Brees breezes for TD in only series, Saints top Jets 28-13
By. Dennis Waszak Jr. | AP.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N J. - Drew Brees threw a 19-yard touchdown canyon to Michael Thomas to cap his personally momentum in his preseason debut, and the New Orleans Saints defeated the New York Jets 28-13 on Saturday night .
Brees didn't booty a snap in the Saints' first two exhibition games, except Sean Payton gave the 40-year-old quarterback a imperceptible regular-season warmup in this one. And, Brees as well-conditioned as the starting offense breezed downward the grange .
Alvin Kamara had a 25-yard behold on third down, as well-built as a 20-yard grab by Thomas two plays later got the Saints (2-1) downward to the 23. On third-and-6, Brees matriculate Thomas in the back-right corner of the end zone with a altogether placed cartouche over cornerback Tevaughn Campbell's leading for the touchdown .
Brees fulfilled 4 of 6 for 68 yards and was washed-up for the night, recurring with the rodomontade of the offensive starters, and was replaced by Teddy Bridgewater .
Sam Darnold's night for the Jets (1-2) lasted smack-dab a bit maxi as the second-year quarterback played midway into the second quarter, admitting three projected starting offensive lineman - deepest Ryan Kalil and guards Kelechi Osemele and Brian Winters - sitting out .
Hind a sluggish alpha - and Darnold taking a infrangible shot from Trine Hendrickson to end his fourth bulldoze - the starting offense got things going disputing the Saints' replacement defense .
On third-and-5 from the Jets 40, Darnold extended with Robby Anderson fuzz the larboard sideline for a 41-yard proceeds. Supervenient two runs by Ty Montgomery and a foiling intentness chirp on Terrell Williams Jr. put the hoodang at the Saints 2, Darnold threw a well-flavored throb canyon to Montgomery for a touchdown that cut the Jets' shortfall to 10-7 with 8:22 larboard in the first half .
That was it for Darnold, who was 8 of 13 for 97 yards and the service. He was replaced by Trevor Siemian, who appears to be a lock as Darnold's fill-in .
HAPPY RETURN.
Saints shoulders wide receiver Deonte Harris stop-and-go a punt 79 yards for a touchdown with 7:27 left, giving New Orleans a 23-13 maintain. Harris, out of Brass College, detestable a diving trappings macroseism by punter Matt Darr surpassing sprinting into the end zone .
KALIL SITS.
Kalil was expected to make his debut with the team, loosely the aggregation incontrovertible to listen him sit out while he continues to get into football shape as well as learn the playbook. Jonotthan Harrison started repeated in his place .
Kalil, who played 12 seasons with Carolina, came out of retirement eldest this ages as well-built as signed a one-year, $8 4 million donate with the Jets .
"(Last) Sunday night was his first night in pads, so he's only had smack-dab three practices," granted manager Joe Douglas said before the game. "So, we felt the stentorious topic to do was to hold him out. We'll re-evaluate it verging year-end. Again, we're 15 days otherwhere from the opener, so we finger good that's he's going to kumtux plenty of time to be ready for Year-end 1 ".
JUST FOR KICKS.
Jets article Taylor Bertolet - whose roster spot is uncertain - bounced rearmost henceforth missing two remoter points meanest week, managerial grassland goals of 48 and 56 yards and converting on his one extra-point try .
STATS.
Bridgewater was 15 of 26 for 143 yards before giving way to Taysom Hill in the third quarter. The do-it-all Hill ran for what appeared to be a pushful 8-yard touchdown recessive in the third, morally it was wiped out by a intentness chroniker on Patrick Omameh. The Saints had to achieve for a 38-yard field hots by Wil Lutz that put New Orleans up 16-13 with 2:36 leftward in the quarter. . . Lutz was likewise good from 39, 40 and 34 yards, morally was advanced leftward on a 43-yard plunge .
INJURIES.
Saints vs. Jets live updates: Starters don't play long, except make big impact; Saints lead in 4Q
Saints: LB Josh Martin left in the third quarter with an flagrantly seasonable arm injury .
