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Week 11

Weekly
Grade
Hou Texans (GA)
2-9 32
28.42
 
VS
proj
New Orleans Saints
13 2-9
12.01

Hou Texans (GA) top New Orleans Saints in 32-13 rout

Despite identical records, Hou Texans (GA) held a substantial season point advantage over New Orleans Saints coming into this one (276-194), and they lived up to their reputation with an easy win, cruising to a 32-13 victory. This one was decided before it really even started, as Hou Texans (GA) leapt out to an 18-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind stellar showings from Tyrod Taylor and Ka'imi Fairbairn. Taylor passed for 107 yards and ran for 28 yards and 2 touchdowns for 12 points, while Fairbairn made all 3 of his FG attempts (10 points). Aldrick Rosas (1-1 FG, 43 long, 1-1 XP) and Marquez Callaway (1 Rec, 26 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the charge for New Orleans Saints in defeat. Hou Texans (GA) (2-9) will look to build on their success against Phi Eagles (TS), while New Orleans Saints (2-9) take on New England Patriots in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Hou Texans (GA)   New Orleans Saints

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Taylor (107 Pass Yds, 28 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) scored 12 points in a 22-13 win over the Titans in Week 11. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 4.99-point projection and was much higher than his 2.36-point season scoring average. Taylor will face the Jets next week.
Tyrod Taylor

Top Player Comparison

Hou Texans (GA)
Points
% of total points 32
1
Tyrod Taylor
QB
12
4.99
37.5%
2
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
10
5.93
31.3%
3
Deebo Samuel
WR
7
2.96
21.9%
4
Adam Thielen
WR
4
2.61
12.5%
New Orleans Saints
Points
% of total points 13
1
Aldrick Rosas
K
4
5.6
30.8%
2
Marquez Callaway
WR
3
0.9
23.1%
3
The New Orleans Saints defense
DEF
3
4.77
23.1%
4
Adam Trautman
TE
3
0.74
23.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time moments early Sunday, but after the results were tallied, Hou Texans (GA) owned a 31-13 lead. For Hou Texans (GA), Deebo Samuel had a 25-yard touchdown run. Marquez Callaway made the highlight reel for New Orleans Saints with a 26-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  Hou Texans (GA)   New Orleans Saints

What If

Hou Texans (GA) would have beaten seven other teams besides New Orleans Saints this week.
New Orleans Saints would have lost to eight other teams besides Hou Texans (GA) this week.
If Hou Texans (GA) played New Orleans Saints every week this season, they'd be 7-3-1.
Hou Texans (GA) would have beaten New Orleans Saints 27-5 had they played each other last week.
Hou Texans (GA) would be 3-7 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as New Orleans Saints.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Hou Texans (GA), New Orleans Saints would be 1-9.
If Hou Texans (GA) had played every team in the league each week, they would be 61-81-1.
If they played every team every week, New Orleans Saints would be 39-97-7.

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