There is a new team atop the overall NFC standings after Week 9 of the 2020 NFL season. The New Orleans Saints (6-2) defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-3) in Sunday's prime-time matchup, grabbing the No.1 seed and control of the NFC South.
Saints quarterback Drew Brees delivered four touchdown passes in the 38-3 rout, helping extend the team's winning streak to five games. New Orleans also defeated Tampa Bay in the season opener, giving the Black and Gold the tiebreaker edge in the NFC South race.
Fellow quarterback Taysom Hill had his best performance of the season, completing two passes for 48 yards, carrying the ball seven times for 54 yards, while snagging one catch for 21 yards to set up a Saints touchdown.
"Part of it was some of the things that we saw defensively," Coach Sean Payton said Monday of his plan to get Hill involved in the pass game. "There were some good opportunities throwing the football, so a lot of it, specifically, was by gameplan. But each week, we're looking for those types of plays.
"If you're snapping directly to a runner, you're kind of getting your man-advantage back, i.e. any 'Wildcat' run. And so there's some adjustments defensively some teams make, and one of them by Tampa was to get that man-advantage back and to get the middle safety coming into the front. And so when that happens, you kind of have some advantages in the passing game."
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