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Saints Film Room: How the Pass Offense can exploit a depleted Niners Defense

In the New Orleans Saints Week 10 matchup with the depleted San Francisco 49ers, getting the passing game going early and often will be key.

The Niners run defense is pretty stingy, despite the following players being out or on Injured Reserve:

  • Ezekial Ansah

They’re only allowing 4.0 yards per rush, which is the 7th-best in the league, and are top three in the league in EPA allowed per rush.

However, they’re bottom 10 against the pass. This evens out to the being a pretty average overall defense, statistically.