NEW ORLEANS — Former New Orleans Saints Chauncey Gardner-Johnson is one of those players you love to have on your team but hate to play against.
Two years ago, he didn't leave the Saints on a good note when he was traded to the Eagles for a fifth- and sixth-round pick. At the time, Gardner-Johnson wanted a new contract and even held in at training camp before being traded.
Following the Eagles comeback win, Gardner-Johnson said, "Listen, we keep receipts... they got rid of me, I ain't get rid of them. It's still in me. It's still tatted on me. I ain't worried."
"They ain't no contenders. They're pretenders. They have Derek Carr remember that," Gardner-Johnson screamed in the locker room.
Gardner-Johnson finished Sunday's game with 8 tackles and one pass deflection.
Saquon Barkley rushed for fourth-quarter touchdowns of 65 and 4 yards, and the Philadelphia Eagles rebounded from a maddening late-game collapse six days earlier to beat the New Orleans Saints 15-12 on Sunday.
Barkley's shorter scoring run came with 1:01 left, one play after Dallas Goedert got free across the middle on third-and-16 for a 61-yard catch and run that gave him a career-high 170 yards on 10 receptions.
Eagles safety Reed Blankenship sealed the victory when he intercepted Derek Carr's pass over the middle with 48 seconds left, capping a banner performance by Philadelphia's defense against an offense that had scored an NFL-high 91 points during the regular season's first two weeks under new coordinator Klint Kubiak.
The Associate Press contributed to this report.
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