2010 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 384 points (24.0/g), 11th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 307 points (19.2/g), 7th.
Differential of 77 points (4.8/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 10.1-5.9.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 23rd.

Simple Rating System: Total 2.3, Offense: 1.5, Defense: 0.8, SoS: -2.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Sean Payton

Offensive Coordinator: Pete Carmichael
Defensive Coordinator: Gregg Williams

Other Notable Asst.: Dennis Allen (Secondary)

Training Camp: Saints' Training Facility (Metairie, Louisiana)

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Team Stats and Rankings

			Tot Yds & TO						Passing							Rushing								Average Drive
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stPy	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	#Dr	Sc%	TO%	Start	Time	Plays	Yds	Pts
Team Offense	384	5960	1067	5.6	31	9	21	351	450	661	4441	33	22	6.5	236	380	1519	9	4.0	94	174	38.5	16.7	Own 29.5	2:57	6.3	34.2	2.1
Team Defense	307	4900	948	5.2	25	16	29	273	306	494	3103	13	9	5.9	150	421	1797	13	4.3	94	173	31.8	16.8	Own 30.4	2:39	5.7	28.2	1.6
Lg Rank Offense	11	6			21	9		5		2	3	2	30	10		30	28	24	19			7	6	12	1	2	3	7
Lg Rank Defense	7	4			20	3		7		4	4	1	32	12		16	16	18	17			16	18	14	22	24	16	11

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Thu	September 9	boxscore	W		1-0		Minnesota Vikings	14	9	18	308	229	79		12	253	162	91	1
2	Mon	September 20	boxscore	W		2-0	@	San Francisco 49ers	25	22	17	287	237	50		24	417	275	142	4
3	Sun	September 26	boxscore	L	OT	2-1		Atlanta Falcons	24	27	20	398	355	43	3	25	417	215	202	1
4	Sun	October 3	boxscore	W		3-1		Carolina Panthers	16	14	27	383	262	121	2	10	251	133	118	1
5	Sun	October 10	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Arizona Cardinals	20	30	19	358	273	85	4	12	194	153	41	1
6	Sun	October 17	boxscore	W		4-2	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	31	6	27	475	263	212	1	21	277	235	42	1
7	Sun	October 24	boxscore	L		4-3		Cleveland Browns	17	30	25	394	336	58	4	12	210	85	125
8	Sun	October 31	boxscore	W		5-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	20	10	19	318	288	30	2	13	279	171	108	2
9	Sun	November 7	boxscore	W		6-3	@	Carolina Panthers	34	3	27	408	243	165	1	15	195	68	127	2
10								Bye Week
11	Sun	November 21	boxscore	W		7-3		Seattle Seahawks	34	19	26	494	382	112	2	21	424	366	58	2
12	Thu	November 25	boxscore	W		8-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	30	27	21	414	333	81	2	24	457	313	144	3
13	Sun	December 5	boxscore	W		9-3	@	Cincinnati Bengals	34	30	19	436	290	146	1	21	311	215	96
14	Sun	December 12	boxscore	W		10-3		St. Louis Rams	31	13	22	345	213	132	3	14	327	191	136	3
15	Sun	December 19	boxscore	L		10-4	@	Baltimore Ravens	24	30	21	269	242	27	1	17	356	148	208
16	Mon	December 27	boxscore	W		11-4	@	Atlanta Falcons	17	14	23	368	296	72	2	14	215	140	75	2
17	Sun	January 2	boxscore	L		11-5		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	23	20	305	199	106	3	18	317	233	84	2
		Playoffs
WildCard	Sat	January 8	boxscore	L		11-6	@	Seattle Seahawks	36	41	32	474	397	77	1	19	415	265	150	1

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
9	Drew Brees*	31	QB	16	16	11-5-0	448	658	68.1	4620	33	5.0	22	3.3	80	7.0	6.5	10.3	288.8	90.9	65.29	25	185	6.49	6.01	3.7	4	5
10	Chase Daniel	24		13	0		2	3	66.7	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	5.3	5.3	8.0	1.2	79.9	2	1	10	1.50	1.50	25.0
	Team Total	27.4		16		11-5-0	450	661	68.1	4636	33	5.0	22	3.3	80	7.0	6.5	10.3	289.8	90.8		26	195	6.46	5.98	3.8	4	5
	Opp Total			16			306	494	61.9	3353	13	2.6	9	1.8		6.8	6.49	11.0	209.6	83.2		33	250	5.9	5.6	6.3

