Bengals, Saints meet in NOLA in Louisiana homecoming for Burrow, Chase

WITH THE AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR OUR POST GAME SPECIAL EDITION. I’M SHEREE PAOLELLO AND I MIKE DARDIS BENGALS LOSE 1917. LET’S GET RIGHT TO ZACH TAYLOR IN THAT POSTGAME NEWS CONFERENCE. HOW WE WANTED TO HONOR ON THE SHOVEL DOWN THE FOURTH DOWN PLAY. BUT FELT COMFORTABLE WITH WITH OUR PACKAGE GOING IN AND JUST ACTUALLY WHEN IT DOESN’T WORK IT’S YOU WISH YOU WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT DID YOU FEEL LIKE THE NEXT TIME DOWN IT’S MUCH MORE DIRECT HANDOFF QB STEVE DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING FROM THOSE PLAY JUST TRYING TO SHOVE IT IN? YEAH. I MEAN, THAT’S PART OF THE GAME PLAN YOU’RE YOU’RE PREPARING VERSUS FRANCE OR SEEING WHAT OTHER TEAMS HAVE DONE AND YOU’RE SEEING WHY THEY’VE HAD SUCCESS AND IT WASN’T REALLY BECAUSE TEAMS WERE RUNNING DOWNHILL. IT WAS IT WAS KIND OF GETTING STUFF ON THE PERIMETER. AND WE TRIED THAT. IT DIDN’T WORK FOR US. AND, AND THEN IT DID. ONCE WE GOT JOE ON THE ONE POINT DOWNHILL AND THEN WE STUCK IT OUT ON THE NEXT PLAY BECAUSE YOU SAW THE FRONT END. BUT YOU THINK IN THE PAST WE DIDN’T JUST WATCH ON TAPE OR THREE. FIRST TIME HOW HOW DO YOU BALANCE THE DECISION THERE? WANTED TO GO FOR IT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN LIKE EVERY WEEK AND THEY KIND OF FELL WHERE WE NEED TO GO FOR IT. YEAH. AND THEY THINK THAT’S THE RIGHT CALL AND IT’S NOT. YEAH, WE FELT GOOD FROM THE TO MAKE BABY ANY FURTHER. WE WERE JUST KICKING IT THERE BUT YOU KNOW, WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE HAD CALLED THERE. OBVIOUSLY DIDN’T WORK OUT SO AND I’M NOT GOING TO SAY IN HINDSIGHT, YOU DO IT DIFFERENTLY. I OBVIOUSLY WE WE SEE THAT THAT PLAY DIDN’T WORK. AND SO YOU’D RUN A DIFFERENT PLAY. BUT THE WAY THAT WE MANAGE THE SITUATION, I THOUGHT WE’D GO UP 17 TO 13 RIGHT THERE AND OUR DEFENSIVE POINT, REALLY GOOD. KEEP IN MIND THE END ZONE, ASIDE FROM THE ONE THAT THEY HAD AND WE FIND A WAY TO GO WIN THE PAST COUPLE OF GAMES, THE OFFENSIVE STARTED FAST. OBVIOUSLY THAT WASN’T THE CASE TONIGHT. WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT DOES THAT? WE JUST COULDN’T GET THAT FIRST. FIRST DOWN. WE GOT A FIRST DOWN. FIRST PLAY THE GAME AND THEN WE PROBABLY WENT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THREE STRAIGHT, THREE OUTS IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT COUNT, THAT DRIVE. AND AGAIN, IT JUST IT JUST FIND OUR RHYTHM ON THE FIRST TWO PLAYS AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF A FEELING, HONESTLY FEELING OUT PROCESS. WE JUST COULDN’T FIND OUR RHYTHM. AND ONCE WE GOT THAT FIRST, FIRST DOWN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME, WE MOVED THE BALL EXACTLY HOW WE WANTED TO AND SO AGAIN, JUST DIDN’T START OUT AS FAST AS WE WANTED TO DO. THEN WE TRIED TO FIGHT THROUGH THAT THING, ROLL THE WHOLE GAME, YOU KNOW, EVEN AT HALFTIME, HE’S TALKING ABOUT GIVING IT TO THE WORLD JUST DIDN’T FEEL GOOD ENOUGH TO KEEP GOING FOR NO REASON. HE KIND OF JUST STAYED ON THE SIDELINE AND MOVE UNIFORM. SO BECAUSE WE WANTED TO KEEP GIVING A SHOT, I MEAN, HE’S IS A TOUGH GUY AND YOU KNOW, EVEN SITUATION WE WANTED TO BE AN OPTION THAT CAME UP EVEN IF IT WAS GOING TO BE THE CORE PART OF THINGS AND THAT SITUATION IS TOO MUCH. