The New Orleans Saints wrapped up their regular season with a narrow win over the Atlanta Falcons 28-26 and clinched the one seed. The Saints have been one of the best teams in PML in terms of spreading the wealth both on offense and defense. Let’s look at the stats for their deep and talented team.
Rushing
Alvin Kamara: 238 attempts, 1366 yards, 8 rush touchdowns
Kendre Miller: 51 attempts, 293 yards, 1 rush touchdown
Jamaal Williams: 33 attempts, 153 yards, 6 rush touchdowns
Darrell Henderson Jr: 24 attempts, 208 yards, 7 rush touchdowns
Derek Carr: 24 attempts, 150 yards, 1 rush touchdown
Taysom Hill: 13 attempts, 44 yards
Jameis Winston, Chris Olave, and AT Perry all have at least one rush attempt, but insignificant stats
Summary: 9 players for the Saints had rushing attempts this season with 4 running backs, 2 quarterbacks, 2 wide receivers, and Taysom Hill who is technically a tight end getting carries. 5 players had rushing touchdowns, 4 running backs and starting quarterback Derek Carr.
Receiving
Chris Olave: 70 receptions, 1011 yards, 9 rec touchdowns
Juwan Johnson: 55 receptions, 989 yards, 13 rec touchdowns
Michael Thomas: 61 receptions, 829 yards, 7 rec touchdowns
AT Perry: 36 receptions, 581 yards, 2 rec touchdowns
Alvin Kamara: 49 receptions, 543 yards, 6 rec touchdowns
Taysom Hill: 30 receptions, 340 yards, 1 rec touchdown
Sammy Watkins: 18 receptions, 274 yards, 2 rec touchdowns
Tre’Quan Smith: 8 receptions, 131 yards, 1 rec touchdown
Will Fuller V: 6 receptions, 78 yards, 1 rec touchdown
Jamaal Williams: 2 receptions, 73 yards, 1 rec touchdown
Breshad Perriman: 2 receptions, 46 yards
Foster Moreau: 4 receptions, 38 yards
Kendre Miller: 2 receptions, 11 yards
Summary: 13 players caught a pass for the Saints this season with 7 wide receivers, 3 running backs, and 3 tight ends. 10 Saints scored receiving touchdowns, 6 receivers, 2 running backs, and 2 tight ends.
Offensive Line
James Hurst: 922 downs played, 2 sacks allowed
Cesar Ruiz: 922 downs played, 5 sacks allowed
Erik McCoy: 899 downs played, 1 sack allowed
Trevor Penning: 738 downs played, 2 sacks allowed
Andrus Peat: 693 downs played, 2 sacks allowed
Tom Compton: 424 downs played, 4 sacks allowed
Landon Young: 30 downs played, 0 sacks allowed
Max Garcia: 24 downs played, 1 sack allowed
Nick Saldiveri: 4 downs played, 0 sacks allowed
Summary: 9 offensive linemen took snaps for the Saints this season with overall very solid and consistent play.
Tackling
Demario Davis: 149 tackles, 21 tackles for loss
Tyrann Mathieu: 104 tackles, 10 tackles for loss
Pete Werner: 103 tackles, 11 tackles for loss
Caden Sterns: 103 tackles, 5 tackles for loss
Alontae Taylor: 73 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Paulson Adebo: 63 tackles
John Franklin-Meyers: 52 tackles, 14 tackles for loss
Isaiah Foskey: 49 tackles, 24 tackles for loss
Jaylon Smith: 47 tackles, 11 tackles for loss
Isaac Yiadom: 42 tackles, 4 tackles for loss
Jonathan Abram: 41 tackles, 3 tackles for loss
Payton Turner: 27 tackles, 13 tackles for loss
Bryan Bresee: 25 tackles, 5 tackles for loss
Cameron Jordan: 23 tackles, 15 tackles for loss
Lonnie Johnson Jr: 19 tackles
Christian Kirksey: 11 tackles, 1 tackle for loss
Ugo Amadi: 8 tackles
Nephi Sewell: 6 tackles
Nathan Shepherd: 6 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Zack Baun: 5 tackles
JT Gray: 1 tackle
Summary: 21 Saints recorded a tackle this season with 15 of them making a tackle for loss in the backfield as well.
Sacks and Turnovers
Isaiah Foskey: 9.5 sacks
John Franklin-Meyers: 8 sacks
Cameron Jordan: 5 sacks
Payton Turner: 4.5 sacks, 1 fumble recovery
Isaac Yiadom: 3.5 sacks, 5 interceptions
Demario Davis: 3 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovery
Bryan Bresee: 3 sacks
Pete Werner: 2.5 sacks, 1 interception
Jaylon Smith: 1.5 sacks
Nathan Shepherd: 1.5 sacks
Caden Sterns: 1 sack, 2 interceptions
Jonathan Abram: 1 sack, 1 forced fumble
Tyrann Mathieu: 0.5 sacks, 8 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles
Paulson Adebo: 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovery
Alontae Taylor: 8 interceptions
Lonnie Johnson Jr: 1 interception, 2 forced fumbles
Summary: 13 Saints were able to be apart of sacking the quarterback while 8 different players picked off opposing teams and 6 players being part of plays containing fumbles either forcing or recovering.
Best Stats
9 players rushing the ball isn’t that high, but 5 of them getting a touchdown is impressive
13 players catching the ball is great, especially when 10 caught a touchdown
15 players recording a tackle for loss makes me feel great about the defensive scheme and being able to plug and play
13 defenders getting to the quarterback feels like a monumentally high number and I love that
8 defenders picking off a pass seems great also as interceptions happened all over
