Scoring Plays:
1Q - NO - Wil Lutz 31 yd FG GOOD | NO 3, LV 0
1Q - NO - Alvin Kamara 1 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 10, LV 0
End of Quarter Score - New Orleans Saints 10, Las Vegas Raiders 0
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2Q - LV - Derek Carr to Alec Ingold 3 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 10, LV 7
2Q - NO - Drew Brees to Jared Cook 6 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 17, LV 7
2Q - LV - Derek Carr to Zay Jones 15 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 17, LV 14
2Q - LV - Daniel Carlson 28 yd FG GOOD | NO 17, LV 17
End of Quarter Score - New Orleans Saints 17, Las Vegas Raiders 17
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3Q - LV - Derek Carr to Darren Waller 1 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 17, LV 24
End of Quarter Score - New Orleans Saints 17, Las Vegas Raiders 24
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4Q - LV - Jalen Richard 20 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 17, LV 31
4Q - NO - Alvin Kamara 3 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 24, LV 31
4Q - LV - Daniel Carlson 54 yd FG GOOD | NO 24, LV 34
Final Score - New Orleans Saints 24, Las Vegas Raiders 34
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Hello Who Dats & Who Datettes, welcome to Week 2, Game 2 Saints Game Thread of the 2020 season!!!

It was a successful start to the 2020 season with a win over Tom Brady & the Buccaneers a week ago, but now we have to take the show on the road on primetime for the first time this season as the not-so-invited guests to the great grand opening party for Allegiant Stadium and officially welcome the Raiders to Las Vegas, while also welcoming Sin City to the pantheon of NFL home cities.

In order to move to 2-0, the Saints will have to do so without one of the team's top weapons with WR Michael Thomas out for at least tonight's game with a high ankle injury suffered at the end of last week's win over Tampa Bay. That Emmanuel Sanders pick up looks even better today than it did when he originally signed over the summer, and hopefully some of the youngsters like Tre'Quan Smith or Deonte Harris are able to pick up the slack until MT13 can return to the line-up.

Super Bowl-winning head coach Jon Gruden & the Raiders are looking for their own 2-0 start, coming off a tough 34-30 win over fellow NFC South team, the Carolina Panthers. However, the Raiders may be without their own top receiver as well as Henry Ruggs suffered his own injury , though they do have some veteran leadership to rely upon, including the ever-reliable former Dallas Cowboy tight end Jason Witten, who now wears the silver & black.

For whatever it's worth, this is the Saints' 1st chance at redemption against the Raiders since the Saints blew a 423 yd, 4 TD passing day by Drew Brees, including a 98 yd TD pass to Brandin Cooks - the longest play from scrimmage in franchise history, and 24-10 3rd quarter lead in a 35-34 loss to the Raiders in the Superdome in week 1 of the 2016 season. The then-Oakland Raiders scored a TD with 47 seconds remaining, also converting the go ahead two-point conversion, for the game's final score. But the last few seconds weren't without drama as rookie kicker Wil Lutz showed he had the leg from 61 to win it at the buzzer, but just pushed it wide left. That was just a sign of what was to come for a rough 2016 season for the Saints defense.

LET'S WELCOME VEGAS TO THE NFL BY PILLAGING THE RAIDERS NEW HOME AND STARTING OUT 2-0 AND TAKE A 1.5 GAME LEAD IN THE DIVISION AFTER JUST 2 WEEKS!!!

Injury Report: (Players only currently on the 53-man roster who have a game designation from the Saturday injury report listed here)
NO-
DE Marcus Davenport (Elbow) OUT
WR Michael Thomas (Ankle) OUT
LB Chase Hansen (Hip) OUT

LV-
OT Sam Young (Groin) DOUBTFUL
WR Henry Ruggs III (Knee) QUESTIONABLE
LB Nick Kwiatkoski (Pectoral) DOUBTFUL
OT Trent Brown (Calf) DOUBTFUL
OG John Simpson (Shoulder) QUESTIONABLE

Weather: Allegiant Stadium is a domed stadium, so the southwest desert heat will be no issue, and neither will be the crowd b/c... well... there should be none. Thanks COVID.

Uniforms: What better way to open someone else's new stadium on Monday Night Football than showing off the most beautiful uniforms in the NFL... the Saints color rush

Current Standing:
NFC South:
Saints 1-0
Buccaneers 1-1
Falcons 0-2
Panthers 0-2

AFC West:
Chiefs 2-0
Raiders 1-0
Chargers 1-1
Broncos 0-2

Betting Line: Saints (-5.5) O/U 48.5

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Today's Officials: (all officiating crews are subject to change)
Referee: #83 Shawn Hochuli

Umpire: #71 Ruben Fowler
Down Judge: #134 Ed Camp
Line Judge: #98 Greg Bradley
Field Judge: #97 Tom Hill
Side Judge: #95 James Coleman
Back Judge: #39 Rich Martinez
Replay Official: Tyler Cerimeli
Replay Assistant: Robert Lu
**Umpire Ruben Fowler, a graduate of Huston-Tillotson University which is a HBCU in Austin, Texas and is in the same NAIA conference as LSU Alexandria & LSU Shreveport, is the only change to Hochuli's on-field crew from 2019. Fowler was the umpire on the crew of now-retired referee Walt Anderson in 2019.**

Inactive Lists
NO-
C Will Clapp
DE Marcus Davenport
LB Chase Hansen
DB D.J. Swearinger
WR Michael Thomas
DT Shy Tuttle
RB Dwayne Washington

LV-
WR Rico Gafford
CB Amik Robertson
LB Nick Kwiatkoski
OT Sam Young
OT Trent Brown
DT Daniel Ross

This post was edited on 9/21/20 at 10:32 pm