New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons Game Highlights | NFL 2023 Week 12
LAS VEGAS AND THEY HAVE TO LEARN WHAT HE LIKES. >> Joe: OFF PLAY-ACTION ON FIRST DOWN, HE’S GIVEN TIME. TIGHT COVERAGE, AND THEN OLAVE COMES FREE, AND HE’S GOT IT! CHRIS OLAVE IS IN THE OPEN FIELD, STAYS ON HIS FEET. ALL THE WAY TO THE 34. THERE IS A FLAG BACK AROUND THE THIRD DOWN AND FOUR. IT’S A TOSS FOR KAMARA WITH A BLOCKER IN FRONT, ALVIN KAMARA RAN INTO HIS OWN MAN, STAYED ON HIS FEET AND INSIDE THE 10. THE LOCAL PRODUCT OUT OF TIGHT. >> Joe: ON THIRD AND GOAL, FADES ONE INCOMPLETE. MISCOMMUNICATION
WITH THE ROOKIE PERRY. AND THIS DRIVE ENDS WITH A BIT BLAKE GRUPE, WON THE STARTING JOB. WILL POUND THIS ONE THROUGH. AND THE SAINTS ARE ON THE BOARD FIRST TRYING TO HANG ON TO FIRST PLACE IN THE SOUTH. THE FALCONS BACK ON OFFENSE AFTER THIS. A BREAK HERE AND GET A RESET. >> Joe: SECOND AND FIVE. IT IS ROBINSON AGAIN TO THE LEFT SIDE. MAKES THE CUT, GETS THE FIRST DOWN. BIJAN ROBINSON, WHO THEY THINK IS FRESH AND READY FOR THE FINAL HAVE HIM BE TIRED AND BEAT UP AT THE END OF THE SEASON WHEN
YOU NEED HIM MOST. >> Joe: HE GOES OUT. HERE IS RIDDER OFF PLAY-ACTION ZINGING ONE DOWN THE FIELD FOR LONDON. DRAKE LONDON HAS HIS FIRST
TO THE UNICORN. STEPPED DOWN. THIRD AND THREE. PICKED OFF! JESSE BATES! HE’S GOT A SHOT. BATES TO MIDFIELD, TO THE 40, TO THE 30, TO THE 20, NO QUESTION! PICK SIX! NO FLAGS. NONE HAS MADE A BIGGER IMPACT THAN NUMBER THREE. >> Daryl: THE PLAY IS DEVELOPING. HE IS GONE LIKE A SHOT. YOU HAVE A LOT OF CROSSING ROUTES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND YOU WONDER IF DEREK CARR LOST HIM. HE READ THAT AND WAS JUMPING THAT ROUTE. TO KNOW WHAT LONEW ORLEANS LIKE IN THE RED ZONE. >> Joe: SIXTH YEAR MAN OUT
OF WAKE FOREST. HAD FIVE EXCELLENT SEASONS IN CINCINNATI AND SIGNED A FOUR-YEAR DEAL WITH THESE FALCONS. THERE’S THE PRODUCTION. 5-5 RIGHT NOW. >> Joe: TAYSOM HILL IS BACK THERE. HE RUNS A QUARTERBACK DRAW AND CRASHES AHEAD FOR EIGHT MORE. >> Daryl: I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT SAINTS TRAIL THIS GAME, 7-3. THIRD AND SEVEN. HERE THEY COME AGAIN, INCOMPLETE. JESSE BATES, WHO HAS THE PICK SIX, CAME ON THE BLITZ. YOU HAD A.J. TERRELL AND A. TEMPET. PERRY ONE-ON-ONE. >> Joe: THE TRY FROM 52, AND HE GOT IT! A LITTLE MAN WITH A BIG LEG. MORE THAN
1,000 YARDS. HASN’T CARRIED IT YET TODAY. RIDDER OVER THE MIDDLE HAS DRAKE LONDON AGAIN. KEEP ROBINSON FRESH. >> Daryl: KEEP ROBINSON FROESH. ROBINSON IS THE GUY YOU PUT OUT IN SPACE. >> Joe: THIS IS GIVING THE SAINTS PROBLEMS, RUNNING QUARTERBACKS. AND RIDDER CAN PROVIDE THAT. THE SAINTS BRINGING PRESSURE. RIDDER STEPS INTO IT AND HAS PITTS, KYLE PITTS. FIRST DOWN ON HIS FIRST CATCH. THERE’S ONE OF THOSE WEAPONS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS OFFENSE. ON THE EIGHTH PLAY, RIDDER HAS SOME ROOM. HE TAKES OFF. HE’S INSIDE THE 15 FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
