Scoring Plays:
1Q - NO - Taysom Hill 1 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 7, PHI 0
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 7, Philadelphia Eagles 0
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2Q - NO - Wil Lutz 54 yd FG GOOD | NO 10, PHI 0
2Q - NO - Wil Lutz 20 yd FG GOOD | NO 13, PHI 0
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 13, Philadelphia Eagles 0
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3Q - PHI - Jake Elliott 56 yd FG GOOD | NO 13, PHI 3
3Q - PHI - Gardner Minshew II to A.J. Brown 78 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 13, PHI 10
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 13, Philadelphia Eagles 10
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4Q - NO - Marshon Lattimore 12 yd interception return for TD (PAT Good) | NO 20, PHI 10
Final Score: New Orleans Saints 20, Philadelphia Eagles 10
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Happy New Year Who Dats & Who Datettes and welcome to the Week 17/Game 16 Thread

I don't know how it's happened, but the Saints playoff hopes still remain alive on the morning of the 1st day of 2023. But in order to even give them a chance of staying alive into the final week of the season, the Saints must beat perhaps the best team in the NFL on the road while that team is still trying to lock down a division title, the #1 seed in the NFC, and the playoff bye week and homefield advantage that comes with it... even if it's without their starting quarterback. And will Dalton be able to keep the ball away from the hands of Ceedy Deuce?

Can the Saints somehow defy all the odds yet again and pull out a near impossible road win, hurt the 1st round draft pick position we traded to Philadelphia, and keep hope alive for 1 last week?

LET'S CRUSH MINSHEW-MANIA AND KEEP THINGS ALIVE INTO WEEK 18!!

Injury Report:
NO-
Marcus Maye - Shoulder - OUT
Andrus Peat - Ankle - OUT
Dwayne Washington - Illness - OUT
Justin Evans - Shoulder - QUESTIONABLE
Marshon Lattimore - Abdomen - QUESTIONABLE
Chris Olave - Hamstring - QUESTIONABLE
Pete Warner - Hamstring - QUESTIONABLE
Chase Hansen - Knee - QUESTIONABLE

PHI-
Avonte Maddox - Toe - OUT
Lane Johnson - Groin - OUT
Jalen Hurts - Right Shoulder - DOUBTFUL

Weather: It should be a fairly nice day for football in Philadelphia... and a far cry from last week's game in a freezer in Cleveland. Temperatures in the mid-to-low 50s with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies and winds out of the west to west-northwest at 5-10 mph

Uniforms: The icy whites worked on Christmas Eve in Cleveland, let's try them again on New Years Day in Philadelphia

Current Standings:
NFC South:
Buccaneers 7-8
Panthers 6-9
Saints 6-9
Falcons 5-10

NFC East:
Eagles 13-2
Cowboys 12-4
Giants 8-6-1
Commanders 7-7-1

Betting Lines: Eagles (-5.5), O/U 41.5

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Today's Officials:
Referee: #23 Jerome Boger

Umpire: #20 Barry Anderson
Down Judge: #44 Frank LeBlanc
Line Judge: #59 Rusty Baynes
Field Judge: #80 Alonzo Ramsey
Side Judge: #120 Jonah Monroe
Back Judge: #17 Steve Patrick
Replay Official: Saleem Choudhry
Replay Assistant: Yvonda Lewis

Inactive Lists:
NO-
WR Marquez Callaway
DB Justin Evans
LB Chase Hansen
DE Tenoh Kpassagnon
S Marcus Maye
G Andrus Peat
RB Dwayne Washington

PHI-
QB Jalen Hurts
T Lane Johnson
CB Avonte Maddox
G Sua Opeta
DE Janarius Robinson
RB Trey Sermon

This post was edited on 1/2/23 at 3:08 pm