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Minnesota vs. New Orleans

(2-2) Record (1-3)
26.8 PPG 20.3
288 Total Off 280
75 Rush Off 74
213 Pass Off 206
261 Total Def 253
37 Rush Def 85
224 Pass Def 168
-4 Turn Diff -13
L 14-27 Last Week W 34-31 (OT)
 Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints

Offense Offense
Total Yards: 1,635 (13th NFL) Total Yards: 1,843 (5th NFL)
Total Offense: 1,153 (9th NFL) Total Offense: 1,118 (15th NFL)
Passing Yards: 853 Passing Yards: 824
Rushing Yards: 300 Rushing Yards: 294
PPG: 26.7 (6th NFL) PPG: 20.2 (23rd NFL)
Passing TD's: 5 Passing TD's: 6
Rushing TD's: 8 Rushing TD's: 3
Sacks Allowed: 14 (31st NFL) Sacks Allowed: 7 (13th NFL)
3rd Down %: 44% 3rd Down %: 41%
4th Down Conv: 8/9 4th Down Conv: 8/9
INT's Thrown: 10 (31st NFL) INT's Thrown: 15 (32nd NFL)
Fumbles Lost: 3 Fumbles Lost: 3

Defense Defense
Total Yards: 1,043 (14th NFL) Total Yards: 1,012 (13th NFL)
Passing Yards: 895 Passing Yards: 673
Rushing Yards: 148 Rushing Yards: 339
PPG Allowed: 20.5 (14th NFL) PPG Allowed: 25.8 (29th NFL)
Sacks: 3 Sacks: 1
Fumbles Rec: 4 Fumbles Rec: 1
INT's: 5 INT's: 4

Turnover Diff: -4 Turnover Diff: -13* (32nd NFL)

* next worse is -4 by several teams

 PASSING
TEAM POS NAME RATING YARDS TD INT SACK COMP % YDS/ATT
MIN QB E. Manning 65.6 811 4 8 14 60% 7.8
NO QB P. Rivers 64.6 898 6 15 7 62% 7.8
MIN QB B. Leftwich 71.3 150 1 2 0 66% 8.5

RUSHING
TEAM POS NAME YARDS ATT TD FUM AVG
NO HB M. Jones-Drew 286 53 3 2 5.3
MIN FB G. Jones 156 38 2 0 4.1
MIN HB W. Parker 94 34 2 0 2.7
MIN QB E. Manning 49 13 4 1 3.7
NO QB P. Rivers 7 7 0 2 1.0

RECEIVING
TEAM POS NAME REC YARDS TD DRP AVG
MIN TE C. Cooley 20 253 1 0 12.6
MIN HB W. Parker 19 321 3 2 16.8
NO TE G. Olsen 17 202 1 2 11.8
NO WR A. Boldin 13 188 1 3 14.4
NO HB M. Jones-Drew 13 181 3 2 13.9
NO WR D. Thomas 11 173 1 1 15.7
MIN TE D. Walker 9 105 0 0 11.6
MIN WR D. Branch 6 69 0 1 11.5
NO WR M. Jones 6 62 0 1 10.3
NO WR J. Reed 6 43 0 0 7.1
MIN WR L. Sweed 5 64 0 0 12.8
MIN WR T. Houshmand. 4 35 0 1 8.7

DEFENSE
TEAM POS NAME TACK SACK TFL INT FF FREC TD
MIN FS R. Nelson 27 0 0 1 1 0 0
MIN MLB B. Urlacher 25 2 5 1 1 0 0
NO SS C. Horton 25 0 5 1 0 1 0
NO MLB D. Harris 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
NO RE T. Cole 18 0 2 0 0 0 0
NO CB D. Hall 17 0 0 2 0 0 1
NO CB C. Finnegan 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN CB M. Lehan 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN ROLB T. Suggs 14 0 2 1 0 0 1
MIN LOLB L. Johnson 14 0 3 0 1 0 0
NO LE J. Taylor 13 1 2 0 0 0 0
MIN DT S. Rogers 12 1 3 0 0 1 0

NOTES:
- QB's Manning and Rivers are currently ranked 30th and 31st in passer rating in the NFL, respectively.
- Rivers is dead last with 15 interceptions thrown, while Manning is ranked 31st with 14 sacks taken.
- Also, their 62% and 60% completion percentages rank 29th and 30th among NFL passers.
- HB Jones-Drew's 5.3 yds/carry is 5th in the NFL and highest among all users.