Saints Vs. Rams: Shocker In St. Louis As Rams Top Saints For First Win

St. Louis got its first win of the season in this one, and moves to 1-6 for 2011; the Saints suffered their third loss, and fell to 5-3.

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That was Brees’ second interception of the day. Those turnovers proved to be costly for the Saints. The Rams offense scored on the drive after the first Brees pick. Stewart’s interception gave them 14 points on turnovers.

The New Orleans Saints scored their first points against the St. Louis Rams on a third quarter fumble recovery. Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins sacked St. Louis quarterback A.J. Feeley at the one-yard line. It forced a Feeley fumble that linebacker Jonathan Vilma recovered for an easy six points.

St. Louis has 250 total yards of offense so far.

It has been a rough first half for Darren Sproles and the New Orleans Saints. Down 17-0 to the St. Louis Rams at the half, Sproles has lost one yard on two carries. This against a Rams defense that allowed DeMarco Murray of the Cowboys to rush for 253 yards last week, a franchise record.

Sproles had 289 rushing yards and 329 receiving yards on the season with 2 touchdowns on the ground and in the air. Sproles was averaging 41 yards rushing and 47 yards receiving per game. Sproles rushing yards were up nearly 30 yards per game from last season.

St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson is off to a solid start as his team improbably leads the New Orleans Saints by a score of 17-0 at the half. Jackson scored the Rams’ first touchdown, and he has 69 yards on 13 carries so far. He also has two receptions for 22 yards.

Jackson had 290 rushing yards and 51 receiving yards on the season with 2 touchdowns on the ground and 1 touchdown in the air. Jackson was averaging 58 yards rushing and 10 yards receiving per game. Jackson rushing yards is down nearly 20 yards per game from last season.

Quinn blocked a second quarter punt that gave the Rams the ball at the New Orleans 15-yard line. Here is the video of Quinn’s blocked punt.

The Rams picked off Brees late in the second quarter. They scored a touchdown on the ensuing drive, giving them a 17-0 lead.

Even if Bradford were playing, the Rams passing offense has been dreadful this season. The transition to Josh McDaniels offense hasn’t gone smoothly at all. The addition of wide receiver Brandon Lloyd should help with Bradford comes back, but there is still a lot of work to do.

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Game Date/Time: Sunday, October 30th; 1:00pm ET

Location: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO

This might be going a bit overboard, but if you have both Thomas and Sproles and are short a running back this weekend, you might actually want to start both running backs against the Rams. That is not exactly a common move, but there are occasionally matchups where it makes sense. This is one such matchup.

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