DESMOND RIDDER, SECOND BIG RUN ON THIS DRIVE. >> Daryl: WE TALKED ABOUT THE THE FIELD. ON SECOND AND SIX, ROBINSON. BIJAN ROBINSON, HEAD OF STEAM, AND A TOUCHDOWN! KALEB McGARY PAVES THE WAY OVER THAT RIGHT SIDE AND THE ROOKIE IS IN THE END ZONE. >> Daryl: WHEN YOU CROSS BLOCK THE ATTACK. THIS IS COMING OFF THE BALL, EVERYBODY BRINGING THAT TO THE BACK SIDE AND JUST LOOK AT THE HOLE THEY CREATE. MATTHEW BERGERON, SEALING THE BACK SIDE. >> Joe: DESMOND RIDDER. STOP FUNDAMENTAL THINGS IN THE RUN GAME. >> Joe: EVERYBODY OUT NEAR THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE. THEY RUSH JUST FOUR. CARR SIDELINED, FIRST DOWN, OLAVE. BIG PLAY RIGHT THERE. THAT WILL BE A HUGE RUN. >> Joe: NO GAIN. CARR UNDERNEATH FOR OLAVE. CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. THROUGH SOME INJURY ISSUES. >> Joe: LYNN BOWDEN COMES IN. CARR BEATS IT TO A WIDE OPEN OLAVE. TRYING TO PUT THE SAINTS RECEIVING GROUP ON HIS SHOULDERS HAMSTRING. >> Joe: THE BIGGEST REASON HE WENT UNDRAFTED WAS KNEE ISSUES. CARR TO THE SIDELINE. OLAVE AGAIN. AND THEY HAVE SOMETHING GOING HERE. ADDING TO THIS MONSTER FIRST HALF. >> Daryl: ATLANTA IS TRYING TO BALL. HE PROBABLY
HAS A GOOD CASE HE WAS IMPEDED. ON THIRD DOWN AND NINE, THE FALCONS HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVE ON THIRD DOWN TODAY. THEY DIDN’T BRING ANYBODY HERE. THE THROW IS INCOMPLETE. LOOKING FOR JOHNSON. THEY ONCE AGAIN HAVE TO SETTLE THIS FIRST HALF. AND HE HAS HIS THIRD MAKE OF THE DAY. 3:54 LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF IN PLAYS ON THE LAST DRIVE FOR DESMOND RIDDER. >> Joe: BACK TO WORK FROM THE 25. FAKE TO ROBINSON. RIDDER IN TROUBLE, KEEPS IT ALIVE. USING HIS LEGS TO EXTEND THE PLAY, AND HE HAS A FIRST DOWN TO VAN JEFFERSON. HE’S
PLAYING THE RIGHT END POSITION. >> Joe: PATTERSON. CORDARRELLE PATTERSON SNEAKS THROUGH. FIRST DOWN TO MIDFIELD. TO MAKE THE PLAY. >> Joe: IN YOUNGHOE KOO’S RANGE. IT’S A DRAW AND IT’S PATTERSON STRAIGHT AHEAD CROSSING FOR A FIRST DOWN. CORDARRELLE PATTERSON ON THIRD AND EIGHT SHOT OUT OF A CANNON FOR A FIRST DOWN. DOWN FROM THE 20. THROWS OVER ALONTAE TAYLOR. HE’S FEELING IT. >> Daryl: HERE HE COMES. THEN RIGHT BACK INSIDE. >> Joe: TWO TIME-OUTS LEFT FOR THE FALCONS. THEY CHOOSE NOT TO USE ONE HERE. FIRST DOWN, RIDDER THROWS AN INCEPTION! IT’S TYRANN MATHIEU. GIFT WRAPPED.
