Posts Tagged ‘marques colston’

Saints Get Ready to Take on Seahawks in NFC Wildcard Showdown

Even if you weren’t able to make the trip up to Seattle to watch the Saints take on the Seahawks in person, you know that today is going to be filled with challenges for the defending Superbowl champs.  Of course all eyes are on the weather up there and the news is well–wintry.  The forecast [...]

Can the Saints Get Healthy In Time for Playoffs? Ivory Placed On IR

Just when you thought things were going so well healthwise for the Saints, who just a few games ago saw their injury list  down to only three players, the unthinkable happens.  Going into the game against the Buccaneers Sunday, New Orleans did so without the skill of Marques Colston, Pierre Thomas, Jeremy Shockey, David Thomas, Anthony Hargrove, or [...]

Saints Ground Falcons 17-14: Clinch Playoff Berth

The Saints played for their proverbial lives tonight.  Offensively, they played very well, but defensively they were spectacular. When no one but themselves and their fans gave them a snowball’s chance in hades of winning this game, they marched into the Georgia Dome and took care of business. The game started off rather uneventfully for [...]

Colston Quietly Approaching 1K On the Season

You don’t hear a lot about him on ESPN or the NFL Network.  Nor will you likely see him featured as one of Deion Sanders’  weekly “Primetime” highlights.  But I can guarantee you that if you ask any member of Who Dat Nation, they can tell you exactly who Marques Colston is and just how valuable [...]

Saints Trample Rams 31-13

The Saints started this game like they had something to prove.  They executed their opening possession almost effortlessly, marching 72 yards in 13 plays for the score from Drew Brees to Marques Colston.  That was the first of two touchdowns for Colston in the game.  In that most impressive drive, Payton used a mix of passes and runs [...]

Whew Dat! Saints Edge Bengals 34-30

In a game that Sean Payton predicted could very well go down to the wire, it was a gutsy call by him that ultimately led to the game winning touchdown. It wasn’t as though the Saints hadn’t prepared for this game because it was obvious that they had. The cold weather didn’t seem to affect [...]

Saints Gobble Up Cowboys 30-27

From the feel of this game, nobody would’ve guessed that the Cowboys were all but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs prior to this game. The matchup has been one of the most anticipated for the Saints and their fans since the schedule was released. Ever since Dallas handed New Orleans their first loss to ruin their [...]

The Saints Trounce All Over the Panthers 34-3

The New Orleans Saints came out like they had something to prove, particularly against a very tough division rival that has always been a thorn in their sides. After winning the toss and subsequently electing to receive to start the first half, the Saints came out smoking. Julius Jones busted out the gate and picked up [...]