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
29	Chris Ivory	22	rb	12	4	137	716	5	55	5.2	59.7	11.4	1	17	17.0	0	17	0.1	1.4	733	5	4
23	Pierre Thomas	26	rb	6	3	83	269	2	16	3.2	44.8	13.8	29	201	6.9	0	23	4.8	33.5	470	2	0
21	Julius Jones	29	rb	10	2	48	193	0	54	4.0	19.3	4.8	17	59	3.5	0	13	1.7	5.9	252	0	1
46	Ladell Betts	31	rb	8	1	45	150	2	12	3.3	18.8	5.6	23	141	6.1	0	25	2.9	17.6	291	2	1
25	Reggie Bush	25	PR/RB	8	6	36	150	0	23	4.2	18.8	4.5	34	208	6.1	1	20	4.3	26.0	358	1	2
9	Drew Brees*	31	QB	16	16	18	-3	0	7	-0.2	-0.2	1.1	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.4	4	0	9
17	Robert Meachem	26	wr	16	7	4	14	0	8	3.5	0.9	0.3	44	638	14.5	5	55	2.8	39.9	652	5	0
19	Devery Henderson	28	WR	16	11	3	8	0	9	2.7	0.5	0.2	34	464	13.6	1	57	2.1	29.0	472	1	0
44	Heath Evans	32	rb	16	6	2	2	0	2	1.0	0.1	0.1	7	41	5.9	1	18	0.4	2.6	43	1	0
10	Chase Daniel	24		13	0	2	16	0	16	8.0	1.2	0.2								16	0	1
12	Marques Colston	27	WR	15	11	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	84	1023	12.2	7	43	5.6	68.2	1024	7	0
80	Jimmy Graham	25	te	15	5	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	31	356	11.5	5	52	2.1	23.7	359	5	1
16	Lance Moore	27	wr	16	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	66	763	11.6	8	80	4.1	47.7	763	8	2
88	Jeremy Shockey	30	TE	13	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	41	408	10.0	3	31	3.2	31.4	408	3	0
85	David Thomas	27	TE	13	8	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	30	219	7.3	2	22	2.3	16.8	219	2	0
87	Adrian Arrington	25		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	79	11.3	0	17	7.0	79.0	79	0	0
84	Tory Humphrey	27	te	6	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.2	2.0	12	0	0
	Team Total	27.4		16		380	1519	9	55	4.0	94.9	23.8	450	4636	10.3	33	80	28.1	289.8	6155	42	23
	Opp Total			16		421	1797	13		4.3	112.3	26.3	306	3103	10.1	13		19.1	193.9	4900	26	34

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
15	Courtney Roby	27	KR	13	0						33	785	0	39	23.8	785
25	Reggie Bush	25	PR/RB	8	6	14	92	0	43	6.6	1	32	0	32	32.0	482
16	Lance Moore	27	wr	16	1	11	112	0	72	10.2						875
23	Pierre Thomas	26	rb	6	3						7	154	0	32	22.0	624
19	Devery Henderson	28	WR	16	11						6	142	0	27	23.7	614
44	Heath Evans	32	rb	16	6						4	45	0	13	11.3	88
22	Tracy Porter	24	RCB	12	12	2	6	0	4	3.0						6
46	Ladell Betts	31	rb	8	1						1	23	0	23	23.0	314
	Team Total	27.4		16		27	210	0	72	7.8	52	1181	0	39	22.7	7546
	Opp Total			16		26		0			66	1592	0		24.1

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
5	Garrett Hartley	24	K	14	0	1	1	6	4	9	7	7	6	2	2	25	20	80.0%	40	40	100.0%
6	Thomas Morstead	24	P	16	0																	57	2618	64	0	45.9
3	John Carney	46	k	2	0			2	1	4	4					6	5	83.3%	3	3	100.0%
	Team Total	27.4		16		1	1	8	5	13	11	7	6	2	2	31	25	80.6%	43	43	100.0%	57	2618	64	0	45.9
	Opp Total			16												34	28	82.4%	29	27	93.1%	67	2995			44.7

