NFL Preseason Week 2 Game Recap: New Orleans Saints 22, Los Angeles Chargers 17

2KEPN81 Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 13th Nov, 2022. Jameis Winston (2) during the Steelers vs Saints game in Pittsburgh, PA. Jason Pohuski/CSM/Alamy Live News

The New Orleans Saints beat the Los Angeles Chargers 22-17 in Week 2 of the 2023 preseason.

Chargers quarterback Easton Stick turned the ball over three times on the night, throwing two interceptions and losing one fumble, while the Saints quarterbacks completed 63.2% of their passes for a combined 287 yards and no interceptions.



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Offensive spotlight: Second-year guard Zion Johnson played 16 snaps with the starters and looked comfortable from his spot at left guard. He didn't allow a single pressure across 11 pass-blocking snaps, and he also graded well as a run-blocker.

Defensive spotlight: Chargers second-round edge defender Tuli Tuipulotu recorded one pressure across his seven pass-rush snaps and came up with a big tackle for loss against the run late in the first quarter.

Rookie spotlight: Undrafted free-agent receiver Shaquan Davis made the most of his playing time tonight, catching three of his five targets for 63 yards and two first downs. Two of his catches went for 15 or more yards, and he hauled in one of his two contested targets.

Offensive line spotlight: The New Orleans front five looked solid tonight, as they gave up just one hit and two hurries across 40 pass-blocking snaps, according to PFF's first review of the game film.

Box Score

Passing
New Orleans Saints
Player Fantasy Comp/Att Yds YPA TD Int Sacks Rtg
Jameis Winston 6.8 13 / 21 169 8.0 0 0 2 87.2
Jake Haener 4.5 11 / 17 118 6.9 0 0 0 84.9
Los Angeles Chargers
Player Fantasy Comp/Att Yds YPA TD Int Sacks Rtg
Easton Stick 24.6 21 / 41 233 5.7 0 2 5 48.1
Rushing
New Orleans Saints
Player Fantasy Car Yds YPC TD Long Fum Lost
Kendre Miller 14.9 10 23 2.3 1 9 0
Jontre Kirklin 9.7 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
Ellis Merriweather 8.1 5 15 3.0 0 6 0
Jake Haener 4.5 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1 0
Darrel Williams 3.1 8 17 2.1 0 4 0
Los Angeles Chargers
Player Fantasy Car Yds YPC TD Long Fum Lost
Easton Stick 24.6 7 63 9.0 2 21 1
Isaiah Spiller 2.7 5 27 5.4 0 18 0
Joshua Kelley 2.4 4 9 2.2 0 5 0
Elijah Dotson 2.1 6 21 3.5 0 8 0
Receiving
New Orleans Saints
Player Fantasy Tgt Rec Yds YPT YPR TD
Kendre Miller 14.9 3 3 36 12.0 12.0 0
Jontre Kirklin 9.7 3 3 59 19.7 19.7 0
Shaquan Davis 9.3 5 3 63 12.6 21.0 0
Ellis Merriweather 8.1 4 4 26 6.5 6.5 0
Lucas Krull 6.0 8 3 30 3.8 10.0 0
Lynn Bowden Jr. 5.7 3 2 37 12.3 18.5 0
A.T. Perry 5.2 5 3 22 4.4 7.3 0
Darrel Williams 3.1 1 1 4 4.0 4.0 0
Kirk Merritt 1.8 1 1 8 8.0 8.0 0
Adam Prentice 1.2 1 1 2 2.0 2.0 0
Bryan Edwards 0.0 4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
Los Angeles Chargers
Player Fantasy Tgt Rec Yds YPT YPR TD
Keelan Doss 7.2 5 3 42 8.4 14.0 0
Stone Smartt 7.2 5 4 32 6.4 8.0 0
Quentin Johnston 6.7 3 3 37 12.3 12.3 0
Derius Davis 5.4 3 3 24 8.0 8.0 0
Terrell Bynum 4.9 4 1 39 9.8 39.0 0
Hunter Kampmoyer 4.5 2 2 25 12.5 12.5 0
Tyler Hoosman 2.5 2 2 5 2.5 2.5 0
Joshua Kelley 2.4 1 1 5 5.0 5.0 0
Pokey Wilson 2.4 2 1 14 7.0 14.0 0
Elijah Dotson 2.1 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
John Hightower 2.0 6 1 10 1.7 10.0 0
Donald Parham Jr. 0.0 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
Michael Ezeike 0.0 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
Milton Wright 0.0 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0

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