The Saints will host the Colts tonight at the Superdome and Quarterback Drew Brees needs to throw two more touchdown passes to tie Peyton Manning’s all-time record for touchdown passes with 539. Manning threw 399 TD passes with the Colts.
But Brees says his main focus is for the Black and Gold to play their best football with the playoffs right around the corner…
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The Saints are striving to get the number one seed in the N-F-C playoffs. They got a little help yesterday with the Falcons upsetting the 49ers. Seattle now has the number one seed, but New Orleans owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Seahawks.
Quarterback Joe Burrow delivered a memorable and tearful Heisman Trophy acceptance speech after he became only the second Tiger to win the prestigious award. He started his speech by thanking his offensive line and ended it thanking Coach Ed Orgeron who showed faith in him
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Burrow also talked about how his hometown in Ohio is dealing with poverty and that’s led to a flood of donations for the Athens County Food Bank.
The Pelicans lost a franchise-record 12th straight game last night as Orlando dribbled past New Orleans 130-119. Coach Alvin Gentry received two technical fouls and he was ejected. During this losing streak, New Orleans has allowed 121 points a game. The Pels are at Brooklyn tomorrow.