: #106 Patrick Holt (in his rookie season as a NFL official)
Line Judge: #59 Rusty Baynes
Field Judge: #118 David Meslow
Side Judge: 120 Jonah Monroe
Back Judge: #112 Tony Steratore
Replay Official: Roddy Ames
Replay Assistant: Ross Smith

Inactive Lists:
NO-
LB Kiko Alonso
S Vonn Bell
OL Ethan Greenidge
OL Andrus Peat
DE Noah Spence
DB D.J. Swearinger
G Larry Warford

TEN-
WR Adam Humphries
RB Derrick Henry
CB Adoree' Jackson
LB Reggie Gilbert
DT Isaiah Mack
DL Jeffery Simmons
LB Daren Bates