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simmytbone · 12-02-2014, 12:40 PM

Hey guys,

On a Very Special Note, with a HUGE WIN over the Saints last week Monday Night on ESPN Monday Night Football, November of 2014 will be remembered as the month the Harbaugh Brothers have outcoached and embarrassed Sean Payton and the Saints in the Superdome in New Orleans during a span of 3 weeks

Jim Harbaugh's San Francisco 49ers def. the Saints in OT and 2 weeks later, the Ravens come off their Bye Week to def. the Saints thanks to a Pick Six from Raven's Will Hill

Here are the stories:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gametra...20141109_SF@NO

Kaepernick, 49ers beat Saints in OT thriller 27-24
By BRETT MARTEL | AP Sports Writer
Nov. 9, 2014

NEW ORLEANS (AP) A reprieve for mercurial quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Redemption for indomitable linebacker Ahmad Brooks.

Kaepernick completed a 51-yard pass on fourth down to sustain a tying drive in the final minutes of regulation, Brooks sacked and stripped Drew Brees in overtime, and Phil Dawson kicked a 35-yard field goal to cap San Francisco's stirring 27-24 victory over New Orleans on Sunday.

The victory snapped a two-game skid for the Niners (5-4) and marked the first home loss for the Saints (4-5) in more than a season.

''It was paramount for us to come out with a win,'' San Francisco left tackle Joe Staley said. ''You don't like to say must-win, but it was a must-win game. We looked at that game as a playoff game, and we had that mindset coming in.''

New Orleans had won 11 straight in the Superdome - 20 straight at home in games coached by Sean Payton, who was suspended in 2012. It looked like that streak would continue after New Orleans erased an 11-point halftime deficit and took a lead on Brees' 2-yard scoring pass to Jimmy Graham with 1:52 left.

Even after the Niners tied it on Dawson's 45-yard field goal with 44 seconds left, the Saints nearly won on the final play of regulation. Brees heaved a long toss that Graham, who played college basketball, leaped up and caught in the end zone - but the star tight end was called for pass interference after appearing to shove defensive back Perrish Cox to the turf.

''Definitely not a push off. I'm running down the field and I'm telling myself not to push off. Whatever you do, don't push off. Just go up and get it,'' Graham said. ''It's interesting, you know, how guys grab me everywhere on the field and I put literally two fingers on somebody and you make that kind of call. That's why I switched. That's why I left basketball, so I could stop being penalized for hitting people.''

Brooks' decisive blow on his sack of Brees had to feel like poetic justice to the Niners' defensive stalwart. His unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on a vicious sack and strip in the Superdome a year ago allowed the Saints to pull out a late comeback victory.

This time, Brooks' play set up Dawson's winning kick with 5:14 remaining in overtime.

''God smiled down on me today,'' Brooks said. ''I was rushing and turning the corner thinking, `Dang, is he going to throw the ball yet?' But he didn't, and I was able to make the play.''

Brees wanted to throw over the middle to Travaris Cadet, but the running back had tripped, so Brees waited and re-cocked his arm as Cadet got up.

''It's a game of inches and split seconds, and they got it out just before my arm was coming forward,'' Brees said.

New Orleans' defense, which sacked Kaepernick four times, dominated nearly the entire second half, allowing the Saints to come back. All New Orleans needed was a stop on fourth-and-10 to close the deal.

Kaepernick rolled right to buy time, spotted Michael Crabtree deep down field and unloaded his game-saving pass to the Saints' 27.

Crabtree ''was about the third or fourth guy I looked at when I was scrambling,'' Kaepernick said. ''I wasn't expecting it, but I'm happy it happened that way.''

Brees was intercepted twice, the second time by Chris Culliver late in the first half on a pass intended for Graham, who was at the Niners' goal line but had three defenders around him. The squandered scoring chance drew boos.

''I can't turn the ball over at the rate that I'm turning it over and I certainly can't turn it over in the situations that I'm turning it over,'' said Brees, who's thrown 10 interceptions. ''I would have booed myself on that one.''

Brees also passed for three scores, and began the Saints' second-half comeback spectacularly, spinning away from blitzers Michael Wilhoite and Eric Reid before finding Graham for an 11-yard TD. Brees later marched New Orleans 80 yards in 12 plays, hitting Marques Colston for a fourth-down conversion before punishing a Niners blitz with a quick 2-yard TD pass to Graham.

Kaepernick finished 14 of 32 for 210 yards. Anquan Boldin had six catches for 95 yards, including a touchdown. Frank Gore scored on a 4-yard run set up by Antoine Bethea's interception.

Brees finished 28 of 47 for 292 yards, including 10 connections with Graham for 76 yards and a 31-yard TD to rookie Brandin Cooks.

