Week 9 Saints vs. Buccaneers: Live GameDay Blog and Thread

Week 9: New Orleans Saints vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Live GameDay Blog and Thread.

Week 9: New Orleans Saints vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Live GameDay Blog and Thread.

Saints News Network Pre-Game Show with Kyle T. Mosley, John Hendrix and Brendan Boylan.

Saints News Network's Beat Reporter John Hendrix will be reporting from the Raymond James Stadium. His Twitter handle is @johnjhendrix.

Saints Inactives

• CB Ken Crawley 
• OL Derrick Kelly 
• RB Ty Montgomery

Buccaneers Inactives

• QB Ryan Griffin 
• WR Justin Watson 
• RB Ke'Shawn Vaughn 
• G Ali Marpet 
• DL Khalil Davis

Pre-Game Huddle

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— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) November 9, 2020

Score

Saints win the toss and elect to defer to the second half.

Bucs Ball

• Drive Start: Tampa Bay 25 (15:00 1st Quarter)
• Three and Out
• Pinion punts to Harris. Out of Bounds.

Saints Ball

• Drive Start: New Orleans 35 (14:05 1st Quarter)
• Brees to Thomas 8-yards. 1st Down.
• Brees to Josh Hill 11-yards. 1st Down.
• 3rd and 2: Taysom Hill to Cook 19-yards. 1st Down.
• Saints in Red-Zone.
• 3rd and 10: Brees to Smith 14-yard TOUCHDOWN. (Lutz XP is GOOD)
• 9 plays, 65-yards, 4:32
• Saints: 7 - Bucs: 0

Bucs Ball

• Drive Start: Tampa Bay 25 (9:34 1st Quarter)
• Three and Out
• Pinion punts to Harris. Return of-7 yards.

Saints Ball

• Drive Start: New Orleans 34 (7:44 1st Quarter)
• Brees to Harris 40-yards. 1st Down.
• 3rd and 4: Brees to Murray gain of 4-yards. Short of line to gain.
• 4th and inches: Burton runs middle gain of 1-yard. 1st Down. (Bucs Challenge, Unsuccessful.)  
• Saints in Red-Zone.
• Brees to Cook for 11-yards to Tampa Bay 2-yard line. FUMBLE. Recovered by Bucs.

Bucs Ball

• Drive Start: Tampa Bay 2 (3:36 1st Quarter)
• Three and Out.
• Pinion Punts to Harris. Return of 8-yards.

Saints Ball

• Drive Start: Tampa Bay 35 (2:38 1st Quarter)
• Kamara runs right 17-yards. 1st Down.
• Kamara runs right 2-yards. 1st Down.
• Brees to Trautman 7-yards TOUCHDOWN (Lutz XP is GOOD)
• 5 plays, 35 yards, 1:58
• Saints: 14 - Bucs: 0

END OF 1st QUARTER

Bucs Ball

• Drive Start: Tampa Bay 18 (14:55 2nd Quarter)
• Three and Out.
• Pinion Punts to Harris. Return of 15-yards.

Saints Ball

• Drive Start: Midfield (14:07 2nd Quarter)
• Brees to Hill 21-yards. 1st Down.
• Taysom Hill scrambles for 23-yards. 1st Down
• Saints in Red-Zone
• Brees to Sanders 12-yards TOUCHDOWN (Lutz XP is GOOD)
• 5 plays, 50 yards, 2:23
• Saints: 21 - Bucs: 0

Bucs Ball

• Drive Start: Tampa Bay 23 (11:44 2nd Quarter)
• Brady to Johnson 10-yards. 1st Down.
• Brady's pass deflected and INTERCEPTED by David Onyemata.

Saints Ball

• Drive Start: Tampa Bay 27 (10:57 2nd Quarter)
• 3rd and 5: Brees to Sanders 10-yards. 1st Down.
• Saints in Red-Zone
• Taysom Hill runs right 12-yards. 1st Down.
• Kamara runs left 1-yard. TOUCHDOWN (Lutz XP is GOOD)
• 5 plays, 27 yards, 2:12
• Saints: 28 - Bucs: 0

Bucs Ball

• Drive Start: Tampa Bay 25 (8:45 2nd Quarter)
• Brady to Godwin 20-yards. 1st Down.
• 3rd and 3: Brady to Brown 6-yards. 1st Down.
• 3rd and 6: Brady to Godwin INCOMPLETE
• 4th and 6: Brady to Gronkowski INCOMPLETE. Turnover on Downs.