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, WE HAVE JOE MIXON PROBABLY HAVE THAT RUNNING RANGE. BUT YEAH, I THOUGHT HE RAN RAN REALLY HARD. WE HAD SOME GOOD DOWNHILL RUNS FOR US. I THOUGHT THE OFFENSIVE LINE DID A GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW, MANAGING THE FRONTS AND AND THERE WERE SOME GOOD PERIMETER BLOCKS AS WELL. BUT I THOUGHT JOE JOE DID A REALLY NICE JOB IN THE RUN GAME. YOU KNOW, WE STARTED TO FIND A RHYTHM THERE WITH THE RUN IN THE PAST, WITH IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE REST GAME. AND JUST TO JUST WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE I THE INTERCEPTION WITH JOE THE SCREEN I THINK PATRICK MADE A GOOD PLAY ON THE BALL YOU KNOW REALLY TO BE HONEST WITH YOU IT WAS IT LOOKED LIKE THE WINNER WAS GOING TO BE THERE. HE FELL BACK INTO IT AND MADE IT BIG. YOU KNOW, FROM MY VANTAGE POINT ON THE SIDELINES THERE, WE’LL WATCH THE TAPE AND SEE WHAT ELSE COULD HAVE HAPPENED. BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS ON TIME WITH A THROW MY BACK. I MADE A GOOD POINT. AND ALSO I WANT TO WATCH ON VIDEO HOW FRUSTRATING IT WAS AFTER OPENING UP AS A TOUCHDOWN TO A TEAM LIKE BALTIMORE. IT WASN’T GOING TO GET. IT’S JUST FRUSTRATING TO LOSE. IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW IT SHAKES OUT. YOU KNOW, THERE THERE’S GAMES THAT THE OFFENSE MAY SCORE A LOT OF POINTS AND WE NEED TO PICK THE DEFENSE UP AND VICE VERSA. AND AGAIN, WE KNEW THIS IS A TOUGH TEAM. IT’S A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT AND TO ME, A TOUGH, TOUGH TEST TO COME IN HERE AND GET. WHEN WE WERE CLOSE. BUT WE’RE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH AND WE JUST HAVE TO LEARN FROM THE THINGS THAT THESE GUY CAN DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER, THAT I CAN DO BETTER. AND AND BE ABLE TO REBOUND NEXT WEEK. LOOK AFFECT THE TV CAMERAS CAUGHT YOU RECENTLY TALKED TO LC AFTER THAT POINT DOWN YEAH WHAT WERE YOUR WORDS TO HIM AND WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO CONVEY? SO WE GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP JUST TALKING THROUGH THE SITUATIONS. CAN YOU PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE FIRST FIVE WEEKS OF THE SEASON, THE OFFENSE KIND OF HASN’T QUITE FOUND THE REALLY OUT OF THE IN THE LAST TWO. WE’VE BEEN IN A LOT OF CLOSE GAMES. YOU KNOW, THEY COME DOWN LAST PLAY THE GAME AND AS A WHOLE WE’VE GOT TO BE BETTER OPERATING OPERATED LIKE A RHYTHM GOING WE OFFENSIVELY IT SEEM LIKE A RUN GAME AND KNOW JOE PICKED UP AFTER BONNIE’S INTERCEPTION HOW MUCH OF A SPARK IS THAT THAT DEFENSIVE PLAY TO GIVE THE OFFENSE COLD IT IS YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO PICK ME UP SOMETIMES IN ONE OF THE PHASES AND THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO DONE A GOOD JOB PROVIDING THAT INVOLVES A LOT OF REALLY GOOD JOB OF COMING DOWN WITH THE BALL. NOW, THREE TIMES THE LAST TWO WEEKS, ALL THAT DOES THAT GIVES YOU A SPARK, GIVES YOU SOME MOMENTUM. THE TEAM FEELS THAT IT’S NOT JUST A PHASE THING, IT’S AN ENTIRE TEAM THING, AND YOU GOT TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT