The New Orleans Saints nearly set a franchise record in Sunday’s 51-27 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and it wasn’t a good one, either. The Saints came up just shy of the most yards they’ve ever allowed in a single game, with a total of 594 yards gifted to quarterback Baker Mayfield and the Bucs.
That’s the second-most in franchise history. The previous record was 605 yards of total offense surrendered to Daunte Culpepper and the Minnesota Vikings back in 2004.
Mayfield was allowed to have an absolute day on the stat sheet outside of some picks thrown, completing 24 of his 36 passing attempts for 325 yards with four touchdowns and three interceptions.
The 51 points the Saints gave up to the Bucs was by far the most they’ve allowed an opponent to score all season long, with the second-most coming nowhere close as they allowed both the Atlanta Falcons and the Kansas City Chiefs 26 points each. Sunday’s amount is a mere one point away from doubling that.
The offense, however, showed more signs of life than it has in a while with backup quarterback Spencer Rattler at the helm. The 27 points they put up were the most the Saints have scored since they totaled 44 points in the win over the Dallas Cowboys back on Sept. 15.
Playing complementary football will undoubtedly be a large emphasis as the Saints look to snap a now-abysmal four-game losing streak.
