The Saints fell behind 20-3 but clawed back to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 30-27 in overtime. New Orleans tied the game at 20 early in the fourth quarter on a 41-yard touchdown pass from Drew Brees to Jared Cook. Coach Sean Payton says that was one of several big plays.
“You know we made a few plays down the field, the third down throw to Cook was a huge play, I know it was third and long, it was a great find by Drew, defensively we got the stops there, especially on the fourth down play there in the end, I thought we hit there quarterback enough, pretty athletic, got out of the pocket a few times and made some plays, a lot of different elements to the game, but it was good to get the win,” said Payton.
After the TD pass to Cook, the Chargers scored again when when Justin Herbert hit a wide open Mike Williams on a 64-yard touchdown pass. But the Saints came back to tie on a Taysom Hill 8-yard touchdown run. The Chargers could have won it in regulation, but Michael Badgley hit the upright on a 50-yard field goal try.
Will Lutz kicked a 36-yard field goal in O-T and cornerback Marshon Lattimore ended the game when he tackled Williams just shy of the first down marker.
The Saints head into the bye week with a 3-2 record and Payton says they have time to clean up some mistakes.
“You know there are a number of things we have to clean up, we’ll get back to work here next week, we’ll be in tomorrow, we’ll be in the next day, we’ll be able to address some of the things we haven’t done well and get ready to start playing after the bye.”
The Saints next game is October 25th versus the Panthers. New Orleans, Carolina and Tampa Bay are tied for first in the NFC South. Each team is 3-2.
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