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New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers - Week 16
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

TEN
JAC		 20
 16
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TB
STL		 13
 23
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NO
CAR		 13
 17
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MIN
CIN		 14
 42
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MIA
BUF		 0
 19
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IND
KC		 23
 7
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DEN
HOU		 37
 13
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DAL
WAS		 24
 23
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CLE
NYJ		 13
 24
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CHI
PHI		 11
 54
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NYG
DET		 23
 20
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ARI
SEA		 17
 10
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OAK
SD		 13
 26
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PIT
GB		 38
 31
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NE
BAL		 41
 7
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ATL
SF		 24
 34
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Prediction: Panthers 24, Saints 20
by Mike Krueger | Follow @FF_Today

Player Rankings and Projections
New Orleans Saints
Rank  Player Projections
QB 7 Drew Brees Pass: 290, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 25 Pierre Thomas Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
RB 33 Darren Sproles Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 5-40, 0
RB 55 Mark Ingram Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 22 Marques Colston Rec: 5-70, 1 TD
WR 65 Kenny Stills Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
WR 86 Lance Moore Rec: 1-20, 0 TD
TE 1 Jimmy Graham Rec: 6-70, 1 TD
K 18 Shayne Graham FG: 2/2 XP: 2/2
DEF 16 Defense / ST  
 
Carolina Panthers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 2 Cam Newton Pass: 250, 1 TD Rush: 40, 1
RB 20 DeAngelo Williams Rush: 70, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 38 Mike Tolbert Rush: 30, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 34 Steve Smith Rec: 5-60, 1 TD
WR 48 Brandon LaFell Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 79 Ted Ginn Jr. Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 6 Greg Olsen Rec: 6-60, 0 TD
K 27 Graham Gano FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 9 Defense / ST  

Game Notes Clinch NFC South with win... In past 4 vs. Car., QB Drew Brees has passed for 1,423 yards (355.8 per game), 14 TDs & 113.1 rating. Has 50,419 pass yards, 1 of 5 in NFL history with 50,000. Has 4,500 yards, his 8th consecutive 4,000-yard season. Has 34 TDs, his 6th 30-TD season in row. Since joining NO in 2006, leads NFL with 38,071 pass yards & 278 TDs... In his last game at Car., RB Pierre Thomas rushed for 110 yards (12.2 avg.). Since 2011, RB Darren Sproles leads NFL RBs with 227 catches, 1,933 rec. yards & 16 rec. TDs... TE Jimmy Graham has 6 100-yard games, tied for most ever in season by TE. Has 5 TDs in past 4 vs. Car. & aims for 5th in row with TD. Since 2011 (incl. playoffs), leads NFL TEs with 272 catches, 3,521 yards & 37 TDs. WR Marques Colston has 6 TDs in past 4 meetings. Had 9 catches for 125 yards & 2 TDs in Week 14... DE Cameron Jordan has 11.5 sacks in past 13. Has 4 sacks in past 4 vs. Car. LB Junior Galette had career-high 3 sacks in Week 14.

Panthers QB Cam Newton is only player with 50+ pass (61) & 25+ rush (28) TDs in 1st 3 NFL seasons... In past 8 vs. NO, RB DeAngelo Williams has rushed for 912 yards (114 per game) & 7 TDs. Had 87 rec. & 81 rush yards last week, 1st Panther with 80+ rush & rec. yards in game. RB Mike Tolbert has 4 TDs in past 3 vs. NO. Has 6 TDs (4 rush, 2 rec.) in past 10... WR Steve Smith has 1,449 rec. yards & 10 rec. TDs vs. NO, his most vs. opp. WR Brandon LaFell has 13 career rec. TDs & averages 27.1 yards per TD (352 yards). TE Greg Olsen aims for 6th in row with 5+ catches... CB Captain Munnerlyn had 2 sacks & INT-TD last week. Has 4 INT-TDs since 2012, most in NFL. DE Greg Hardy has 17 sacks in past 23. Since entering NFL in 2012, LB Luke Kuechly leads NFL with 286 tackles. LB Thomas Davis is 2nd on team with 103 tackles (Kuechly, 122). Since 2010, DE Charles Johnson is 1 of 2 in NFC with 40+ sacks (42) & 10+ FFs (10). S Mike Mitchell is 1 of 2 in NFL w/ 4+ INTs (4), 2+ sacks (2.5) & 2+ FFs (2).


Results and Schedule

New Orleans Saints
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 ATL H W 23-17 +6
2 2013-09-15 TB A W 16-14 +2
3 2013-09-22 ARI H W 31-7 +24
4 2013-09-30 MIA H W 38-17 +21
5 2013-10-06 CHI A W 26-18 +8
6 2013-10-13 NE A L 27-30 -3
7   Bye      
8 2013-10-27 BUF H W 35-17 +18
9 2013-11-03 NYJ A L 20-26 -6
10 2013-11-10 DAL H W 49-17 +32
11 2013-11-17 SF H W 23-20 +3
12 2013-11-21 ATL A W 17-13 +4
13 2013-12-02 SEA A L 7-34 -27
14 2013-12-08 CAR H W 31-13 +18
15 2013-12-15 STL A L 16-27 -11
16 2013-12-22 CAR A    
17 2013-12-29 TB H    
   