QUICKLY. AND I THOUGHT THE OFFENSE DID A GOOD JOB OF THAT WAS YOU SAFE TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS FEEL? I THINK THAT’S THE GOOD JOB OF DEFENDING, NOT BREAKING IN YOUR POSITION. ALL OF THEM. WELL, THEY DO. EXCELLENT JOB ALL SEASON OF KEEPING TEAMS OUT OF THE ENDZONE. AND ULTIMATELY WE FEEL LIKE WE’RE GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN. AND IF WE CAN KEEP TEAMS AT THE END ZONE AND WIN THE TURNOVER BATTLE, THEN WE SHOULD BE ONE OF THE GAMES AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AND THEN JUST JUST HAD A LIMITED POSSESSIONS IN THE SECOND HALF. AND SO WE HAVE A WHATEVER WAS A 17 PLAY DRIVE, MAYBE WE DIDN’T SCORE POINTS EATS UP A LOT OF TIME AND COME AWAY WITH NOTHING AT BALTIMORE THAT HURTS AND THAT LAST DRIVE KNOW OBVIOUSLY TOOK A LONG DRIVE. IS THERE ANY THOUGHT, DO YOU THINK AT ALL ABOUT YOU TALKING UP AND GOING FOR A QUICKER SCORE, MAYBE TRYING TO GET ONE MORE POSSESSION ON THE BACK OF DOES IT WORK THAT WAY? YOU TASK ON EVERY PLAY. SO, SO WELL. IT’S A THREE WALK OUT. WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU ABOUT THIS TEAM? IT DOESN’T MATTER. WELL, IT WAS A LOSS. BUT I MEAN, THESE WERE ALL OF LAST PLAY. BUT WE THIRD, IT’S JUST A RESILIENT BUNCH. YOU KNOW, WE WE’VE BEEN DOWN IN SOME OF THESE GAMES FOR ABOUT TEN. AND I THINK TODAY WE WERE DOWN 17. NOTHING WE’VE DONE, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME DIFFERENT SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. AND WE FIGHT THAT AGAIN. WE CAN SEE THAT THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS SO FASTER AND PLAY WITH A LEAD. THAT’S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANT TO DO. SO WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO DO THAT. OBVIOUSLY, IT’S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT EVERY GAME FOR THE OPPONENT, BUT IT’S A IT’S A GROUP THAT I LOVE. I BELIEVE IN IT. IT’S A LONG SEASON. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WISH WE WOULD’VE GOTTEN THIS WIN, BUT WE DIDN’T. AND I’M CONFIDENT GUYS WILL REBOUND AND GO ATTACK THE NEXT GAME ON THE ROAD. RIGHT? WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THE RAVENS ARE PRETTY STUBBORN WITH THE TWO DEEP. THEY LOOK LIKE, THOUGH, WITH THE PARTICIPATION IN BETWEEN THE THREE YOU’RE TRYING TO SCORE BUT THEY WERE KIND OF NOT LETTING YOU. YEAH, THEY OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN’T WANT TO GIVE UP THE EXPLOSIVES AND SO WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE’RE GOING TO TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET. AND THEN BALTIMORE HIT THE BALL. WELL, REALLY, I KNOW THE TURNOVER WAS A ONE POINT POSSESSION, BUT REALLY THE LAST FOUR POSSESSIONS. SO POTENTIALLY TEN POINTS ALL GOING INSIDE THE TIGHT RED ZONE THAT THE DEFENSE WAS KEEPING BASICALLY, THEY DIDN’T DICTATE KIND OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN TERMS OF THE SHOT FILM. YEAH, I MEAN, THERE’S WE JUST WANTED TO BE SMART ABOUT IT AND BE EFFICIENT WITH OUR POTENTIAL. JUST THE OFFENSE AT ALL. AND YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T HAVE TO AND YOU CAN RUN AROUND AT THIS. BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT HAVING SOMEONE THAT CAN CHANGE WHAT