The Saints completely destroyed the Raiders at the Black Hole on Saturday Night.  Drew Brees was incredible completing 14 of 17 passes for 179 yards with 2 TD passes.  Mark Brunell looked pretty awful in this game following Brees as he completed 4 of 13 passes for 86 yards with 2 interceptions.  Joey Harrington finished up the game in solid form completing 4 of 6 passes for 46 yards with 1 TD pass.  RB Lynell Hamilton led the way on the ground for the Saints in this game with 95 yards rushing on 16 carries (5.9 ypc).  He also added 2 catches for 16 yards (8.0 avg) on Saturday.  Undrafted rookie RB P.J. Hill had another outstanding game with 83 yards rushing on 12 carries (6.9 ypc) with 2 TD runs.  WR Robert Meachem only caught 1 pass in this game but it went for 71 yards.  Devery Henderson was also outstanding in this game with 3 catches for 69 yards (23.0 avg) with 1 TD.  Lance Moore was busy too in this game catching 4 passes for 29 yards (7.3 avg) with a TD.  The Saints controlled the clock for a stunning 39:27 of this game rolling up 536 total yards on offense (232 rushing, 304 passing). 

The defense was led by LBs Troy Evans (5 tackles, sack) and Marvin Mitchell (5 tackles).  The Raiders finished up with only 289 total yards on offense (52 rushing, 237 passing) as they were dominated in all three phases of this game by the Saints.

The Saints simply dominated this football game from the opening kick until the final whistle.  Drew Brees started this game and he was 9 of 14 for 87 yards with 1 TD pass.  Mark Brunell followed Brees and he was razor sharp completing 5 of 6 passes for 96 yards.  Joey Harrington finished up this game by completing 8 of 15 passes for 69 yards.  RB Mike Bell was outstanding in this game as he rushed for 100 yards on only 10 carries (10.0 ypc).  One of Bell’s carries went for a 46-yard TD run.  Undrafted rookie RB P.J. Hill pitched in with 8 carries for 26 yards (3.3 ypc) with a TD.  WRs Adrian Arrington (3 rec, 77 yards) and Marques Colston (6 rec, 66 yards) led the way in the passing game for the Saints in this game.  The Saints finished up with 420 total yards on offense (173 rushing, 247 passing) in this game.

CBs Tracy Porter (7 tackles) and Randall Gay (5 tackles, interception) led the way for the Saints on defense in this game.  The Texans finished up with 325 yards of total offense in this game (70 rushing, 255 passing) but a lot of the passing yards came in garbage time.  The special teams also made a mark in this game for the Saints as WR Rod Harper returned a punt 79 yards for a TD.

The Saints have lost linebacker Mark Simoneau for the season due to a torn triceps muscle.  The 32-year old Simoneau played in all 16 games for the Saints last season making 70 tackles, defensing 1 pass and sacking the opposing QB twice.  Simoneau has played two seasons for the Saints appearing in all 32 games and he has made 131 tackles, defensed 2 passes, has 3 sacks and 1 interception.  The Saints will miss Simoneau as he is a tough player.

The Saints have signed 25-year old TE Martrez Milner to a 1-year deal.  Milner did not play in any games last season in the NFL.  Milner did played in 8 games as a rookie for the Falcons in 2007 in which he caught 9 passes for 50 yards (5.6 avg).  Milner will likely be far down on the depth chart if he even makes the team.

The Saints have signed 45-year old kicker John Carney.  Carney played in 15 games for the Giants last season and he nailed 35 of 38 field goals (92.1%) and all 38 of his extra points.  Carney has now played in 289 games in his NFL career and he has made 460 of 557 field goals (82.6%).  He also has connected on 575 of 583 extra points (98.6%) in his NFL career.  Carney has scored 1,955 points (6.8 per game) in his NFL career.  Look for the Saints to likely only keep Carney around until Garrett Hartley’s suspension is over.