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SAINTS "ON TARGETS"
We scoured all 256 drive summaries from 2008:
Grid #1 shows the times each player was targeted per week and per position with team totals.
Grid #2 shows the total times each player touched the ball inside the opponents 20 yd line, per position with team totals.
| Times Targeted 2008 Game by Game |
Total Receiving Targets |
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| New Orleans Saints |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
Tot |
Rec |
Yds |
TD |
| Reggie Bush |
9 |
9 |
14 |
8 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
73 |
52 |
440 |
4 |
| Pierre Thomas |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
bye |
8 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
41 |
31 |
284 |
3 |
| Deuce McAllister |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
bye |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
23 |
18 |
128 |
1 |
| Aaron Stecker |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
bye |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
9 |
52 |
1 |
| Mike Karney |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
9 |
18 |
0 |
| Olaniyi Sobomehin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
| Mike Bell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
0 |
| RB TOTAL |
11 |
12 |
19 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
7 |
10 |
|
11 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
7 |
12 |
7 |
10 |
166 |
122 |
944 |
9 |
| Lance Moore |
4 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
bye |
13 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
10 |
119 |
79 |
928 |
10 |
| Devery Henderson |
2 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
bye |
6 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
57 |
32 |
793 |
3 |
| David Patten |
2 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
bye |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
11 |
162 |
1 |
| Robert Meachem |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
20 |
12 |
289 |
3 |
| Marques Colston |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
bye |
11 |
7 |
1 |
12 |
8 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
88 |
47 |
760 |
5 |
| WR TOTAL |
14 |
15 |
15 |
17 |
23 |
10 |
19 |
17 |
|
34 |
20 |
10 |
22 |
17 |
22 |
20 |
29 |
304 |
181 |
2932 |
22 |
| Jeremy Shockey |
6 |
3 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
bye |
5 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
72 |
50 |
483 |
0 |
| Billy Miller |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
bye |
6 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
63 |
45 |
579 |
1 |
| Mark Campbell |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
bye |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
121 |
2 |
| Sean Ryan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
| Buck Ortega |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| TE TOTAL |
7 |
5 |
13 |
6 |
10 |
8 |
13 |
15 |
|
11 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
6 |
8 |
13 |
9 |
156 |
110 |
1193 |
3 |
| Red Zone Touches (carries, receiving, passing) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
Tot |
| Pierre Thomas |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
bye |
2 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
32 |
| Reggie Bush |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
|
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
| Deuce McAllister |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
bye |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
26 |
| Aaron Stecker |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
bye |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Mike Bell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Mike Karney |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Olaniyi Sobomehin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| RB TOTAL |
2 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
3 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
|
5 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
13 |
7 |
9 |
3 |
98 |
Lance Moore |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
bye |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
25 |
| Devery Henderson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
bye |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| Marques Colston |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
bye |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
9 |
| Robert Meachem |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| David Patten |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| WR TOTAL |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
6 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
47 |
Billy Miller |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
| Jeremy Shockey |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
| Mark Campbell |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Buck Ortega |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
bye |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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| TE TOTAL |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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OVERVIEW
Pass Targets to RB - 27%
Pass Targets to WR - 48%
Pass Targets to TE - 25%
Top 3 Red-Zone Touches: Thomas (32), McAllister (26), Moore (25)
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61% of red zone touches were to running backs, 29% to wide receivers and 10% to tight ends
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Reggie Bush averaged a staggering nine targets per game in the first six games.
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In weeks 13-1,5 where both Bush and Thomas were active, Bush received 17 total targets compared to Thomas’s 12.
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Marques Colston averaged a massive 75 targets in the last eight games of the year.
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Colston led the Saints in targets in each of the last five games of the year, securing himself as Brees' guy.
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Colston had 56 targets and Moore had 35 targets from weeks 13-17 when both were healthy.
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While Colston and Moore were in the lineup simultaneously, Lance Moore had almost twice as many red zone touches (16 to 9).
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Deuce McAllister’s 26 red zone touches is a lot left up for grabs in 2009.
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Shockey only had six red zone looks in 2008.
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