NOTES: San Francisco nose tackle Ian Williams left the game with an injured leg and receiver Bruce Ellington left with an ankle injury. ... Saints cornerback Keenan Lewis was carted off in the first half, then returned in the third quarter, after the Saints had said he would not return. ... Saints safety Vinnie Sunseri left with an arm injury and running back Edwin Baker left with a concussion that occurred on a special teams play.

Meanwhile....

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gametra...0141124_BAL@NO

Forsett leads Ravens past Saints, 34-27
By BRETT MARTEL | AP Sports Writer
Nov. 25, 2014

NEW ORLEANS (AP) With a stutter step and shoulder fake to his right, Baltimore Ravens running back Justin Forsett seemed to throw New Orleans' defense off balance for a moment.

That was all he needed to burst through a hole to his left and sprint 20 yards untouched for a game-sealing touchdown.

''The offensive line did a great job of making those lanes open for me,'' Forsett said. ''I just tried to seize the moment.''

Forsett rushed for a career-high 182 yards and two touchdowns, and Baltimore beat New Orleans 34-27 on Monday night to hand the Saints their third consecutive loss.

Will Hill had a 44-yard interception return for a go-ahead score in the third quarter. Steve Smith caught four passes for 89 yards, including a 15-yard touchdown, and the Ravens (7-4) stayed within a half-game of AFC North leader Cincinnati (7-3-1).

Forsett, whose 5.4 yards per carry coming into the game led all NFL running backs, averaged 8.3 yards per rush. His first scoring run went for 13 yards in the second quarter.

''Justin - awesome job, obviously, all year. The work he's putting in, the results he's getting and what he's doing for this team was huge,'' said Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, who passed for 243 yards and a touchdown. ''He's not letting the guy tackle him in the hole with his arms or anything like that. He's breaking those little things.''

Drew Brees passed for 420 yards and three touchdowns for New Orleans (4-7), which remained tied for first in its anemic division with Atlanta, a loser against Cleveland a day earlier. Now, the Saints and Falcons have the dubious distinction of being the first teams in NFL history to occupy first place in a division while three games under .500.

''We've got to make sure we've got enough thick skin and be able to have the mental and physical toughness to bounce back and get ready to play next week, because we're playing obviously an important game,'' said coach Sean Payton, whose club visits Pittsburgh on Sunday.

Jimmy Graham had two TD catches for the Saints, who had won 14 straight home night games.

Brees was sacked four times, and his pivotal interception came as he threw under pressure from Terrell Suggs. The pass was behind Graham, allowing Hill to snag it with nothing but open field in front of him. The play broke a 17-all tie, and New Orleans never recovered.

''I'd seen Brees in trouble. He's going to look for his No. 1 guy when he's under that duress,'' Hill said. ''As soon as he threw the ball, I'd seen that it was a little bit behind him, so I took that opportunity and ran with it.''

By the end of the game, the chants of ''Who-Dat,'' for which Saints fans are known were replaced by the opening riff to the White Stripes song, ''Seven Nation Army,'' which Ravens fans also sang in the Superdome after their 2013 Super Bowl triumph over San Francisco.

The Saints carried a 17-14 lead into halftime on Brees' 26-yard scoring pass to Marques Colston, who brought it in while leaping between two defensive backs.

Smith, a Saints nemesis during 13 seasons in Carolina, gave New Orleans fits again. His first-down catch in the third quarter precipitated a scuffle for which Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro was assessed a personal foul.

''He tried to tackle me. I tried to stiff-arm him to the ground,'' Smith said. ''He threw a punch so I kind of went after him after that.''

Baltimore's Elvis Dumervil had two sacks, and Suggs and C.J. Mosley each had one.

Brees' first scoring pass went for 10 yards to Graham. Brees also hit Graham for a 2-yard score with 40 seconds left, but an ensuing onside kick failed.

The Saints were in position to take an early lead after Joe Morgan's 67-yard run on an end around. It took defensive back Lardarius Webb's horse-collar tackle at the 2 to prevent Morgan from scoring.

The play gave New Orleans first-and-goal on the 1, but the Ravens stopped two runs by Mark Ingram and a scramble by Brees before stuffing Ingram again on fourth-and-goal.

Forsett then broke loose for a 38-yard gain to start a drive that culminated with Smith's touchdown catch as he crashed down backward at the left edge of the end zone.

That gave Smith 11 career touchdown catches against New Orleans, more than he has against any other team.

NOTES: Baltimore improved to 4-0 against the NFC South. ... Saints NT Brodrick Bunley left in the first quarter with a right leg injury. ... Morgan had a 62-yard catch, giving him 60-plus-yard gains the only two times he touched the ball. ... Baltimore finished with 215 yards rushing.