YOU’RE DOING, YOU KNOW, YOU MOVE YOU MOVE GUYS AROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, AND JAMAL TAKES SOME OF THAT REALLY GOOD JOB. PITTSBURGH GAME, YOU KNOW. AND HE WENT OUT AND IN THIS GAME IN PARTICULAR OF OF MOVING AROUND AND BEING ABLE TO HANDLE BEING TAGGED DIFFERENTLY AND CONCEPTS AND HE’S HE’S JUST DONE A MASTERFUL JOB OF HANDLING THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE GAME IS NOT OBVIOUSLY HE’S IN THE ROOM, HE’S IN THE INSTALL, HE KNOWS THE OFFENSE, HE CAN DO IT. BUT I THINK THE GAME HE’S DONE A REAL GOOD JOB ADJUSTING WHEN WE NEED HIM TO TO BE AS WELL YOU KNOW WE MOVE AROUND AND PLAY DIFFERENT SPOTS TO BE HANDED THE ROLE TO THANK YOU FROM. SO THERE YOU HAVE IT COACH ZACH TAYLOR YOU CAN FEEL HIS DISAPPOINTMENT AS THE BENGALS FALL TO THE RAVENS 1917. THEY’RE IN THE FINAL SECONDS HEARING JOE BURROW IS NOW ON THE STANDS. GO TO JOE RIGHT NOW, LIVE IN BALTIMORE. JOE WAS ONE OF OUR TOUGH LOSS, FRUSTRATING, BUT THERE’S STILL A LOT OF FOOTBALL TO BE PLAYED, SO WE’RE NOT WE’RE NOT GOING TO PANIC. OBVIOUSLY, I WANT TO WIN. THE DIVISION IS NOT IDEAL. BUT LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF FOOTBALL TO BE PLAYED ON A RUN HERE BEFORE THE BYE AND STILL GOT EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF US. WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF THE OFFENSE OFFENSIVE? TRYING TO GET IN A RHYTHM EARLY FIRST HALF AND THEN A REALLY GOOD JOB. THEY KNOW THEY’RE PLAYING SOFT AND WE GOT THE RUNNING GAME GOING IN THE SECOND HALF AGAINST THAT SOFT ZONE. WEREN’T ABLE TO QUITE GET IT GOING IN THE FIRST HALF. AND YOUR JOB RIGHT HERE QUARTERBACK NEEDS TO BE PRETTY TIGHT AFTER. YEAH YEAH I MEAN WE TOOK THE LEAD WITH UNDER 2 MINUTES LEFT SO I WAS PRETTY EXCITED WITH THE SOMETHING BALTIMORE NEED TO KIND TO SNUFF OUT THE PHILLY SPECIAL THE SHOVEL PASSES DOWN THERE’S ME PLAY WELL. IT’S TOUGH TO SAY UNTIL YOU WATCH THE FILM WE’LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT. DID YOU SEE PASSION ON THAT INTERCEPTION? I DID NOT DO NOT THAT ALL THREE LOSSES HAVE COME. I’LL CALL SUCH A BRUISE THAT THING TO DO WITH THAT I LOST THE LOSS BUT WHEN A TEAM WE HAVE ALL THREE LIKE OVER PLAY I MEAN I’M LIKE WHAT DO YOU THINK WE’VE BEEN OFFERING KIND OF I HEARD SOMEWHERE IT’S KIND OF MAKES PLAYS DOWN THE STRETCH TO WIN THE GAME. THE MOST OF THESE GAMES ARE ALL DECIDED IN THE LAST HALF OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. WE JUST GOT TO MAKE THE PLAYS DOWN THE STRETCH BEFORE OF DOUBLE DIGIT PLAY DRIVE. IT WAS AT THE TIME OF THE GAME AND HAD TO BE PATIENT. YEAH, IT HAD TO BE THAT WAY. THEY WERE TAKING AWAY ALL OF OUR DEEP SHOTS, EVEN WHEN THEY WERE PLAYING, MAN, THEY’RE PLAYING PRETTY SOFT. I HAVE SO, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF MAKING US SHAKE IT DOWN AND MAKING US HAVE THESE LONG, YOU KNOW, 12 OR 15 PLAY DRIVES. IT’S NOT YOUR DECISION, BUT DECISION TO GO FOR IT ON POINT DOWN. THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND SHOULD YOU PICK IN THE 24 POSITION? DID YOU WANT TO GO FOR IT OR PUT DOWN THAT? YEAH, I THINK YOU HAVE TO RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET SEVEN POINTS, IT REALLY CHANGES THE GAME. SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT’S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THE WAY THE OFFENSE OPERATED IN FIVE WEEKS. IT WAS A. