In each team’s preseason opener, the bobbling catch with five minutes left brought the ball to the Saints’ goal line. A play later, RB J’Mari Taylor punched it in for a touchdown that proved to be the winning margin.
Saints’ battling backups Spencer Rattler and Zach Wilson each threw for touchdown passes in the first half of the game as the Saints jumped out to a 20-6 lead at halftime.
A New Orleans field goal after a Wilson 28-yard strike to Bub Means had given the Saints a 14-pont lead.
Midway through the second quarter, Rattler - who is battling Wilson for the No. 2 role - drove the team 54 yards before kicker Tanner Brown earned a leg up in a kicking competition by nailing a 49-yard FG and then closing the half with a 29-yard field goal.
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In the first quarter, the Saints returned the opening kickoff inside the Jaguars’ 20. A play later, New Orleans RB Audric Estimé found the end zone, give the Saints a very early 7-0 lead.
Later in the first quarter, kicker Cam Little booted a pair of FGs, from 54 and 32 yards out, narrowing the Saints’ lead to 7-6 to end a sloppy periods for the Jags.
The Jaguars defense had forced a sack-fumble in Saints territory before Little hit his second of two FGs.
Both Jaguars backup QBs, Nick Mullins and Carter Bradley, have thrown interceptions in the first half of the game.
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