APThe New Orleans Saints chased a 13-3 regular season with an 0-4 start. They snapped out of it in Week Five with a win over the Chargers, and New Orleans has now won four out of five.
So when was the actual turning point for the team? All-Pro tight end Jimmy Graham believes it happened in Week Six.
“I think it was Tampa game,” Graham told Erik Kuselias of Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network. “Going up to Tampa Bay and having players like Malcolm Jenkins, one of our captains, run the receiver down and stop him on the one-yard line and then for our defense to step up and get a stop and get a turnover there. Plays like that, those are the things that have helped us to turn this thing around.”
The fact that Graham, who had a sprained ankle at the time, wasn’t even in the state of Florida when that game happened demonstrates its importance.
This weekend, they’ll try to push their record to .500 via a trip to Oakland. The Saints need it, because the schedule gets a lot more difficult the rest of the way.
As for the rest of the interview, I’ll post it as soon as we get the code from Stamford, Connecticut.
UPDATE 9:04 p.m. ET: And here it is.
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GEAUX SAINTS! WHO DAT!!!! it ain’t over until it’s over!
Don’t let y’all’s foot off the gas, boys. WHO DAT!!!
relax jimmy boy your still 4-5 and primed for an upset to bring u back to earth ahahaha
The tampa game? Man they shouldn’t have even won that honestly. Tampa got robbed on that final TD.
The D is allowed to push a player out of bounds, but the player can’t come back in after being pushed? Come on now.
Dat dem bounty guys
Apparently that dreadful defense didn’t get the memo
Goodell did everything he could to keep the Saints from playing in the Super Bowl in their home stadium. How epic it would be for them to still do that after starting 0-4. Overcoming major adversity to become the champs again, just as before. I wouldn’t bet against Drew & crew from pulling it off.
By turning point he means getting blown out by Denver Broncos.
ninerswilldominatelikebefore says: Nov 16, 2012 8:03 PM
relax jimmy boy your still 4-5 and primed for an upset to bring u back to earth ahahaha
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chatter… next week the pundits will say youre still only 5-5
All these Saints fans are forgetting they have the worst defense of the last decade.
wow he kinda looks like harry conick jr in the film copycat on that video clip. creepy
Not when the QB is out of the pocket. You’re a genius iceshocker.
You don’t need a turning point you need a defense that wont surrender 30 points a game.
Vitt is back from suspension. The bounties are flowing again and the Saints’ defense is starting to look like it had a clue.
Coincidence?
Is it a coincidence that is the week after Sean Payton showed up in the stadium for Brees’ record breaking game?