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT TODAY FOR THE MOST PART, WE DID A GOOD JOB TAKING THE BALL DOWN AND MOVING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD. WE JUST WEREN’T ABLE TO PUNCH IT IN THE RED ZONE. WE GOT OUR CHANCES. IS THERE ANYTHING IN BETWEEN? BETWEEN MAYBE TAKING THOSE CHECK DOWNS AND THE EXPLOSIVE PLAYS AND KIND OF WHAT WHAT DOES THAT PARTICULAR LOOK LIKE? WELL, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DEFENSE IS GIVING US. TEAMS ARE GOING TO PLAY LIKE THAT, AND THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. THERE’S JUST NOTHING DOWN THE FIELD IF IF TEAMS GRANT PLAYS LIKE THEY JUST DID TODAY. YOU KNOW, YOU’VE SAID ALL YEAR THAT THEY’VE GOT A GREAT TEAM TO SHOW THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT. TOUCHDOWN. TALK ABOUT THIS GAME ESPECIALLY PICKING UP THE LIKE WITHOUT YEAH HE JUST CONTINUES TO MAKE PLAYS FOR US YOU KNOW WE’RE HE’S LIKE I SAID HE’S GETTING BETTER AND BETTER EACH WEEK, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING HIS ROLE AND, YOU KNOW, DOING A COUPLE OF ONE ON ONES TODAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE HIM GO MAKE THOSE PLAYS OFFENSIVELY. BUT OFFENSIVELY, OBVIOUSLY, HE GOT. DEFENSIVE MATTERS. WHAT WHAT WHY WAS THAT STRUGGLE EARLY ON? OFFENSIVELY, I THINK THAT FIRST WORKOUT, YOU KNOW. YEAH, I MEAN WE WERE BEHIND BEHIND THE STICKS FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE DRIVES WE GOT IN THE THIRD LONG AND THEN THEY CAN PLAY THEIR SOFT ZONE. SO IT WAS TOUGH. HOW MUCH DID TEAMS ACCESS BACK TO WHAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO DO AWAY BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU LOSE A GUY LIKE IT IS AND ONE OF THE PREMIER SERIES IN THE LEAGUE. SO WHENEVER YOU LOSE A GUY LIKE THAT, IT’S GOING TO BE TOUGH. BUT I THOUGHT THE GUYS THAT REPLACED HIM DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. YOU KNOW, MY TEAM HAD A COUPLE OF REALLY BIG PLAYS FOR US AND STANLEY WAS IN THERE AND SO I THOUGHT THEY DID A VERY GOOD JOB WHEN THEY WERE IN THE IT DOESN’T TALK TO ME. IT WAS ONE GAMES IS THAT WAS YOU’LL HAVE IT YOU KNOW YOU’RE JUST GOING TO FEEL GOOD INSTEAD OF YEAH I MEAN WHENEVER YOU LOSE A GAME IT’S FRUSTRATING YOU TAKE THEM ALL THE SAME. IT’S NEVER EASY TO LOSE, BUT LIKE I SAID, SEASONS OF MARATHON WHERE WE’RE THROUGH FIVE GAMES, PLENTY MORE TO BE PLAYED BECAUSE YOUR MAKE SOME NOISE IN THE SECOND HALF MIGHT BE ON THE FOURTH KICK AND WE’RE HALFTIME. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THEIR PERFORMANCE? I DON’T THINK IT WOULD BE. YOU KNOW, WE REALLY YOU KNOW, WE REALLY FIGURED OUT THE GUN RUN GAME IN THE SECOND HALF. THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THE CHECK DOWNS, YOU KNOW, CATCHING THE BALL TWO YARDS, GETTING US FIVE, SIX, STAYING IN FRONT OF CHANGE. SO I THOUGHT THEY PLAYED WELL TO THE LAST THROW THAT THAT WHAT YOU WERE UP THERE WHAT WAS WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT THE PLAY. YEAH, HE WAS ONE ON ONE. SO IF HE’S ONE ON ONE, I’M GOING TO GO TO HIM EVERY TIME AND DO A GREAT JOB MAKING THE PLAY. WHEN WE’RE IN THE ROO

