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Brees Leads 2nd-Half Comeback To Beat Buccaneers 28-14
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston (3) leaps to throw a pass over New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan (94) during the first half.
Winston Gets In Heated Exchange With Teammate Ryan Jensen
JAMEIS WINSTON
Tensions were running high on the Tampa Bay Bucca- neers sideline as star quarter- back Jameis Winston went off on center Ryan Jensen during the second quarter of Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints.
The altercation came after Jensen was called for an un- necessary roughness penalty. He also received a penalty for holding earlier on the same possession.
Winston was caught on camera yelling at Jensen, who was sitting on the bench. Jensen then stood up and starting yelling back until teammates had to separate the two, though it's not clear what was said.
Saquon Barkley Sets Giants' Rookie Record Against Redskins
SAQUON BARKLEY Drafting Saquon Barkley
No. 2 overall over a quarter- back is paying off quite well for the New York Giants.
Already through Week 14, Barkley has set a new fran- chise record for the G-Men by total touchdowns by a rookie.
The touchdown to break the record was an incredible 78-yard scamper against the Washington Redskins. Well, more like trot, to the end zone as he went untouched in the second quarter. The closest anyone was to the running back was when he lined up at the line of scrimmage.
Ex-NFL Star Linebacker
The New Orleans Saints are a long way from where they want to be.
For now, though, repeat- ing as NFC South champions for the first time in franchise history feels pretty good.
"Goal No. 1 was to win the division again and we were able to do that," Drew Brees said Sunday after throwing for one touchdown and run- ning for another to help the Saints rally from an 11-point halftime deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28- 14.
"I like the way we won this game. We didn't play well in the first half and (faced) a big deficit," Brees added. "We were able to come together with all sides making plays in that second half. I think that was the epitome of a great team win."
Music blared in the win- ning locker room.
There's still a lot of work ahead for the Saints (10-2), however clinching any divi- sion title — much less with three weeks remaining in the regular season — is an accom- plishment worth celebrating.
"This is what guys look forward to. This is fun," said Brees, who shrugged off a pair of turnovers to throw a 1-yard TD pass to Zach Line, then scored on a 1-yard sneak as the Saints avenged a season- opening loss to the Bucs (5-8) and also rebounded from a defeat the previous week at Dallas.
"This is the stuff you re- member, especially road games — you know, road locker rooms, bus rides, back on the plane. Those moments together," Brees added. "It's hard to win in this league, it's hard to win on the road. We're going to enjoy these
moments and continue to build on 'em."
New Orleans' defense did its part after allowing two first-half TDs, too, sacking Jameis Winston four times and limiting the NFL's No. 1- ranked offense to 81 yards in the second half — most of that on the final drive of the game
"We got dominated in the second half," said Bucs coach Dirk Koetter, whose team won a high-scoring shootout 48-40 at New Orleans in Week 1. "We haven't been shut down like that in a long time."
Brees completed 24 of 31 passes for 201 yards and one interception. Michael Thomas had 11 receptions for 98 yards, giving him 298 catches since entering the league in 2016 — surpassing Odell Beckham, Jr. and Jarvis Landry, both with 288, for the most by a player in his first three seasons in NFL history.
A week after being held to a season-low 176 yards total offense in a 13-10 loss to Dal- las that ended a 10-game win- ning streak, the Saints started slowly again.
Winston threw a pair of TD passes to Cameron Brate, the latter a 1-yarder set up by Adarius Taylor's interception to put the Bucs up 14-3 at halftime. The fourth-year pro also threw an 11-yarder to Brate on the opening drive of the game.
The game turned in the third quarter when Brees weathered losing a fumble at his own 27 and later took ad- vantage of the Saints blocking apunttosetuphisTDpassto Line, along with Alvin Ka- mara's 2-point conversion that trimmed Tampa Bay's lead to 14-11.
Former two-time All-Pro linebacker Isiah “Butch” Robertson, who helped lead the Los Angeles Rams to six straight NFC West titles in the 1970s, has died at age 69 after a limousine he was driving skidded on a rain-slicked curve on a dark, rural East Texas highway and was hit by two other vehicles.
Robertson, of Garland, Texas, was driving the limo on Texas Route 198 about 50 miles southeast of Dallas at the time of the crash, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. The limousine Robertson was driving en- tered the curve at an unsafe speed for the rainy conditions.
It veered off the road and skidded sideways before com- ing to a stop partially on the road. A pickup truck following behind knocked the limo into the southbound lane where it was slammed by an oncoming car.
Earlier in the evening, Robertson was at the Grand Prairie High School to give a speech at a banquet for the football team, the Los Angeles
ISIAH ROBERTSON
Times reported. He was taken to UT Health-Athens, where he died. The truck driver was treated for minor injuries and discharged. The other car driver was unhurt. The crash was being investigated.
Robertson was drafted by the Rams from Southern University in the first round of the 1971 NFL draft. He re- mained with the team through 1978 before playing for the Buffalo Bills from 1979 to 1982. He was named his first- team All-Pro in 1973 and 1976 and was chosen for the Pro Bowl in his rookie 1971 season, as well as 1973-77. The Rams had success when Robertson was on the team, winning six straight NFC West titles from 1973 to 1978.
Isiah Robertson Killed
In Car Crash In Texas
Kyler Murray Becomes
Second Straight Oklahoma
QB To Win Heisman Trophy
All throughout his her- alded junior football season at Oklahoma, two-sport star Kyler Murray opined on the myriad ways lessons learned on the baseball dia- mond had paid off for him.
But it was what the grid- iron taught him on June 2, 2016, that sent him on a colli- sion course toward his crowning achievement in Times Square on Saturday night. Two years ago, Mur- ray's patience, trust and faith were all tested.
This weekend, they were rewarded.
In what could be his final season playing college foot- ball, Murray on Saturday was named the country's top player, honored with the Heisman Trophy. After throwing for more than 4,000 yards and 40 touch- downs this season, he beat out fellow quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa of Alabama and Dwayne Haskins of Ohio
KYLER MURRAY
State.
Murray is the seventh
player to win the Heisman in Oklahoma history, tying the Sooners with Notre Dame and Ohio State for the most winners by a school.
"This is crazy. This is an honor. Something that I'll never forget, something I'll always treasure for the rest of my life," Murray said during a speech in which he praised his family, teammates, coaches, trainers and nutri- tional staff for helping him accomplish the feat.
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