Gameday is here and with it comes a chance for the Saints to claw their way back to .500 for the first time since week 2! For them to get to 5-5 after an 0-4 start would be somewhat miraculous, but also necessary to have any shot at the postseason. The opponent is an extremely beatable one, but the "easier" games, which don't truly exist in the NFL, are the ones the Saints seem to have the biggest problems with. Here are the five things I'll be looking for in this contest:
1. How do the Saints distribute reps amongst the backs now that Darren Sproles is back?
I'm assuming Sproles, still on the mend, will still have a lighter workload than normal. It seems obvious that Travaris Cadet will be the odd man out of offensive reps with Sproles back, but Sproles also figures to eat into the reps of the other three backs (Ingram, Thomas, Ivory) more than Cadet did. Whatever happens, I hope the Saints have learned their lesson keeping Chris Ivory out of the lin...
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Darren Sproles,
Travaris Cadet,
Chris Ivory,
Charles Brown,
Chris Long,
Michael Turner,
Darren McFadden,
Mike Goodson,
Taiwan Jones,
Jeremy Stewart
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints, St. Louis Rams, Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints, St. Louis Rams, Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders
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