I typed out a pretty good preseason wrap up report but when I hit submit, the system logged me out and I couldn't go back to see what I wrote...
2014 - Week 1 Wrap Up
The NFC South rival Saints came to town to kick off the 2014 season. The Falcons played superb on all levels of the game as they held Drew Brees to just one touchdown and forcing him to throw for an interception. The Falcons were able to get to Brees and was able to sack him for a whopping 5 times (2 from Umenyiora and 1 from each of Kroy Biermann, Keman Ishmael, and Paul Soliai). The catalyst on offense was Steven Jackson, who rushed for 2 touchdowns and looked to be the old Steven Jackson that had consistently rushed for 2,000 yards year in and year out in St. Louis.
| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons |
| Sep 7, 2014 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| New Orleans Saints (0-1) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Atlanta Falcons (1-0) | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| NOR | ATL |
| Total Offense | 210 | 396 |
| Rushing Yards | 57 | 165 |
| Passing Yards | 153 | 231 |
| First Downs | 12 | 23 |
| Punt Return Yards | 6 | 43 |
| Kick Return Yards | 45 | 42 |
| Total Yards | 261 | 481 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 7-13 (53%) | 10-15 (66%) |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0-1 (0%) | 0-0 (0%) |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-0 (0%) | 0-0 (0%) |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 1-1 (100%) | 3-3 (100%) |
| Penalties | 1-5 | 2-15 |
| Posession Time | 20:02 | 39:52 |
| New Orleans Saints | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | D. Brees | 20/30 | 190 | 1 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | M. Ingram | 12 | 56 | 4.6 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | J. Graham | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 1 | | M. Ingram | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 0 | | M. Colston | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | | K. Stills | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | | K. Robinson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | K. Vaccaro | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | J. Galette | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | D. Hawthorne | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | J. Byrd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | P. Haralson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | Atlanta Falcons | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | M. Ryan | 19/28 | 240 | 1 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | S. Jackson | 28 | 115 | 4.1 | 2 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | J. Jones | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | | L. Douglas | 4 | 51 | 12.7 | 0 | | R. White | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | | L. Toilolo | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | | D. Hester | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | W. Moore | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | R. Alford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | D. Trufant | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | P. Worrilow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | S. Weatherspoon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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