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The last term these two teams met, it was in the match prospect a year ago, with the Saints ending the Panthers season in the Wildcard round of the match prospect.
When this season hit its halfway point, it looked like they might be set to meet in the postseason again, but the Panthers have veered so badly off-course that their match prospect are hanging by a twist right now.
Crisp off securing the NFC South a week ago, New Orleans Saints (11-2) convey their class best record to confront the division equal Carolina Panthers (6-7).
The Saints have won the NFC South crown two back to back seasons, and this year, they secured it with a 28-14 prevail upon the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Notwithstanding trailing 14-3 at halftime, the Saints outscored the Panthers 25-0 in the second half to anchor their eleventh win. Quarterback Drew Brees was 24 for 31, going for 201 yards and a touchdown, including his very own surging TD. It was Brees' fourth surging touchdown of the season, which is the most in a solitary season by a player age 39 or more established. With respect to the Panthers, they are buried in a six-diversion losing streak, a precarious dropoff from winning four of their initial five recreations. The Panthers tumbled to the Cleveland Browns 26-20 in Week 14 as Cam Newton battled going 26 for 42, going for 265 yards. Newton toppled Jarius Wright on fourth-and-objective on the 3-yard line with 2:34 left in the fourth and later was caught by Damarious Randall with 57 seconds left on the clock.
New Orleans will want to keep up their hot play and make brisk work of the battling Panthers. Counting the playoffs, the Saints and Panthers met multiple times a year ago, with New Orleans winning each one by a normal of 12.
Saints vs. Panthers head-to-head stats
- The Saints are 6-1 on the road in 2018. A seventh win in this game would equal their best record in a season.
- New Orleans has not won four straight against Carolina since Oct. 3, 2010-Jan. 1, 2012.
- After gaining 96 yards in Cleveland, Carolina now has four games this year with less than 100 yards rushing, losing all four. In 2017, they had five such games and a 3-2 record in them.
- In their win against Tampa Bay, New Orleans allowed an opponent to rush for 100-plus yards for the third time this season - the fewest allowed in the league.
- His poor performance in Week 14 aside, Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is the second player (Peyton Manning) to open his career with eight straight seasons with 3,000+ passing yards.
- Panthers' running back Christian McCaffrey had his 12th and 13th touchdowns of the year last week. McCaffrey is tied for fourth in Panthers history for touchdowns in a single season.
- New Orleans receiver Michael Thomas now has 298 receptions in his career, the most ever for an NFL player in his first three seasons.