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Well guys, it comes to show you, when it comes to the Saints, they CAN be beat @ home

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simmytbone Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,513	November 2014; The Harbaugh Brothers OUTCOACHED Sean Payton Hey guys, On a Very Special Note, with a HUGE WIN over the Saints last week Monday Night on ESPN Monday Night Football, November of 2014 will be remembered as the month the Harbaugh Brothers have outcoached and embarrassed Sean Payton and the Saints in the Superdome in New Orleans during a span of 3 weeks Jim Harbaugh's San Francisco 49ers def. the Saints in OT and 2 weeks later, the Ravens come off their Bye Week to def. the Saints thanks to a Pick Six from Raven's Will Hill Here are the stories: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gametra...20141109_SF@NO Kaepernick, 49ers beat Saints in OT thriller 27-24 By BRETT MARTEL \| AP Sports Writer Nov. 9, 2014 NEW ORLEANS (AP) A reprieve for mercurial quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Redemption for indomitable linebacker Ahmad Brooks. Kaepernick completed a 51-yard pass on fourth down to sustain a tying drive in the final minutes of regulation, Brooks sacked and stripped Drew Brees in overtime, and Phil Dawson kicked a 35-yard field goal to cap San Francisco's stirring 27-24 victory over New Orleans on Sunday. The victory snapped a two-game skid for the Niners (5-4) and marked the first home loss for the Saints (4-5) in more than a season. ''It was paramount for us to come out with a win,'' San Francisco left tackle Joe Staley said. ''You don't like to say must-win, but it was a must-win game. We looked at that game as a playoff game, and we had that mindset coming in.'' New Orleans had won 11 straight in the Superdome - 20 straight at home in games coached by Sean Payton, who was suspended in 2012. It looked like that streak would continue after New Orleans erased an 11-point halftime deficit and took a lead on Brees' 2-yard scoring pass to Jimmy Graham with 1:52 left. Even after the Niners tied it on Dawson's 45-yard field goal with 44 seconds left, the Saints nearly won on the final play of regulation. Brees heaved a long toss that Graham, who played college basketball, leaped up and caught in the end zone - but the star tight end was called for pass interference after appearing to shove defensive back Perrish Cox to the turf. ''Definitely not a push off. I'm running down the field and I'm telling myself not to push off. Whatever you do, don't push off. Just go up and get it,'' Graham said. ''It's interesting, you know, how guys grab me everywhere on the field and I put literally two fingers on somebody and you make that kind of call. That's why I switched. That's why I left basketball, so I could stop being penalized for hitting people.'' Brooks' decisive blow on his sack of Brees had to feel like poetic justice to the Niners' defensive stalwart. His unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on a vicious sack and strip in the Superdome a year ago allowed the Saints to pull out a late comeback victory. This time, Brooks' play set up Dawson's winning kick with 5:14 remaining in overtime. ''God smiled down on me today,'' Brooks said. ''I was rushing and turning the corner thinking, `Dang, is he going to throw the ball yet?' But he didn't, and I was able to make the play.'' Brees wanted to throw over the middle to Travaris Cadet, but the running back had tripped, so Brees waited and re-cocked his arm as Cadet got up. ''It's a game of inches and split seconds, and they got it out just before my arm was coming forward,'' Brees said. New Orleans' defense, which sacked Kaepernick four times, dominated nearly the entire second half, allowing the Saints to come back. All New Orleans needed was a stop on fourth-and-10 to close the deal. Kaepernick rolled right to buy time, spotted Michael Crabtree deep down field and unloaded his game-saving pass to the Saints' 27. Crabtree ''was about the third or fourth guy I looked at when I was scrambling,'' Kaepernick said. ''I wasn't expecting it, but I'm happy it happened that way.'' Brees was intercepted twice, the second time by Chris Culliver late in the first half on a pass intended for Graham, who was at the Niners' goal line but had three defenders around him. The squandered scoring chance drew boos. ''I can't turn the ball over at the rate that I'm turning it over and I certainly can't turn it over in the situations that I'm turning it over,'' said Brees, who's thrown 10 interceptions. ''I would have booed myself on that one.'' Brees also passed for three scores, and began the Saints' second-half comeback spectacularly, spinning away from blitzers Michael Wilhoite and Eric Reid before finding Graham for an 11-yard TD. Brees later marched New Orleans 80 yards in 12 plays, hitting Marques Colston for a fourth-down conversion before punishing a Niners blitz with a quick 2-yard TD pass to Graham. Kaepernick finished 14 of 32 for 210 yards. Anquan Boldin had six catches for 95 yards, including a touchdown. Frank Gore scored on a 4-yard run set up by Antoine Bethea's interception. Brees finished 28 of 47 for 292 yards, including 10 connections with Graham for 76 yards and a 31-yard TD to rookie Brandin Cooks. NOTES: San Francisco nose tackle Ian Williams left the game with an injured leg