The New Orleans Saints, led by quarterback Derek Carr, meet the Houston Texans in Week 6 of the NFL season on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.
nsNew Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr celebrates with tight end Foster Moreau after the Saints scored a touchdown during an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Monday, Sep. 18, 2023, in Charlotte, N.C. HOUSTON — C.J. Stroud has tried to stop being so hard on himself, but he simply can’t help it.
Houston had one of the worst passing attacks in the league over the last two seasons with Davis Mills at quarterback. Stroud, the second overall pick in the draft, has the Texans ranked third in the NFL with an average of 274.8 yards per game.“C.J.’s doing a great job and I’m happy for him, but ... our defense makes it tough on anybody — a rookie or not a rookie, they make it hard on you,” New Orleans quarterback Derek Carr said. “Hopefully, they can do that this week for us.
In Week 2 of this season, Panthers rookie Bryce Young completed 22 of 33 passes for 153 yards and one touchdown in a loss to the Saints. He was sacked four times and lost a fumble. The Saints enter Week 6 having allowed the fourth-fewest yards passing in the NFL. Their seven interceptions are just shy of the league high of eight by both San Francisco and Buffalo.
Five games into this season, the Saints already have picked off opposing quarterbacks seven times. And it’s been a shared effort. Seven players each have one: Marshon Lattimore, Tryann Mathieu, Marcus Maye, Isaac Yiadom, Paulson Adebo, Lonnie Johnson and Pete Werner. Dameon Pierce is averaging 2.9 yards per carry after averaging 4.3 as a rookie last season when he finished with 939 yards.“Dameon is steady. He takes what he can get, and he continues to work at it,” Ryans said. “Dameon is a hard worker. He’s dialed into the process of continuing to get better with what we’re asking him to do with the football and he keeps after it. Stay after it, stay after it, stay after it and those runs will come — explosive runs.
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