Coach Kellen Moore's New Orleans Saints are 3-5 and tied for first place in the NFC West after overcoming a heroic Harold Fannin play in a 23-22 overtime win over the Browns at Caesars Superdome. Browns QB Shedeur Sanders spoke about a knowing smile before the game that Saints defenders took as disrespect, and used as fuel to sack the second-year QB five times.
Saints EDGE Carl Granderson spoke about Sanders' comments in a message shared by NOF Network, using the word ‘disrespect' to describe his feelings.
“We seen him chirpin', so we just came into this game ready to play. I think it's disrespectful for somebody to laugh at our defense, take us as a joke, so we went out there and balled out. They had 2.8 yards a carry, and we stopped the run, so we did our thing, we won the game in overtime on a two-point conversion, so, that was a good team win on defense.”
The Saints got the overtime game-winner from a Tyler Shough 15-yard scoring pass to Juwan Johnson. Sanders brought the Browns to within 23-22 on a 39-yard scoring pass to Fannin, but the two-point conversion didn't go well as he was flushed from the pocket and threw a decent pass that ultimately fell incomplete in the right part of the end zone.
The Saints made a surprising Kendre Miller decision before the game and were led in rushing by Audric Estime with 15 carries for 72 yards and a touchdown. The Browns piled up 355 yards on the Saints' defense, but Granderson and his mates got the last laugh as they held Sanders and company out of the end zone when it mattered most.