AND THE TURNOVER ISSUES SHOW UP AT THE WORST TIME. FLAG FLIES AFTER THE PLAY. BOTH QUARTERBACKS, AN OFF TO A GOOD START. THE OFFENSE HAS NOT HAD IT BUT THE DEFENSE COMES UP WITH A BIG PLAY AND KEEPS THIS A FIVE-POINT GAME. THE FIRST HALF STATS ARE BROUGHT >> Joe: WE START THE SECOND HALF. DESMOND RIDDER BACK IN THE STARTING BE JOB. BACK TO THROW. HE HAS KYLE PITTS. FIRST DOWN FOR ATLANTA. >> Daryl: NICE JOB AFTER THE PICKS. KYLE PITTS’ SECOND GRAB OF THE DAY. AND HERE COMES BIJAN ROBINSON. ROBINSON TURNS THE CORNER! LOOK
OUT! GOT TRIPPED UP. MARCUS MAYE MAY HAVE SAVED A LOOKS LIKE FACING PRESSURE. THE SAINTS BRINGING SOME. RIDDER HAD IT TIPPED AND INCOMPLETE. THAT HUNG IN THE AIR FOR ANOTHER SPLIT SECOND. CARR TRYING TO HURRY HIM UP. THE FALCONS RUSH JUST FOUR THIS TIME. CARR STEPS UP AND RUNS FOR A FIRST DOWN, AND THEN THE BALL IS KNOCKED OUT! IT RUNS RIGHT TO A.T. PERRY. >> Daryl: GREAT HUSTLE BY DAVID THEY’RE DOWN THEIR TOP THREE RECEIVERS. CARR LETS IT RIP. JUWAN JOHNSON CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. HE HAS ENOUGH. WITH NO RECEIVERS LEFT, HE FINDS
HIS TIGHT END AND THE DRIVE HE ALWAYS FINDS HIS WAY BACK TO HIS RESPONSIBILITY. >> Joe: ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS AT COLORADO. HE HAS KAMARA. SLIPPED AWAY FROM KADEN ELLISS AND TOOK IT INTO FALCONS’ TERRITORY. FIND THE END ZONE FOR THE FIRST TIME. A FAKE TO KAMARA. BOWDEN WITH A BLOCK FROM MOREAU, ALMOST SLIPPED FREE. JESSE BATES SAVED A TOUCHDOWN. CARR STEPS INTO IT AND HAS KAMARA. SLIPPED THROUGH A COUPLE OF DEFENDERS. GOT INSIDE THE 20. LANDMAN AND BATES TO COMBINE ON >> Joe: SECOND AND 15. CARR IS SACKED BY EBIKETIE! ARNOLD EBIKETIE MAKES
IT FOURTH DOWN. THEM TODAY, HAS HIT ALL THREE. TRIES THIS ONE FROM 45. AND HE’S HIT ALL FOUR. HE’S GOT THE SAINTS WITHIN TWO. KEEPING THEM BREATHING IN THIS KEY MATCHUP. DEFLECTION. >> Joe: ON SECOND AND TEN, HERE COMES ROBINSON. BIJAN ROBINSON HAS A CONVOY FOR A FIRST DOWN. PAULSON IADEBO PUSHES HIM OUT >> Joe: THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE GAME THEY HAVE HAD A STORY LIKE THAT, LOST LATTIMORE AND MICHAEL THOMAS. RIDDER LOOKING DEEP. LETS IT FLY AND IT’S PICKED! THE SECOND OF THE DAY FOR MATHIEU! TYRANN MATHIEU, BACK TO THE 47. THE SECOND DESMOND RIDDER
INTERCEPTION OF THE AFTERNOON, AND THE SAINTS DOWN TWO, HAVE >> Joe: DESMOND RIDDER STARTING TO LIVE THE SAME NIGHTMARE. TWO INTERCEPTIONS TODAY. TAYSOM HILL OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE DRIVE, CUTS IT UPFIELD, LOWERS THE SHOULDER AND GETS 20. BACK TO THE INTERCEPTION. >> Daryl: VAN JEFFERSON IS FALCONS HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE. THE STAAINTS LOOKING FOR THE LE. ALVIN KAMARA, FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 20. KAMARA HAS 17. HIS OFFENSIVE LINE. DOWN TWO, IT’S HILL ON THE DRAW. IT’S LOOSE. WHO’S GOT IT? FALCONS’ FOOTBALL! >> Daryl: GUESS WHO PUNCHES IT DEFENSE.
