The Saints throw the X's 51-14 out of the Bengals

Winners of seven consecutive games, the New Orleans Saints (8-1) were looking to consolidate their lead in the NFC South to two full games against the Carolina Panthers (6-3) during their visit to the Cincinnati Bengals (5-4) in a NFC vs AFC clash at Paul Brown Stadium Sunday afternoon.

Here's how the game went:

1st half

The Bengals won the draw and postponed to the second half. The Saints, as they usually do this season, have had a 15-game long run covering 75 yards to score a touchdown on a pass from Drew Brees to Michael Thomas. New Orleans would lead 7-0, with just over 6 minutes in the first quarter.

The Bengals would not give in and orchestrate their own 75-yard touchdown, limited by a pass from Andy Dalton to John Ross, who equaled seven.

On their next possession, the Saints were once again scouring 75 yards, blocking their shot with a screen pass from Drew Brees to Mark Ingram for a 28-yard touchdown, giving New Orleans the lead. advantage to return to 14-7. On that touchdown pass, Drew Brees tied Brett Favre for the second time in all-time NFL touchdown passes.

At the next Cincinnati training, the Saints' defense would tilt his neck and force the Bengals to play for the first time in the game.

On their next trip, the Saints, stranded on their 10-yard line, easily enter the Bengal territory, thanks to Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram. Once again, displaying incredible efficiency, the Saints parade on a pitch of 90 yards for a touchdown, this time under the impulse of Alvin Kamara, to take a 21-7 lead with a little more five minutes to go in the first half.

In the next possession, the Saints would hold the game to three goals and more for the Bengals for the first time in the match, then take over with a superb field position at their own 40-yard line. New Orleans would then make another run down the field for their second touchdown of the game, giving the Saints a 28-7 lead.

The next possession would be unbelievable, as the Bengals would arrive in Saints' territory, but Marcus Williams would take a deep pass from Marcus Williams who, instead of settling, brought the interception back to 78 yards on the 17-yard Bengals line. . At the next play, Brees would find Michael Thomas for a touchdown with just two seconds to go. The saints went into the locker room with a 35-7. After the first half, Drew Brees was now second in the all-time NFL all-time touchdown rankings just behind Peyton Manning.

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2nd half

Cincinnati started the half with the ball, after deferring the shot on goal, but the Saints defense would resume where she stopped in the first half, placing the Bengals at one goal and three for one goal. saw Cam Jordan get his first bag of the match.

The Saints' attack would once again be almost irreversible, leading to the field, while being content with a 29-yard goal by kicker Wil Lutz, extending the lead to 38-7.

At the next possession of the Bengals, the Saints would bow, but a bag of Andy Dalton by linebacker Alex Anzalone on 3 and 4 in the Saints' territory and an incomplete pass that would then have allowed the Saints to find the ball with a good position on the ground.

New Orleans would do it on the ground this time, on a command triggered by a 33-meter Mark Ingram running on Bengal territory. The Saints would conclude with a touchdown at 4th and a goal scored on the one-yard line from Cincy, and Drew Brees' Fleur-de-Saut's patent for a touchdown, giving the Saints an almost insurmountable lead of 45. at 7.

The next possession of Cincinnati would be no better than the previous, Sheldon Rankins sacking Andy Dalton in second place and forcing the Bengals to beat the needle after an incomplete pass to the third and 17th.

The Saints, who were trying to flow into the clock, were now almost exclusively running the ball, bringing substitute halfback Dwayne Washington to spell Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara. New Orleans would roll on the territory of the Bengals and settle for another goal, this time 42 meters by the highly effective Wil Lutz. Note that until this point in the game, the Saints still have not dropped out. In fact, Thomas Morstead entered the game with 19 shots, the least in the NFL this season. The advance of the saints was now 48-7.

While the Bengals were trying to save the face, Andy Dalton would be eliminated for the second time of the match, on a pass led by backup cornerback Chris Banjo and intercepted by Eli Apple, his first interception as a Saint. Apple returns to the Bengals' 28-yard line, and Teddy Bridgewater, entering the match for Drew Brees, will lead a short trip ending with a Wil Lutz goal on a 421-yard shot, extending the lead Saints at 51-7.

On the next record, in what had become a glorified pre-season quarter with plenty of saves in the game, the Bengals were going for 75 yards, punctuating their training with a Jeff Driskel rushing into the end zone for a touchdown.

