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NEW ORLEANS � In a city known for seafood and hurricanes � both in a meteorological and alcoholic sense � New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton is trying his best to make sure his players don�t �eat the cheese.�

The �cheese� is the chorus of hosannas the Saints (7-2) have received from their once-again giddy fans and from observers across the country who have begun to pile onto the bandwagon of an unexpected Authentic Derrius Guice Jersey , seven-game winning streak. New Orleans aims to extend that streak on Sunday against the banged-up Washington Redskins (4-5) at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

�Every day, we talk about the realities of today, each week and the understanding of we�re just past the midway point of the season,� Payton said. �It�s the craziest stuff ever. Tune it out. Laugh at it. Understand what it is, but there�s so much more we have to do and accomplish.�

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An eight-game winning streak would be the Saints� longest since the end of the 2011 season, and they appear to be catching the Redskins at a time when they are especially vulnerable due to a large injury list. Since Payton became the Saints� head coach in 2006, the Redskins have won four of five against New Orleans, with the Saints� lone victory coming in overtime in 2009 at FedEx Field Keke Coutee Super Bowl LI Jersey , 33-30.

�That�s a surprising stat,� Saints quarterback Drew Brees said. �I guess we�re going to have to get them. I don�t think there�s anything to that. I think they are very good team and a team that�s looking for a win, just like we are.�Posted Image


Brees is completing nearly 72 percent of his passes � which would break his NFL record � but it is the Saints� run-balance with Mark Ingram and rookie Alvin Kamara that has stunned opposing defenses. New Orleans ran for 298 yards and a franchise-record six rushing touchdowns in a 47-10 road rout of Buffalo last week.

One series typified the Saints� refurbished offensive attack � a 10-play, 95-yard drive without Brees throwing a single pass. In fact, Brees dropped back to throw from the Buffalo 7-yard line but took off around left end for the score behind a crushing block by left tackle Terron Armstead.

�What�s the No. 1 objective? To win,� Brees said. �We�ve been doing that and doing it with the formula that�s appropriate for that game. When we�re running the ball effectively and playing the type of defense we have been playing, it�s not necessary to throw the ball 35-40 times a game. If we can throw the ball mid-20s, rush the ball 40-something times and win the way that we have Wholesale Will Hernandez Jersey , that�s great.�

Redskins coach Jay Gruden said he didn�t even bother to watch game film of the Saints� defense from two years ago because they have so transformed themselves this year. New Orleans is coming off three consecutive, 7-9 seasons in which they failed to make the playoffs.

�I see all of them playing with a great motor and intensity, and their corners (Marshon Lattimore and Ken Crawley) are doing a great job. They are disrupting routes and playing great man-to-man.�

Gruden said his defense will have to pay special emphasis to the Saints ground attack between the tackles, which was such a potent force against Buffalo. The losses of interior defensive linemen Jonathan Allen and Matt Ioannidis and inside linebackers Mason Foster and Will Compton have hurt, Gruden said.

�We have to figure out a way to collapse holes and create a new line of scrimmage and play physical, and that�s going to be a great challenge,� Gruden said.

The Redskins, who ranked third in the NFL in 20-yard pass attempts Kyle Lauletta Jersey Elite , will try to push the ball down field with quarterback Kirk Cousins.

�They stretch the field vertically,� Payton said. �I see someone (Cousins) who epitomizes a competitor. There is a feistiness about him, a toughness about him. I think it�s contagious with his teammates.�

Meanwhile, Brees, at 38, is preaching vigilance and professionalism to his younger teammates who have not experienced this kind of NFL success. Don�t eat the cheese.

�I don�t think we�ve played our best football,� Brees said. �I know that the challenge is only becoming greater as we go along here (in this season). The ultimate goal of this season was not to be 7-2. The ultimate goal is to continue to put ourselves in position to win the division and go to the playoffs and see what happens.

�I like the track we are on. I think we�re an ascending team. We�re better every week. We�ve found a bunch of different ways to win and have a lot of guys playing well and gaining a lot of confidence along the way. We want to keep that going.�

The Saints are relatively healthy coming in. Safety Kenny Vaccaro, who missed last week with a groin injury Authentic Cody Latimer Jersey , returned to limited work, but linebacker A.J. Klein (ankle) did not practice on Wednesday.

Three Redskins did not practice on Wednesday: wide receiver Jamison Crowder (not injury-related), and tight end Jordan Reed (hamstring) and left tackle Trent Williams (knee).

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