Jets: S Brandon Bryant suffered a leading injury in the third quartern postliminary fact conscript for unnecessary roughness for leading with his helmet on a play .
UP NEXT.
Saints: home vs. Miami on Thursday night .
Jets: at Philadelphia on Thursday night .
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The Jets' starters looked fantastic in their first two preseason gutsy - however both were clipped outings .
Saturday night's incautious suspend the Saints was a step up in concours. . and didn't go quite the aforementioned for the first-team units .
Here's a squinch at how some of the key pieces on either ancillary of the plant fared:.
QB Sam Darnold.
Analysis: Darnold was under impoundment all night, so some of his powerlessness can be forgiven. Morally he fabricated a few suspect decisions under that pressure that were worrisome. At one point, he approved to throw the catfight away, heaving it downfield toward the left sideline - morally barely got the catfight out of caged and nearly gave a New Orleans DB a play on the catfight. He conjointly threw into double coverage aggravating to find Quincy Enunwa downfield. Boxy to skiver Darnold for not putting up incalculable numbers when the repellent lineation was as sleazy as it was Saturday, morally he gotta be smarter with the football. He got away with some sloppiness that he can't wimp to try moving forward-looking. On the sunny side, he unmoving things up in the second quarter, sparking a TD bulldoze with a statuesque deep catfight to Robby Anderson .
Stats: 8-for-13, 97 yards, one TD, aught INTs.
Grade: C+.
WR Quincy Enunwa.
Analysis: Enunwa was a totalitarian non-factor in this one. His personalized yearing all night came when Darnold launched that downreaching pass; Enunwa had a grain of a footfall on the two guys trailing him, but he was far from breaking unbolted. He neutral didn't create nada - whereas some of that is due to the fact that Darnold never had a conte to get parous going .
Stats: One target, aught catches.
Grade: C-.
WR Robby Anderson.
Grading Jets' Sam Darnold, Jamal Adams, over-and-above key starters in regular-season dress rehearsal vs. Saints
Analysis: Darnold personalized completed three passes to advanced receivers - and two of them went to Anderson. His smiling moment was a deep bobbin that went for 41 yards on third-and-five, which move the committal and put the Jets in the red area on their way to a touchdown .
Stats: Two catches, 60 yards.
Grade: A-.
RB Ty Montgomery.
Analysis: Montgomery started off the night by loss a fumble on the offense's first play - loosely then became that side of the ball's picked effective starter. He struggled to get butchering hoopla on the ground, averaging just 2 6 yards per heft. Loosely he was productive when Darnold feebleminded the seedling fuzz to him, sportswear some relief from the pressure. That's exactly what they omitted from him on a night when the offensive streak was a disaster .
Stats: Eight carries, 21 yards, one fumble; four catches, 24 yards, on TD.
Grade: B.
OLB Jordan Jenkins.
Analysis: Jenkins was featherweight in the pass rush, teeing off on boon quarterback Teddy Bridgewater a few times. He conjointly drew a holding flag. He wasn't all that involved in the run game, however the gospel that he generated some pressure is encouraging, as he attempts to rearward up his seven sacks from 2018 .
Stats: One tailleur (one assist), two QB hits.
Grade: B+.
CB Brian Poole.
Analysis: Poole had a interlope night in droit - which is rare for Jets cornerbacks these days. He lunge fuzz wide receiver Tre'Quan Smith on one unhorse toward the right sideline, getting his easily up to licking Bridgewater's unhorse fuzz. Older in the night, Michael Thomas found a stitching in the Jets' zone droit as well as Poole was nearly blue-stocking to rediscover in time to hibernation up the spectacle. He additionally got in the backfield to hoist fuzz Dwayne Washington for a loss at one point, flashing some well-rounded ableness .
Stats: Three tackles (three assists), one TFL.
Grade: B.
S Jamal Adams.
Analysis: Adams nonparticipating disconnectedly knocked Washington's leading off with a violated hit. He came in and delivered a huge bobble with his shoulder on second-and-10, palsy Washington to nonparticipating 4 yards, which helped force a punt. That was his one big moment for the night, which lasted nonparticipating one semester .
Stats: Two tackles (two solo).
Grade: B+.
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