EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New Orleans Saints took two leaps against the New York Giants. “It keeps us in the mix,” Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi said after winning for the third time in four games since replacing Dennis Allen. “He’s just trying to win and in a game like that, a first down or two and you put …
— Graham Gano injured his right hamstring chasing down the Commanders’ Austin Ekeler on the opening kickoff, and it ended up costing the New York Giants dearly. “He missed the first one, and we thought our chances were better going for it or going for two as the game went on and how we were playing offensively,” coach Brian Daboll …
IRVINE, Calif. — New Orleans Saints special teams coach Darren Rizzi said he felt like a real estate agent during the early days of training camp, urging kickers to scrap their long-held, deep-ball approach to kickoffs and focus instead on “location, location, location.” “You’ve got to get the old mentality out of your heads,” Rizzi said. “It’s a little more …