and receiver Bruce Ellington left with an ankle injury. ... Saints cornerback Keenan Lewis was carted off in the first half, then returned in the third quarter, after the Saints had said he would not return. ... Saints safety Vinnie Sunseri left with an arm injury and running back Edwin Baker left with a concussion that occurred on a special teams play. Meanwhile.... http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gametra...0141124_BAL@NO Forsett leads Ravens past Saints, 34-27 By BRETT MARTEL \| AP Sports Writer Nov. 25, 2014 NEW ORLEANS (AP) With a stutter step and shoulder fake to his right, Baltimore Ravens running back Justin Forsett seemed to throw New Orleans' defense off balance for a moment. That was all he needed to burst through a hole to his left and sprint 20 yards untouched for a game-sealing touchdown. ''The offensive line did a great job of making those lanes open for me,'' Forsett said. ''I just tried to seize the moment.'' Forsett rushed for a career-high 182 yards and two touchdowns, and Baltimore beat New Orleans 34-27 on Monday night to hand the Saints their third consecutive loss. Will Hill had a 44-yard interception return for a go-ahead score in the third quarter. Steve Smith caught four passes for 89 yards, including a 15-yard touchdown, and the Ravens (7-4) stayed within a half-game of AFC North leader Cincinnati (7-3-1). Forsett, whose 5.4 yards per carry coming into the game led all NFL running backs, averaged 8.3 yards per rush. His first scoring run went for 13 yards in the second quarter. ''Justin - awesome job, obviously, all year. The work he's putting in, the results he's getting and what he's doing for this team was huge,'' said Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, who passed for 243 yards and a touchdown. ''He's not letting the guy tackle him in the hole with his arms or anything like that. He's breaking those little things.'' Drew Brees passed for 420 yards and three touchdowns for New Orleans (4-7), which remained tied for first in its anemic division with Atlanta, a loser against Cleveland a day earlier. Now, the Saints and Falcons have the dubious distinction of being the first teams in NFL history to occupy first place in a division while three games under .500. ''We've got to make sure we've got enough thick skin and be able to have the mental and physical toughness to bounce back and get ready to play next week, because we're playing obviously an important game,'' said coach Sean Payton, whose club visits Pittsburgh on Sunday. Jimmy Graham had two TD catches for the Saints, who had won 14 straight home night games. Brees was sacked four times, and his pivotal interception came as he threw under pressure from Terrell Suggs. The pass was behind Graham, allowing Hill to snag it with nothing but open field in front of him. The play broke a 17-all tie, and New Orleans never recovered. ''I'd seen Brees in trouble. He's going to look for his No. 1 guy when he's under that duress,'' Hill said. ''As soon as he threw the ball, I'd seen that it was a little bit behind him, so I took that opportunity and ran with it.'' By the end of the game, the chants of ''Who-Dat,'' for which Saints fans are known were replaced by the opening riff to the White Stripes song, ''Seven Nation Army,'' which Ravens fans also sang in the Superdome after their 2013 Super Bowl triumph over San Francisco. The Saints carried a 17-14 lead into halftime on Brees' 26-yard scoring pass to Marques Colston, who brought it in while leaping between two defensive backs. Smith, a Saints nemesis during 13 seasons in Carolina, gave New Orleans fits again. His first-down catch in the third quarter precipitated a scuffle for which Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro was assessed a personal foul. ''He tried to tackle me. I tried to stiff-arm him to the ground,'' Smith said. ''He threw a punch so I kind of went after him after that.'' Baltimore's Elvis Dumervil had two sacks, and Suggs and C.J. Mosley each had one. Brees' first scoring pass went for 10 yards to Graham. Brees also hit Graham for a 2-yard score with 40 seconds left, but an ensuing onside kick failed. The Saints were in position to take an early lead after Joe Morgan's 67-yard run on an end around. It took defensive back Lardarius Webb's horse-collar tackle at the 2 to prevent Morgan from scoring. The play gave New Orleans first-and-goal on the 1, but the Ravens stopped two runs by Mark Ingram and a scramble by Brees before stuffing Ingram again on fourth-and-goal. Forsett then broke loose for a 38-yard gain to start a drive that culminated with Smith's touchdown catch as he crashed down backward at the left edge of the end zone. That gave Smith 11 career touchdown catches against New Orleans, more than he has against any other team. NOTES: Baltimore improved to 4-0 against the NFC South. ... Saints NT Brodrick Bunley left in the first quarter with a right leg injury. ... Morgan had a 62-yard catch, giving him 60-plus-yard gains the only two times he touched the ball. ... Baltimore finished with 215 yards rushing. *credit: cbssports.com* http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/201411...0/49ers@saints http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/201411.../ravens@saints Well guys, it comes to show you, when it comes to the Saints, they CAN be beat @ home
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