Saints Ball

• Drive Start: New Orleans 38 (4:57 2nd Quarter)
• Kamara runs left 11-yards. 1st Down.
• Brees to Thomas 20-yards. 1st Down.
• Brees to Sanders 12-yards. 1st Down.
• Two-Minute Warning
• 3rd and 7: Brees to Cook incomplete.
• Wil Lutz 36-yard FG is GOOD
• 8 plays, 44 yards, 3:08
• Saints: 31 - Bucs: 0

Bucs Ball

• Drive Start: Tampa Bay 25 (1:49 2nd Quarter)
• Brady to Brown 11-yards. 1st Down.
• Brady to Evans 22 yards. 1st Down.
• Brady throws deep INTERCEPTED by Marcus Williams.

Saints Ball

• Drive Start: New Orleans 15 (0:57 2nd Quarter)
• Brees Kneels

HALFTIME - Saints: 31 - Bucs: 0

Saints Ball

• Drive Start: New Orleans 25 (15:00 3rd Quarter)
• Murray runs right. 10-yards. 1st Down.
• 3rd and 6: Brees SACKED and FUMBLES. Recovered by Buccaneers.

Bucs Ball

• Drive Start: New Orleans 21 (11:47 3rd Quarter)
• Brady to Evans 11-yards. 1st Down.
• Brady to Gronkowski. Incomplete. PENALTY Pass Interference Defense. Penalty occurred in End Zone Ball placed at 1
• 3rd and Goal: Brady to Gronkowski. Incomplete.
• 4th and Goal: Brady to Evans Incomplete. Turnover on Downs.

Saints Ball

• Drive Start: New Orleans 1 (9:32 3rd Quarter)
• Brees to Thomas 10-yards. 1st Down.
• Murray runs left 17-yards. 1st Down.
• 3rd and 17: Brees to Kamara. Short of line to gain.
• Morstead Punts to Mickens returned for 1 yard.

Bucs Ball

• Drive Start: Tampa Bay 19 (4:46 3rd Quarter)
• Brady to Brown 15-yards. 1st Down. 
• Injury Timeout (Saints DB Lattimore)
• Brady to Miller. 10-yards. 1st Down.
• Brady SACKED by Hendrickson and Jordan. 
• Brady SACKED by Hendrickson.
• 3rd Down and 23: Brady to Evans. Short of line to gain.
• 4th and 7: Brady INTERCEPTED by Malcolm Jenkins

Saints Ball

• Drive Start: New Orleans 30 (0:57 3rd Quarter)

End of 3rd Quarter

• Drive Cont. Taysom Hill to Trautman 29-yards. 1st Down.
• 3rd and 1: PENALTY Offside Defense. 1st Down.
• 2nd and 10: PENALTY Offside Defense.
• 3rd and 1: Taysom Hill runs right. 1st Down.
• 2nd and Goal: Brees to Josh Hill. TOUCHDOWN (Lutz XP is GOOD)
• 10 plays, 70 yards, 6:50
• Saints: 38 - Bucs: 0

Bucs Ball

• Drive Start: Tampa Bay 25 (9:07 4th Quarter)
• Brady to Evans 13-yards. 1st Down.
• PENALTY: ROUGHING THE PASSER. 1st Down.
• Brady to Fournette. 1st Down.
• PENALTY: INTENTIONAL GROUNDING
• Brady SACKED by Brown.
• 3rd and 34: Brady to Godwin. Short of line to gain.
• Succop 48-yard FG is GOOD
• 7 plays, 45 yards, 3:15
• Saints: 38 - Bucs: 3

Saints Ball

• Drive Start: New Orleans 40 (5:52 4th Quarter)
• Winston to Burton 12-yards. 1st Down.
• PENALTY: Offside Defense.
• 3rd and 4: Murray Runs middle. 1st Down.
• Two-Minute Warning.
• Winston Kneels

Bucs Ball

• Gabbert Kneels

END OF GAME - Saints: 38 - Bucs: 3