Saints At Seahawks

Sun., Sept. 17, 2000

By Jim Meehan jimm@spokesman.com (509) 459-5585

The game: 1:15 p.m., Husky Stadium, Seattle

Coaches: Seattle Mike Holmgren, 9-9, 2nd season; 84-46 overall, 9th season. New Orleans Jim Haslett, 1-1, 1st season.

The records: New Orleans is 1-1. Seattle is 0-2.

The series: Saints lead 4-2 The line: Seahawks by 6 On the air Television: Fox, Curt Menefee and Brian Baldinger.

Radio: KXLY (920-AM) and KVNI (1080-AM), with Brian Davis and Steve Raible.

Player Matchups

Passing PC-PA Yds. TD Int.

Jon Kitna, Seattle 26-44 299 1 6

Jeff Blake, New Orleans 51-80 428 3 3

Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD

Ricky Watters, Seattle 27 118 4.4 2

Shaun Alexander, Seattle 5 23 4.6 0

R. Williams, New Orleans 44 134 3.0 0

Jeff Blake, New Orleans 11 35 3.2 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. AVG. TD

Ricky Watters, Seattle 8 76 9.5 0

Sean Dawkins, Seattle 6 70 11.7 0

Joe Horn, New Orleans 17 174 10.2 2

Jake Reed, New Orleans 8 97 12.1 0

Injuries

Saints: Out: S Rob Kelly (fibula). Doubtful: LB Charlie Clemons (calf); C Jerry Fontenot (eye); CB Fred Thomas (knee). Questionable: LB Darrin Smith (hamstring). Probable: RB Ricky Williams (foot). Seahawks: Questionable: DE John Hilliard (groin); WR Derrick Mayes (ankle). Probable: RB Reggie Brown (neck); TE Christian Fauria (hamstring); G Floyd Wedderburn (elbow).

Analysis

Seattle will find the Saints easier to defend than the St. Louis Rams’ track team. The downside is that New Orleans won’t be as generous defensively as the Rams. The Saints lead the NFL in total defense, which is a tad misleading because they’ve faced offensively challenged Detroit and San Diego. Still, the Saints have quality personnel on defense. Seattle’s chore is keeping Ricky Williams chugging along at his 3-yards-per-carry clip and hemming mobile quarterback Jeff Blake in the pocket. Not sure why the Seahawks are favored by so much (6), but this should be their first win. Seattle 20, Saints 16.

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