Saints vs. Titans Key Players to Watch | Week 1

Jamaal Williams and the New Orleans Saints will host Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET, in a battle featuring two of the top runners in the league last season as the primary players to watch.

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Saints vs. Titans Game Info

• Game Date: Sunday, September 10, 2023
• Time: 1:00 PM ET
• Venue: Caesars Superdome
• Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
• TV: CBS

Top Saints Players

• Derek Carr threw for 3,522 yards last season (234.8 per game) while completing 60.8% of his passes (305-for-502), with 24 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
• Williams took 262 carries for 1,066 rushing yards a season ago (62.7 per game) and scored 17 touchdowns.
• Taysom Hill totaled 575 rushing yards on 96 carries, with seven touchdowns on the ground, last year.
• Last year Chris Olave was targeted 119 times and amassed 72 catches for 1,042 yards and four touchdowns.
• Juwan Johnson also tacked on 42 grabs for 508 yards and seven touchdowns.
• Rashid Shaheed racked up 488 receiving yards on 28 catches with two TDs.
• Cameron Jordan boasted an impressive stat line of 8.5 sacks, 13 TFL and 66 tackles last year.
• Demario Davis’ 2022 campaign saw him total 109 tackles, 10 TFL, 6.5 sacks, and one interception.
• Last season, Tyrann Mathieu hauled in three interceptions and added 91 tackles, three TFL, one sack, and eight passes defended.

Top Titans Players

• Last season Ryan Tannehill recorded 2,536 passing yards (211.3 per game) while going 212-for-325 (65.2%) and throwing for 13 touchdowns with six interceptions.
• Henry rushed for 1,538 yards on 349 carries (96.1 yards per game) and scored 13 touchdowns a season ago. He also averaged 24.9 receiving yards per game, grabbing 33 passes for 398 yards.
• Last year Malik Willis rushed for 123 yards on 27 carries (17.6 yards per game), with one rushing touchdown.
• Last season DeAndre Hopkins was targeted 96 times and amassed 64 catches for 717 yards with three touchdowns.
• Chris Moore’s stat line last year was 48 grabs for 548 yards and two touchdowns. He averaged 36.5 receiving yards per game.
• Chigoziem Okonkwo caught 32 passes on 46 targets for 450 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 28.1 receiving yards per game.
• Last season Denico Autry piled up eight sacks, eight TFL and 27 tackles.
• Over his 2022 campaign, Kevin Byard totaled 106 tackles and four interceptions.

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Saints Fantasy Stats

• Carr ended the 2022 season as the 26th-best fantasy player overall and the 16th-best fantasy QB with 219 fantasy points (14.6 per game).
• Williams’ 213.9 total fantasy points a season ago (an average of 12.6 per game), were good enough to place him 27th overall and seventh among RBs.
• Last year, Hill’s 136.8 total fantasy points made him the No. 76 fantasy player and No. 3 TE. He averaged 8.6 fantasy points per game.
• Olave put together the 87th-ranked fantasy season (23rd among WRs) in 2022 with 126.2 fantasy points, averaging 8.4 per game.

Titans Fantasy Stats

• Henry put together a solid 2022 fantasy season, scoring 269.8 total fantasy points (16.9 per game) to finish 15th overall and third among RBs in the league-wide fantasy rankings.
• Tannehill was the 53rd-ranked player overall and the 25th-ranked QB after scoring 161.2 fantasy points (13.4 per game) last year.
• Hopkins closed last season as the No. 49 WR and the No. 133 fantasy player overall. He racked up 87.7 fantasy points (9.7 per game).
• Moore’s 2022 campaign saw him finish as the No. 173 fantasy player and the No. 66 WR with 67.1 fantasy points (averaging 4.5 per game).