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Rafael Zamorano
Close- since 2007 he has been an NFL editor and columnist for ESPN’s digital platforms. He previously wrote for sites like KFFL.com and SportsNet.com.mx. Follow it by Twitter.
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Drew Brees and the Saints reached the Divisional Round for the third time in the past four years after beating the Bears
The New Orleans Saints made good the forecasts, surpassing the Chicago Bears at Superdome by 21-9 to access the Ronda Divisional from the playoffs for the third time in the past four years.
You cannot speak of a fine match, speaking of offensive attacks, but the Saints understood how to neutralize an attack from the Bears he had averaged 30.7 points scored per game in the last six meetings.
Here, the most important of the victory of New Orleans:
Key moment: In a close game, where points are so precious, you can’t make the mistakes you made Chicago to provide additional opportunities to the rival. That was conspicuously clear in the misplaced punishment against the defense of the Bears on play of fourth and 13 against safety Eddie Jackson, at yard 13 of Chicago. Two plays later, the Saints they scored through Latavius murray the touchdown that opened the score to 14-3 with just over four minutes left in the third period. After what has been seen so far in the game, a two-touchdown advantage seemed impossible for the Bears.
Key figure: It wasn’t necessarily a super bright match, but Drew Brees he was extremely effective, completing 28 of 39 passes for 265 yards with two touchdowns without interceptions. I’m still wondering how it affects the rhythm of Brees be taking it out to give plays to Taysom HillBut the veteran once again showed that there is no substitute for experience in certain postseason situations, including today, when not all of the team’s lines worked ideally.
Key statistic: 2.5, were the average yards per carry as a team for the Bears. If it was clear that Mitchell Trubisky was going to have trouble with a diminished air arsenal – no Darnell Mooney for the game – and then with the expulsion to Anthony Miller, Chicago I needed to do something else on the ground, on top of it all Javon wims, dropped a safe touchdown in the first half. The defense held out what it could, but clearly, the Chicago is not balanced, and the running game, after the uncovering of David Montgomery In the final days of the regular season, he returned to his usual form.
What follows: For the Saints, comes a third confrontation in the year against Tampa Bay Buccaneers of Tom Brady, whom they have already convincingly beaten twice in the campaign. However, it is clear that the Bucs’ offense is performing better than during those games in Weeks 1 and 9. For ChicagoInstead, a critical decision regarding the future of the quarterback position, where it must be considered whether to continue with Tubes, with Tubes and Nick Foles, with Foles, or without either.
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