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Saturday 10 November 2018
Here comes Who Dey vs. Who Dat. Say what?

By BARRY WILNER Bay (3-5)
Here comes Who Dey vs. The Redskins were routed at
Who Dat. home by Atlanta last week-
Say what? end and lost three key play-
The Who Dat folks from New ers, including both starting
Orleans go head-on with guards. Adrian Peterson
the Who Dey fans in Cincin- has three consecutive 100-
nati on Sunday. And don't yard rushing games against
ask which group first came Tampa Bay, including last
up with its catchy phrase year with the Cardinals.
and odd rendering of the Can he find room to roam
English language. behind a makeshift offen-
"Who Dey? I don't under- sive line?
stand. I'm baffled," says Tampa sure can pass and
Saints running back Mark sure can score, but it of-
Ingram. "It's like, did they ten falls so far behind that
copy us? Or not? I don't it can't catch up. The Bucs
know. Who Dat! Who Dat! have been outscored 103-
Who Dat! ..." 27 in the first half of Ryan
What anyone might ask is Fitzpatrick's past three
whether the Saints (7-1), starts, all losses.
coming off three huge vic- Still, Fitzpatrick has three
tories, including handing games with four or more TD
the Rams their first loss, are passes, the most in the NFC
ripe for a letdown. Drew this season, and has been
Brees and company face much better than erstwhile
Philadelphia next week. In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, file photo, New Orleans Saints fans react after an NFL football game starter Jameis Winston.
"They're going to be hungry against the Los Angeles Rams in New Orleans. New England (7-2) at Ten-
coming off the bye week," Associated Press nessee (4-4)
Ingram says of the Bengals. Here we go again: New
"They have playoff aspira- "They go as Brees goes," TD with no more than one be visiting. Arizona has the England is on a roll as Tom
tions. They have aspirations Dunlap adds. "We've got interception in 21 straight NFL's worst offense and Brady makes everyone
of winning their division. So to find a way to slow down games, tied with Matt Ryan ranks 31st in pass defense. around him better.
every game is important that future Hall of Famer." for the longest streak in NFL All the Chiefs do, with Pat- The Patriots have won six
to them just like it is to us. The weekend began Thurs- history. He has a new target rick Mahomes, Kareem straight (seven in a row
So we're going up there day night with Pittsburgh's in Golden Tate. The wide- Hunt, Travis Kelce and overall against Tennessee).
in foreign territory, hostile 52-21 home victory over out was obtained from De- Tyreek Hill, is score, score Brady will play in his 300th
territory, and we've got to Carolina. Ben Roethlisberg- troit, for which he had eight and score some more. game, including postsea-
go make it happen. We're er threw for 328 yards and catches for 132 yards and But Cardinals star receiver son, and will join Brett Favre
a good team. We respect five touchdowns to help two TDs vs. the Cowboys on Larry Fitzgerald could make (326) as the only NFL quar-
them but we're always wor- the Steelers (6-2-1) win their Sept. 30. some history. Fitzgerald terbacks to appear in 300
ried about this building, this fifth straight. The Panthers Seattle (4-4) at Los Angeles needs 33 yards receiving to games. Brady needs three
team, what we need to do (6-3) had won three in a Rams (8-1) pass Terrell Owens (15,934) TD passes to tie Peyton
to put ourselves in position row. Coming off their first de- for second in NFL history. Manning (579) for the most
to have success." Off this week are Minne- feat, the Rams will remem- Fitz needs 14 receptions to in NFL history, also including
It might be difficult for New sota (5-3-1), Denver (3-6), ber they struggled to win pass Jerry Rice (San Fran- playoffs.
Orleans to find a way to Baltimore (4-5) and Hous- 33-31 at Seattle last month. cisco, 1,281) for the NFL Tennessee comes off a
lose this one, though. In ton (6-3). A victory would give LA a record for receptions with solid victory at Dallas and
the past three games, the Dallas (3-5) at Philadelphia 4½-game edge in the NFC one team. coach Mike Vrabel had
Bengals (5-3) have given (4-4) West and pretty much shut Detroit (3-5) at Chicago (5- his biggest playing days in
up 481 yards to Pittsburgh, For the Cowboys to stay it down. 3) New England, where he
then 551 to Kansas City and real in the NFC East, they Both teams boast potent A very lopsided series re- won three titles.
576 to Tampa Bay. need a quick reversal of ground games, with the big cently in favor of Detroit, "We've just gotten ourselves
Granted, those are three fortune. With four of those star being LA's Todd Gur- which has won nine of 10. to the surface where there's
of the NFL's top attacks. five losses coming on the ley. The Rams are No. 1 in Indeed, Chicago hasn't a little bit of air, a little bit of
The Saints are up there, road, a visit to the Linc isn't the NFL with Gurley at 868 won an NFC North game in water," Vrabel says. "You're
too, so if Cincinnati gives all that enticing. yards rushing; he also has its past 10 attempts. kind of taking a little bit of
up 500 yards Sunday, it will These teams meet on "Sun- 12 TD runs; he has scored But the Lions allowed 10 both in and you can't sur-
become the first team to day Night Football" for the in 12 consecutive games, sacks — yes, 10 — to Min- vive there for long. But you
allow 500 in three consecu- 10th consecutive season the longest regular-season nesota last week, and Chi- can survive there for a few
tive games. and 12th time overall. Dal- streak in team history. cago has an even better minutes. And so we got to
"We're underachieving las must find a passing The Seahawks are tops in defense than the Vikings. make the next decision to
right now," defensive end game somewhere, and rushing since Week 3 with The Bears also are decently see if we can get our heads
Carlos Dunlap admits. spring Ezekiel Elliott for 159.8 yards per game after balanced and rank fifth completely above water."
"We're playing well enough some big plays, but the concentrating more on the in scoring. Still, their call- Atlanta (4-4) at Cleveland
to win some games, which blocking unit has declined ground game following an ing card is on D, and they (2-6-1)
is why we're 5-3. If we work significantly. 0-2 start. scored twice that way Injuries seemed to ruin the
on the negatives, we can The defending Super Bowl Arizona (2-6) at Kansas City against Buffalo: Eddie Jack- Falcons' season, yet here
be that elite defense and champion Eagles are 17-5 (8-1) son's 65-yard fumble recov- they are at .500 and with six
that elite team." at home under coach Doug The Cardinals are 0-4-1 at ery and Leonard Floyd's 19- games upcoming against
Right now, the eliteness is in Pederson. Carson Wentz Kansas City, and this isn't yard interception return. teams currently owning los-
the Big Easy has thrown at least one exactly the best time to Washington (5-3) at Tampa ing records. q