Doesn’t matter if Dennis Allen or Darren Rizzi is the head coach, the New Orleans Saints have been embarrassing in prime time games. The Saints went winless in three night games and were outscored by 70 points.
Not only did New Orleans fail to win any of those games, it was some of their worst performances of the season.
The Kansas City game was their best performance. It was also the only game of the trio to feature Derek Carr, Chris Olave or Rashid Shaheed. Erik McCoy and Alvin Kamara also missed at least one game.
Spencer Rattler getting his feet wet in the NFL and injuries definitely played a part, but the Saints looked absolutely pitiful against the Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers.
Against the Packers, the Saints became the first team to be shutout this season. The 34 point margin of defeat is the most for the Saints this year. The Saints fell in Sean Payton’s return to New Orleans by 23 points. That’s the third largest margin of defeat. New Orleans scored 10 points, their third lowest point total of the season.
You could point to the offense for much of what was said, but the defense looked bad too. Any Packers ball carrier looked to be a level above whatever defender attempted to tackle them. Green Bay put Malik Willis in at quarterback and he almost led a scoring drive too. The Saints were a couple of poor Bo Nix throws away from losing by 30 points.
The Saints have been as bad as they’ve been all season when the lights are the brightest.
