Best bet - Week 9 NFL (**UPDATE**)
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New Orleans Saints -6 @ New York Jets
Top Performers
Passing: D. Brees (NO) - 382 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INTRushing: C. Ivory (NYJ) - 18 CAR, 139 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving: J. Graham (NO) - 9 REC, 116 YDS, 2 TD
The Jets (5-4) win every other week. They tied the 2005 New England Patriots for the longest such string to begin a season, according to STATS. Nick Folk remained perfect this season by kicking four field goals, the defense held Drew Brees and the high-scoring Saints (6-2) to six points in the second half, and New York had seven plays of at least 19 yards against Rob Ryan's D. Rob was not made available to reporters by the Saints after the defeat. Interceptions by DeMario Davis and Antonio Cromartie and a fourth-and-inches stop highlighted New York's solid defensive performance, and former Saints running back Chris Ivory rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown. New Orleans got two touchdown catches from Jimmy Graham, giving him 10 this season, but did little in the second half, even resorting to a reverse to rookie tight end Josh Hill on fourth-and-inches in the final period. The Jets' offense was opportunistic after getting two takeaways. The second was not Brees' fault: Nick Toon, son of former Jets star receiver Al Toon, had the ball pop off his hands late in the first half and high in the air, where Cromartie snagged it. That pick soothed the crowd that was getting on Cromartie for two major gaffes earlier in the second period.
Cromartie fell down on Robert Meachem's 60-yard catch and run. Graham capped that 80-yard drive when he outmuscled Cromartie in the end zone for a 10-yard score.
Brees, who lost one of his favorite targets when Darren Sproles left early with a concussion, shook off a first-quarter interception by Davis with a 51-yard throw to Graham. The powerful tight end beat Jaiquawn Jarrett down the right sideline and dragged the safety the final 5 yards to the goal line.
Often, though, the Saints were out of sync, including using three timeouts on offense in the opening quarter. That cost them when they couldn't challenge Cromartie's interception, which led to Geno Smith's 3-yard touchdown run.
Ivory gave New York's offense its biggest boost with first-half runs of 27 and 52 yards. The second burst came from the Jets 2 and sparked a 93-yard drive to Folk's second field goal, from 21 yards.
Ivory added a 3-yard TD run in the second quarter, and Folk hit a 47-yarder that barely sneaked over the crossbar, to start the second half. Garrett Hartley, who missed earlier from 43, made a career-long 55-yarder, drawing the Saints within 23-17. Folk nailed another one, from 45 yards, in the fourth period, and Hartley countered with a 43-yarder.
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