Live Updates: Bengals, Saints meet in NOLA in Louisiana homecoming for Burrow, Chase

Updated: 3:12 PM EDT Oct 16, 2022

After falling in the final moments against division rival Baltimore last week, the Cincinnati Bengals are back in action Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.This week's game is a homecoming of sorts for two key Bengals, Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase, who won a national title with LSU in 2019.Not to be overlooked, new offensive lineman La'el Collin, also a product out of LSU, and Trent Taylor, a former Louisiana Tech Bulldog, are returning to the Pelican State as well.Coming back to a familiar state isn't the only storyline entering Sunday: Former Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is in line to start for the Saints in place of the injured Jameis Winston.The former nine-year Bengal vet will make his third start for the Saints. Previously this season, Dalton threw for 236 yards on 20-of-28 passing and a touchdown in New Orleans' London loss to Minnesota. Last week, he led the Saints to a win at home against Seattle, completing just 16 of his 24 passes for 187 yards, a touchdown and an interception.Keep this story handy throughout the game for live updates throughout the day. A win Sunday will put the Bengals back at .500 on the season as they return to the Queen City next week.

NEW ORLEANS —

After falling in the final moments against division rival Baltimore last week, the Cincinnati Bengals are back in action Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.

This week's game is a homecoming of sorts for two key Bengals, Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase, who won a national title with LSU in 2019.

Not to be overlooked, new offensive lineman La'el Collin, also a product out of LSU, and Trent Taylor, a former Louisiana Tech Bulldog, are returning to the Pelican State as well.

Coming back to a familiar state isn't the only storyline entering Sunday: Former Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is in line to start for the Saints in place of the injured Jameis Winston.

The former nine-year Bengal vet will make his third start for the Saints. Previously this season, Dalton threw for 236 yards on 20-of-28 passing and a touchdown in New Orleans' London loss to Minnesota. Last week, he led the Saints to a win at home against Seattle, completing just 16 of his 24 passes for 187 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

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A win Sunday will put the Bengals back at .500 on the season as they return to the Queen City next week.