Saints travel to Tampa Bay

The Saints are looking to keep the momentum going from their gutsy 23-17 season opening
victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
The Saints, who have a one game lead over their rivals in the NFC South, travel to Tampa Bay to
battle the Bucs. The last time the two clubs met it was all Saints as they took a 41-0 blowout
victory with Drew Brees passing for four  touchdowns and 307 yards.
Tampa Bay showed a lack of discipline in last week's 18-17 loss to the New York Jets. The Bucs
committed a bone-head play when Lavonte David hit Jets' rookie quarterback Geno Smith out of
bounds and was assessed a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty, which put the Jets in a last
second field goal situation, booting a 48-yarder to win it. The Bucs were penalized 13 times for
102 yards against the Jets.
Former Southeastern Louisiana University Lions' secondary player Robert Alford, a second-round
pick of the Atlanta Falcons, made his NFL debut Sunday starting against the Saints in the Dome.
Alford made his presence felt intercepting a Drew Brees' pass when he wrestled the ball away
from sure-handed Marques Colston. He also broke up two passes and assisted on a tackle. A nice
start for the former SLU Lions' player, who  starred at Hammond High as a former Tornado.