Carolina Panthers
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 SEA H L 7-12 -5
2 2013-09-15 BUF A L 23-24 -1
3 2013-09-22 NYG H W 38-0 +38
4   Bye      
5 2013-10-06 ARI A L 6-22 -16
6 2013-10-13 MIN A W 35-10 +25
7 2013-10-20 STL H W 30-15 +15
8 2013-10-24 TB A W 31-13 +18
9 2013-11-03 ATL H W 34-10 +24
10 2013-11-10 SF A W 10-9 +1
11 2013-11-18 NE H W 24-20 +4
12 2013-11-24 MIA A W 20-16 +4
13 2013-12-01 TB H W 27-6 +21
14 2013-12-08 NO A L 13-31 -18
15 2013-12-15 NYJ H W 30-20 +10
16 2013-12-22 NO H    
17 2013-12-29 ATL A    

Injury Report

New Orleans Saints
IR  DE Kenyon Coleman (pectoral, 8/7/2013)
 CB Jabari Greer (knee, 11/19/2013)
 WR Joe Morgan (knee, 8/27/2013)
 CB Patrick Robinson (knee, 9/18/2013)
 OLB Will Smith (knee, 8/27/2013)
PUP  OLB Victor Butler (knee)
   

Carolina Panthers
Out  RB Jonathan Stewart (knee)
Questionable  MLB Jordan Senn (hamstring)
Probable  QB Cam Newton (toe)
IR  FS Charles Godfrey (achilles-tendon, 9/17/2013)

Offense Stats Comparison

  NO
 Offense 		 CAR
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 21.8 21.0 24.3 NO
Rushing yards 81.3 126.5 115.7 CAR
Rushing yards per attempt 4.36 4.41 4.22 CAR
Completion % 70.8% 59.5% 61.2% NO
Passing yards 310.3 189.0 234.4 NO
Passing yards per completion 9.88 10.27 10.93 CAR
Passing yards per attempt 6.99 6.11 6.68 NO
Interceptions 0.3 0.5 0.9 NO
Fumbles lost 0.8 0.0 0.6 CAR
Sacks allowed 1.3 2.8 2.4 NO
3rd down conversions 49.4% 44.0% 38.3% NO
4th down conversions 55.6% 83.3% 50.6% CAR
Time of possession 30:08 31:50 30:22 CAR
  Defense Stats Comparison

  NO
 Defense 		 CAR
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 19.3 16.3 24.3 CAR
Rushing yards 108.8 86.8 115.7 CAR
Rushing yards per attempt 4.26 4.24 4.22 CAR
Completion % 64.6% 65.1% 61.2% NO
Passing yards 162.0 210.8 234.4 NO
Passing yards per completion 9.17 9.39 10.93 NO
Passing yards per attempt 5.92 6.12 6.68 NO
INT return 0.0 1.0 0.9 CAR
Fumble recoveries 0.0 0.5 0.6 CAR
Sacks 3.0 3.5 2.4 CAR
3rd down conversions 40.5% 35.5% 38.3% CAR
4th down conversions 66.7% 50.0% 50.6% CAR
Time of possession 29:52 28:10 30:22 CAR

Special Teams Stats Comparison

   NO   CAR  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 3.6 14.8 9.6 CAR
Yards per kick return 29.7 20.6 22.6 NO
Yards allowed per punt return 8.9 9.7 9.6 NO
Yards allowed per kick return 24.8 21.0 22.6 CAR
  Misc Stats Comparison

   NO   CAR  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 5.8 5.3 6.2 CAR
Penalty yards 52.8 40.8 52.2 CAR

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 10 to 15 of the 2013 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 10 to 15 with no adjustment.

Weather


Team vs. Team History

New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 7 2000-10-15 CAR NO 6-24 NO
2000 11 2000-11-12 NO CAR 20-10 NO
2001 5 2001-10-14 NO CAR 27-25 NO
2001 12 2001-12-02 CAR NO 23-27 NO
2002 10 2002-11-10 NO CAR 34-24 NO
2002 17 2002-12-29 CAR NO 10-6 CAR
2003 5 2003-10-05 NO CAR 13-19 CAR
2003 8 2003-10-26 CAR NO 23-20 CAR
2004 13 2004-12-05 CAR NO 32-21 CAR
2004 17 2005-01-02 NO CAR 21-18 NO
2005 1 2005-09-11 NO CAR 23-20 NO
2005 15 2005-12-18 CAR NO 27-10 CAR
2006 4 2006-10-01 NO CAR 18-21 CAR
2006 17 2006-12-31 CAR NO 31-21 CAR
2007 5 2007-10-07 CAR NO 16-13 CAR
2007 12 2007-11-25 NO CAR 31-6 NO
2008 7 2008-10-19 NO CAR 7-30 CAR
2008 17 2008-12-28 CAR NO 33-31 CAR
2009 9 2009-11-08 CAR NO 20-30 NO
2009 17 2010-01-03 NO CAR 10-23 CAR
2010 4 2010-10-03 CAR NO 14-16 NO
2010 9 2010-11-07 NO CAR 34-3 NO
2011 5 2011-10-09 NO CAR 30-27 NO
2011 17 2012-01-01 CAR NO 17-45 NO
2012 2 2012-09-16 NO CAR 27-35 CAR
2012 17 2012-12-30 CAR NO 44-38 CAR
2013 14 2013-12-08 CAR NO 13-31 NO

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.