New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill threw his first and second career touchdown passes in the Saints 21-16 win against the Falcons Sunday.
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Hill also completed 73 percent of this passes for 232 yards and rushed for 83.
He said the only numbers he was concerned with was the final score.
"I don't care as much as people might think about statistics and all the stuff. I care about winning football games,” Hill said. “I know there have been a lot of conversations about getting your first touchdown completion, but as long as we're winning football games, I'm happy. So, I was certainly happy about it because I knew it was going to help us win.”
On statistic that caught Hill’s coach Sean Payton’s attention was the quarterbacks play on third down.
“I thought, man, we converted a number of third downs. I don't know what our final percentage was. I think we were 9-something, 9-13. I thought he played well."
Hill finished Sunday’s game 11-of-14 on third down throws and credited the Saints gameplan and his teammates for the successful execution.
"I think our coaches did a phenomenal job with putting us in situations to be successful on third down,” Hill said. “I would say that there was some funky looks that I was not expecting on third down but we had practiced it and sure enough we got it. Some of those were big conversions."
Saints receiver Michael Thomas said he could tell Hill is becoming more comfortable running the Saints offense.
"I've just seen a guy come in and handle the situation very well,” Thomas said. “He's improved week in and week out. He's getting more comfortable, obviously, you can see that. And you can tell a guy that loves football and just wants to win. So, whenever you have a guy like that on your team, we just want to help him and make him right and complement him and make his job that much easier when he throws you the ball."