For the first time in a month, the over hit on a Thursday night football game, as the Arizona Cardinals beat the New Orleans Saints in a shootout, 42-34. The Cardinals improved to 3-4 on the season while the Saints fell to 2-5.
Offensive spotlight: The biggest story of this game, besides Taylor Swift’s album trailer, was DeAndre Hopkins‘ return. In his first game back from a six-week suspension, Arizona’s star receiver caught 10 of his 14 targets for 103 yards, averaging a game-high 3.55 yards per route run.
Defensive spotlight: If you had the Cardinals defense on your fantasy team, you’re starting the week off hot. Arizona’s defense scored two touchdowns on three interceptions from Andy Dalton. Both Isaiah Simmons’ and Marco Wilson’s pick-sixes came within a minute of each other.
Rookie spotlight: Saints first-rounder Chris Olave had another strong showing in what’s been an excellent rookie season so far. He finished with seven catches for 106 yards. He currently has an 80.2 grade on the season, second-highest among all offensive rookies.
Offensive line spotlight: The Cardinals offensive line dominated in pass protection, finishing with an 84.6 pass-blocking grade on first review. Arizona allowed just a 9.4% pressure rate, its lowest figure all season.
Box Score
Passing
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Andy Dalton | 32.54 | 30 / 47 | 361 | 7.7 | 4 | 3 |
| Taysom Hill | 10.12 | 1 / 2 | 48 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Kyler Murray | 17.16 | 20 / 29 | 204 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Andy Dalton | 32.54 | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | 14 |
| Alvin Kamara | 17.5 | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 0 | 17 |
| Taysom Hill | 10.12 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mark Ingram II | 5.2 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Eno Benjamin | 23.3 | 12 | 92 | 7.7 | 1 | 45 |
| Kyler Murray | 17.16 | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 17 |
| Keaontay Ingram | 11.7 | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 1 | 11 |
| Greg Dortch | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Receiving
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| Chris Olave | 20.6 | 14 | 7 | 106 | 7.6 | 0 |
| Juwan Johnson | 20.2 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 2 |
| Alvin Kamara | 17.5 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 |
| Rashid Shaheed | 12.3 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 53 | 1 |
| Tre'Quan Smith | 10.9 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 9.8 | 0 |
| Taysom Hill | 10.12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Kevin White | 7.4 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 64 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram II | 5.2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 |
| Marquez Callaway | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| Eno Benjamin | 23.3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 |
| DeAndre Hopkins | 23.3 | 14 | 10 | 103 | 7.4 | 0 |
| Keaontay Ingram | 11.7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 |
| Greg Dortch | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Zach Ertz | 6.1 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 |
| Rondale Moore | 4.1 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 |
| Robbie Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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