Leading 51-14, the Saints would simply run the ball to clear the clock, while Dwayne Washington would get all the representatives and lead the Saints to Bengal territory.

Eventually, the Saints knelt down, concluding the deal with a 51-14 Cincy rout on the road.

The Saints won their 8th consecutive game, improving to 8-1 while keeping the Who Dat train running.

Let the good times roll!

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Here is a quarterly timeline of the game:

1st trimester

• The Bengals win the draw and are postponed to the second half
• Saints take over at their 25-yard line
• The saints enter the territory of the Bengals and in the red zone

• Drew Brees finds Michael Thomas for a touchdown

• NO: 7 – CIN: 0
• Bengals take over at 25-yard line
• The Bengals enter the territory of the Saints in three rooms
• The Bengals enter the red zone

• Andy Dalton finds John Ross for a touchdown

• N °: 7 – CIN: 7
• Saints take over at their 25-yard line
• Brees Finds Mark Ingram for a 27-yard pass in the Bengals
• The saints lead to the end of the neighborhood

2nd quarter

• Drew Brees finds Mark Ingram for 28-yard touchdown

• N °: 14 – CIN: 7
• The Bengals give the kickoff to their 35-yard line
• On a piece of Joe Mixon, the Bengals enter the territory of the Saints
• Bengals stall and punt, pinning the saints
• Saints take over at their 10-yard line
• The saints enter the Bengals territory thanks to a good race by Mark Ingram
• The saints enter the red zone

• Alvin Kamara rushes into the end zone for a 4-yard touchdown

• NO: 21 – CIN: 7
• Bengals take over at 25-yard line
• Saints dismiss Andy Dalton 3rd and 6th place, Cincinnati pass 3
• Saints take over at their 40-yard line
• The Sanits enter the Bengals territory on a meter run by Zach Line
• The saints drive while the warning of two minutes strikes
• The saints enter the red zone

• Alvin Kamara rushes into the end zone for a touchdown

• N °: 28 – CIN: 7
• The Bengals return the kickoff to their 20-yard line
• The Bengals lead on the side of the saints

• Marcus Williams catches Andy Dalton and sends him back to Cincy's 17-yard line

• Brees finds Michael Thomas for a touchdown with two seconds to go
• N °: 35 – CIN: 7

3rd quarter

• The Bengals start with the ball at their 27-yard line
• The saints hold the Bengals to three and fold Cincy
• Saints take over at their 30-yard line
• Brees Finds Keith Kirkwood for 42-yard Pass Through Bengals Territory
• Saints stall on 3 and 1 in the red zone

• Wil Lutz converts 29-yard placement

• NO: 38 – CIN: 7
• Bengals take over at 24-yard line
• Cincinnati enters the territory of the Saints in two games

• Alex Anzalone fires Andy Dalton on 3 and 4

• 4 and 13, Dalton's pass to John Ross falls incomplete
• The Saints take over at their own 38-yard line
• Mark Ingram ran 33 yards on the Bengals territory
• The saints enter the red zone of games in progress
• On goal and goal 4, Drew Brees dives into the end zone for a touchdown
• N °: 45 – CIN: 7
• The Bengals take over at their 25-yard line, but go to three
• Saints take over at their 40-yard line after punt
• Running, the saints arrive on the territory of the Bengals at the end of the neighborhood

4th quarter

• The saints throw the ball on the territory of the Bengals

• Dwayne Washington enters the match at the running

• Saints stall at the 20-yard line of the Bengals

• Wil Lutz scores 42 yards

• N °: 48 – CIN: 7
• Bengals take control of 25-yard line after touchdown
• Cincinnati enters the Saints' territory
• Eli Apple chooses Dalton for a pass by Chris Banjo
• Apple returns to the Bengals 28-yard line

• Teddy Bridgewater enters the game for Drew Brees

• Saints clinching the ball and Wil Lutz completes 41-yard placement
• NO: 51 – CIN: 7
• Bengals take over at 25-yard line

• Jeff Driskel is now at the quarterback for Cincy

• Driskel rushes into the end zone for a touchdown

• NO: 51 – CIN: 14
• Saints take over at their 25-yard line

• Dwayne Washington enters the Bengals territory on a 20-yard run

• The saints have the ball in the Bengals territory after a two-minute warning
• The saints kneel and descend the Bengals 51-14 on the road
• Saints Win! Saints Win!
• NO: 51 – CIN: 14