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
51	Jonathan Vilma*	28	MLB	16	16	4.0	1	5	0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	70	33
41	Roman Harper*	28	SS	15	15	3.0	1	6	0	6	8	6	0	1	0	0	72	22
58	Scott Shanle	31	RLB	14	14		0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	54	21
27	Malcolm Jenkins	23	FS	15	15	1.0	2	105	1	96	12	1	0	2	0	0	52	11
33	Jabari Greer	28	LCB	14	13		2	50	1	26	12	0	0	1	0	0	54	7
22	Tracy Porter	24	RCB	12	12		1	5	0	5	7	0	0	2	2	0	45	15
55	Danny Clark	33	LLB	14	10		0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	45	12
91	Will Smith	29	RDE	15	15	5.5	1	4	0	4	5	1	1	0	0	0	34	5
98	Sedrick Ellis	25	RDT	16	16	6.0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	30	14
96	Alex Brown	31	LDE	16	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	32	6
56	Jo-Lonn Dunbar	25	llb	13	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	30	8
92	Remi Ayodele	27	LDT	16	16	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	21	16
50	Marvin Mitchell	26		16	0		0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	21	8
34	Patrick Robinson	23	db	11	4		0	0	0	0	2						24	2
69	Anthony Hargrove	27		14	0	1.0						2	0	0	0	0	17	9
97	Jeff Charleston	27	de	16	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	16	7
24	Leigh Torrence	28		13	0	1.0	1	21	0	21	2						20	1
99	Jimmy Wilkerson	29		16	0	2.0											15	2
28	Usama Young	25	db	11	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	3						14	1
42	Darren Sharper	35	db	8	1		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	0	11	5
9	Drew Brees*	31	QB	16	16							0	9	5	0	0	1	0
31	Pierson Prioleau	33	db	15	1	0.5											4	5
16	Lance Moore	27	wr	16	1							0	2	0	0	0	4	0
78	Jon Stinchcomb	31	RT	16	16							0	0	1	0	0	3	0
20	Randall Gay	28		4	0												2	2
29	Chris Ivory	22	rb	12	4							0	4	0	0	0	1	0
94	Kawika Mitchell	31		1	0	1.0											2	0
39	Chris Reis	27		2	0												2	1
85	David Thomas	27	TE	13	8							0	0	1	0	0	2	0
25	Reggie Bush	25	PR/RB	8	6							0	2	2	0	0
80	Jimmy Graham	25	te	15	5							0	1	1	20	0	1	0
17	Robert Meachem	26	wr	16	7												2	0
46	Ladell Betts	31	rb	8	1							0	1	0	0	0	1	0
37	Matt Giordano	28		9	0												1	1
15	Courtney Roby	27	KR	13	0							0	1	2	0	0
59	Anthony Waters	26		10	0												1	1
53	Stanley Arnoux	24		9	0							1	0	0	0	0	0	2
71	Charles Brown	23		3	0												1	0
74	Jermon Bushrod	26	LT	16	16												1	0
12	Marques Colston	27	WR	15	11												1	0
10	Chase Daniel	24		13	0							0	1	0	-11	0	0	1
93	Junior Galette	22		4	0												1	0
77	Carl Nicks*	25	LG	16	16												1	0
88	Jeremy Shockey	30	TE	13	11												1	0
76	Jonathan Goodwin	32	C	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
21	Julius Jones	29	rb	10	2							0	1	0	0	0
57	Jason Kyle	38		9	0							1	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	27.4		16		33.0	9	196	2	96	70	25	23	28	24	0	710	218
	Opp Total			16		26							34	18

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	IntTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Pts
5	Garrett Hartley	24	K	14	0						40	20	100
16	Lance Moore	27	wr	16	1		8		8				48
12	Marques Colston	27	WR	15	11		7		7				42
80	Jimmy Graham	25	te	15	5		5		5				30
29	Chris Ivory	22	rb	12	4	5			5				30
17	Robert Meachem	26	wr	16	7		5		5				30
3	John Carney	46	k	2	0						3	5	18
88	Jeremy Shockey	30	TE	13	11		3		3				18
46	Ladell Betts	31	rb	8	1	2			2				12
85	David Thomas	27	TE	13	8		2		2				12
23	Pierre Thomas	26	rb	6	3	2			2				12
25	Reggie Bush	25	PR/RB	8	6		1		1				6
44	Heath Evans	32	rb	16	6		1		1				6
33	Jabari Greer	28	LCB	14	13			1	1				6
19	Devery Henderson	28	WR	16	11		1		1				6
27	Malcolm Jenkins	23	FS	15	15			1	1				6
	Team Total	27.4		16		9	33	2	44		43	25	382
	Opp Total			16		13	13			2	27	28	307

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