Tough loss for the Saints as they dropped their first game of the year yesterday, losing to the Philadelphia Eagles 15 to 12. The offense struggled as starting center Eric McCoy went down in the first quarter with a groin injury.
The defense gave a great effort, but gave up two big plays, a 65-yard rushing touchdown to Saqoun Barkley and a 61-yard pass play to Dennis Goedert that set up Barkley’s winning touchdown. Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu says the defense played well, but allowed a couple of big plays…
Cut 17 (14) “…defense”
The Saints will visit the Falcons on Sunday. Atlanta lost to Kansas City 22 to 19 last night.
Tonight it’s the LSU Heisman Trophy bowl as Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals host Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders. The Bengals are 0-and-2. The Commanders are 1-and-1, but Daniels is still looking for his first touchdown pass.
LSU football has lost one of its best players for the season as linebacker Harold Perkins tore an ACL in his knee while making a tackle in Saturday’s win over UCLA. Perkins has not forced any turnovers this season and has zero sacks, but LRN sports director Jeff Palermo says his loss will be felt
Cut 8 (10) “…the quarterback.”
Saturday was another strong performance from Garrett Nussmeier who threw for 352 yards and three touchdowns. Nussmeier and the Tigers also started fast, scoring on their first drive…
Louisiana Tech scored 13 points in the fourth quarter but lost to Tulsa in overtime 23-20. The Bulldogs are now 1-and-2 and are at F-I-U on Saturday.