Scoring Plays:
1Q - NO - Jameis Winston to Alvin Kamara 11 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 7, NE 0
End of Quarter Score - New Orleans Saints 7, New England Patriots 0
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2Q - NO - Jameis Winston to Marquez Callaway 7 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 14, NE 0
2Q - NE - Nick Folk 45 yd FG GOOD | NO 14, NE 3
End of Quarter Score - New Orleans Saints 14, New England Patriots 3
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3Q - NO - Malcolm Jenkins 34 yd interception return TD (PAT Good) | NO 21, NE 3
3Q - NE - Nick Folk 29 yd FG GOOD | NO 21, NE 6
End of Quarter Score - New Orleans Saints 21, New England Patriots 6
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4Q - NE - Mac Jones to Kendrick Bourne 22 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 21, NE 13
4Q - NO - Taysom Hill 4 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 28, NE 13
Final Score - New Orleans Saints 28, New England Patriots 13
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Hello Who Dats & Who Datettes & Welcome to the 2021 Week 3, Game 3 Thread

Let's forget last week happened, shall we?

It's tough to lose a division game as badly as that and try to rebound, but the fact remains that most of the starting defense was out. And while guys like Marcus Davenport, Ken Crawley, & Kwon Alexander remain on IR and are out at least through next week's game, the defense looks like it will be bolstered by the return of pretty much everyone else who missed last week - Lattimore, CJGJ, Werner, Turner, PJ Williams, & Tanoh Kpassagnon.

And while Erik McCoy is still out, hopefully the errors we saw along the O line last week can be fixed with the return of pretty much all of the coaches who missed last week's game. Will the OL get a bit of a reprieve with NE's sack leader, Uche (3 of NE's 6 sacks), questionable for today's game?

Much like the Panthers were last week, the Patriots and rookie QB (from Alabama) Mac Jones come into today off of a win over the New York Jets. Can the defense get to Jones, who has been sacked 4 times in 2 games, but who also has yet to throw an interception in his NFL career, and can the defense create turnovers from a team that's currently +3 in giveaway/takeaway (the Saints are +2... so pretty even).

LET'S BOUNCE BACK IN A BIG WAY AND END OUR HURRICANE VAGABOND EXISTENCE WITH A WIN

Injury Report:
NO- (players on IR - like Davenport, Alexander, & Crawley - won't be listed here)
Erik McCoy - Calf - OUT

NE-
Adrian Phillips - Non-Injury Related - QUESTIONABLE
Trent Brown - Calf - QUESTIONABLE
Josh Uche - Back - QUESTIONABLE

Weather: Should be a great day for football in New England today with highs in the low-to-mid 70s, partly-to-mostly cloudy skies and winds out of the NE around 10 MPH and a very miniscule chance of rain.

Uniforms: Is this a north thing? Whenever the team goes up north but doesn't want to wear Color Rush... they bust out the 'icy whites'... which will be the case today

Current Standings:
NFC South:
Panthers 3-0
Buccaneers 2-0
Saints 1-1
Falcons 0-2

AFC East:
Bills 1-1
Dolphins 1-1
Patriots 1-1
Jets 0-2

Betting Lines: Patriots (-3); O/U 42.5

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Today's Officials:
Referee: #35 John Hussey

Umpire: #76 Alan Eck
Down Judge: #53 Sarah Thomas
Line Judge: #101 Carl Johnson
Field Judge: #26 Jabir Walker
Side Judge: #56 Allen Baynes
Back Judge: #88 Brad Freeman
Replay Official: Jamie Nicholson
Replay Assistant: Denise Crudup

Inactive Lists:
NO-
QB Ian Book
DL Albert Huggins
C Erik McCoy
WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey
CB Desmond Trufant

NE-
T Trenton Brown
RB Rhamondre Stevenson
CB Shaun Wade
LB Ronnie Perkins
LB Josh Uche
TE Devin Asiasi

This post was edited on 9/26/21 at 3:08 pm