ALLGEIER STAYS IN. HE’S GOT IT AGAIN. >> Daryl: HE IS A STEP AWAY. YOU CAN’T THROWN THE BACK SHOULDER. >> Joe: CORDARRELLE PATTERSON. LONDON FOR 13. IT. THIRD DOWN AND FIVE HERE. TO LONDON. DRAKE LONDON ALL THE WAY TO THE 25. >> Daryl: IF YOU’RE AN OFFENSE WHILE TRYING TO WIN GAMES AND GET TO THE PLAYOFFS. >> Joe: BACK TO THROW UNDER PRESSURE, HE HAS ROBINSON! TOUCHDOWN, ATLANTA! >> Joe: ONCE AGAIN THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PRESSURE LOOK. >> Daryl: THIS IS JUST A HECK OF A THROW BY DESMOND RIDDER, AND YOU CAN SEE HE
HAS DEMARIO DAVIS OUTLEVERAGED. CAN THE BLITZ GET HOME BEFORE THE QUARTERBACK CAN MAKE THE THROW? BUT THAT’S ANOTHER ONE THAT ELEMENT IN THE PASSING GAME FOR HIM. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. >> Joe: THE HANDOFF TO LYNN BOWDEN. HE HAS GOOD SPEED. AND BOWDEN WITH AN INCREASED ROLE BECAUSE OF THE INJURIES, TAKES IT ACROSS MIDFIELD ON THIS SWEET PLAY. HE GETS 28 YARDS. >> Daryl: WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE SAINTS HAVE NOT FOUND THE END ZONE TODAY. SCORING FOUR FIELD GOALS. A SCREEN FOR KAMARA. ALVIN KAMARA, INSIDE THE 30. KEEPS ON GOING TO THE 25.
HE GOT 16. >> Daryl: WE’VE TALK ABOUT HOW OFFENSE TODAY IN HIS RETURN TO ATLANTA. FROM THE 25, IT’S BACK TO KAMARA. HE HAS ROOM. HE EXPLODES INTO THE SECOND LEVEL AND JESSE BATES WITH A SURE TACKLE RIGHT THERE. DO YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN? >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND SIX. CARR RETREATING. PRESSURE, KEPT IT ALIVE. DEREK CARR FOR WILLIAMS, WHO HAS NO SHOT. >> Joe: BLAKE GRUPE TRYING TO GET THEM BACK WITHIN A SCORE. THIS ONE FROM 39. AND HE IS 5 FOR 5 KEEPING THE SAINTS ALIVE. THEY’RE WITHIN SIX WITH 6:30 PUTTING THEMSELVES IN
A POSITION TO JUMP OUT 10-0 RIGHT AWAY. >> Joe: SECOND AND SIX, ALLGEIER. SEALED OFF NICELY. HIT THE SEAM AND GOT A FIRST DOWN ACROSS THE 40. DEMARIO DAVIS THE TACKLE. GAMES IS IN FOR THE SECOND AND 60s. THEY FEED HIM AGAIN TO THE OUTSIDE. THERE GOES ALLGEIER. GOT THE CORNER AND SLID DOWN. JUST A LITTLE GLIMPSE INTO THE WAY THEY EXCEL. IT ALL COMES TOGETHER. CAM JORDAN. BACK TO ALLGEIER. ANOTHER GAMING HOLE AND FIRST DOWN TO THE 5. >> Daryl: THE BACK SIDE GETS THE YOUNGHOE KOO HAS BEEN ALMOST AUTOMATIC THIS YEAR. THIRD DOWN
AND EIGHT. ONE MORE CARRY FOR ALLGEIER AND THEY WILL FORCE THE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT. >> Joe: THEY SET UP THIS FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT FROM KOO. 39 YARDS. IT IS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE AND IT’S A TWO-SCORE LEAD. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND TEN. CARR TRYING TO KEEP THEIR HOPES ALIVE AND HE SNEAKS THAT ONE THROUGH TO KEITH KIRKWOOD FOR A FIRST DOWN. KIRKWOOD’S FIRST CATCH OF THE TO REALLY SQUEEZE THAT WINDOW. >> Joe: DOWN NEAR A MINUTE. THIS TIME JUWAN JOHNSON TO THE 42. SUFFERED FROM THAT. >> Joe: THIRD AND THREE. KEEPS IT OVER THE
MIDDLE. KNOCKED AWAY BY RICHIE GRAHAM. WHAT CAN YOU DO. >> Joe: FIVE OUT OF FIVE FOR THE ROOKIE THIS IS FROM 54. THE FALCONS WILL TAKE THIS KEY BUT IF YOU CAN GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN REALLY START TO BUILD ON THIS TEAM, I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THE FALCONS HAVE, THEY HAVE SO MANY REALLY GOOD SPACE PLAYERS. KEEPING ALL THOSE BIG EGOS HAPPY. >> Joe: TWO OUT OF EVERY THREE PLAYS WERE RUN PLAYS, THEY RAN FOR 230 YARDS TO GET INTO A TIE ATOP THE DIVISION. THE TIEBREAKER, THEY’VE WON THIS GAME OVER
THE SAINTS, 24-15 THE FINAL. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK.
