The 2nd Quarter opens with a hand off to Pierre Thomas on a draw play and the white jersey spins his way for 7. 2nd and 3.
Brees to Devery Henderson who looses 2. 3rd and 5.
Drew Brees to David Thomas and the ball pops out of Thomas's hands and falls incomplete. Thomas goes from living legend to vaguely appropriate status. Thomas Morstead punts.
Thomas Morstead doesn't even bother getting suited up these days.
1st down Bucs at their own 30.
Ward picks up 5.
Ward again but he is stuffed by Remi Ayodele. 3rd and 3.
On the next play Freeman demonstrates his inability to hit a barn door with his passes and the Bucs will punt.
Devery Henderson gets jacked up on the return and the Saints will start at their own 33.
1st down Saints.
Brees incomplete to Pierre Thomas. 2nd and 10.
Brees to Thomas again who spins, ducks, dives, weaves and other such actions on his way for a pick up of 6. Great effort Mr 23. 3rd and 4.
Brees to David Thomas for a 13 yard pick up and Thomas returns to MVP status.
1st down Saints.
Brees looks deep to Robert Meachem and... the ball is incomplete but a beautiful yellow flag comes out and then... inexplicably goes back in. That was pass interference all the way. Damn zebras. 2nd and 10.
Brees short to the Saints 21 jersey filled amply by Mike Bell for a pick up of 3 to bring up 3rd and 5 at the Bucs 43.
Brees to Jeremy Shockey but the ball is broken up by Barber so the Saints will have to punt AGAIN.
Thomas Morstead really wishes he had put his pants on now
The Thomas Morstead punt is batted down at the one by Courtney Roby and Usama Young downs it there to give Freeman a headache when he takes the field. Great play by the Saints special teamers there. They must have been practicing extra hard since the poor mid term grade.
1st down Bucs.
Derrick Ward is tripped up in the end zone by Roman Harper but just about gets out. That was damn close to a safety.
Next play Freeman to Graham for a pick up of 6 on the play fake bringing up 3rd and 3. Come on D!
False start by Buc 65 helps the D no end and pushes them back to a 3rd and 8 situation.
Next up Freeman completes somehow against Saints rookie Malcolm Jenkins. Jenkins had great coverage but Freeman proved he can actually hit something even smaller than a barn door with that 21 yard pass completion.
1st down Bucs.
Hard running for 7 by some guy in red. 2nd and 3.
Scott Fujita comes in and shows the Saints running D how it's done by taking Ward down for a loss of 1. 3rd and 4.
Next up Freeman looks down field and... It’s picked by Malcolm Jenkins for his 1st NFL INTERCEPTION! Congratulations to Malcolm Jenkins and family.
1st down Saints at the Bucs 29.
Hamilton up the middle for 3. 2nd and 7.
Brees throws incomplete bringing up 3rd and 7... It's being challenged however by Tampa as they think they intercepted a ball that clearly bounced off the ground first... idiots. But hey that's 2 failed challenges already by the Bucs so congrats to them for helping us in our hour of need.
Brees to Courtney Roby on the crossing pattern but he's tackled a yard shy of the 1st down marker. Brees wants to go for it on 4th and 1.5 but is told to 'get off the field please' by John Carney as his mum wants to see him kick a field goal for the first time in years... and he's good!!
Saints 10 Bucs 7. 4.11 left in the half.
1st down Bucs at the Bucs 23.
Cadillac Williams for 5. 2nd and 5.
This time Williams hits a Saints wall led by Jonathan Vilma to leave the ball with 3rd and 4 to go.
Freeman is rushed by Scott Shanley and throws incomplete so the Bucs will punt. Freeman is now 4 of 10 and clearly got the money I left for him in that brown paper bag this week.
1st down Saints at their own 31.
Brees' pass it tipped and falls incomplete after 4 Bucs dived for it. 2nd and 10.
A Pierre Thomas draw picks up 2. 3rd and 8.
Brees is hit as he throws and the ball flies into the sidelines. This really is pretty ugly stuff.
1st down Bucs at their 22.
Williams is dropped for 0 gain after Vilma got in there early and stuffed the run to bring up the 2 minute warning. 2nd and 10.
Freeman throws another incomplete. Malcolm Jenkins had pretty good coverage and is looking sound so far today. 3rd and 10.
Freeman again incomplete as Jonathan Vilma gets his bear claw in there to break it up. Bucs punt.
1st down Saints at their own 36.
Brees to Colston for 16 to the Bucs 47.
1st down.
Brees pressured and throws it away.
Brees to Colston over the middle for a pick up of 19 to the Bucs 26. 45 ticks on the clock.
1st down Saints.
Brees to Colston again for 20 to the Bucs 6, 35 secs to go.
1st down Saints.
Drew Brees rolls out right and... TOUCHDOWN ROBERT MEACHEM!! That's Meachems 6th TD of the season off just 16 receptions. Great pass and catch and a perfect example of how the Saints offence seems to click when under pressure. 63 yards in 5 plays in 1.10... Maybe we should play hurry up offence on every drive today?
TD number 6 for the Robert Meachem Stats sheet
Saints 17 Tampa Bay 7 with 28 secs left in the half.
1st down Bucs at their 28.
Freeman to Winslow who is taken down by Jonathan Vilma who has been all over the field today. Ball spiked so 3rd and 5 with 5 to go on the clock.
Leigh Torrence and Roman Harper converge on Freeman for a QB sandwich and sack to take us to half time.
So the Saints are again a little indifferent today. Josh Freeman is enjoying far too much time in the pocket for my liking. We're just lucky he's young and pretty stinky at this point in his career. On the other side of the ball Drew Brees is getting pressured more than is comfortable so it would be nice to calm that side of things down in the second half. Overall we're professional without being explosive. But it's all about chalking up win number 10 and keeping enough of the roster healthy.
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