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John Sigler

Dennis Allen’s explanation for a late-game penalty couldn’t be worse

What were the New Orleans Saints doing throughout training camp? Did they forget to work on assembling a huddle?

The Saints were fouled for having twelve men on the field late in Monday night’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, facing 3rd-and-2 from the Tampa Bay 3-yard line with 3:49 remaining. That penalty turned the situation into 3rd-and-7 from the 8-yard line. Andy Dalton threw short of the sticks for a 5-yard completion, setting up 4-and-2 from where they started the sequence.

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