The Saints enter Sunday with another must-win situation even though it's just Week 9. Fortunately, they have one of the worst teams in the league ahead.
The Saints travel to Charlotte to take on the Panthers this Sunday, which somehow has a pretty decentfor it. New Orleans has lost six straight games, something that hasn't happened since the 2005 season. Fans are restless and fed up, and there's majorof whether or not the building has any sense of urgency to correct it. We'll see if they can at least stop the hemorrhaging in Week 9, but here's what it'll take.
Obviously, getting Derek Carr back in the mix should help a bit here, but it certainly won't fix everything. Getting some pre-snap penalties cleaned up will go a long way in this game, and at least put them back on some semblance of the right track. Even if the Saints win , there's nothing to suggest that the team is back in any way. New Orleans has a lot of ground to make up before that happens.
Defensively, the explosive plays are what you have to worry about. Getting Pete Werner back certainly helped the defense, and they played better, but the big plays allowed were a major difference in the loss. New Orleans gave up plays of 60, 45, 38, 27 and 24 yards when they played Los Angeles, so against a lowly Panthers team, you can't put on a repeat performance.I officially started covering the New Orleans Saints & other NFL topics in 2011.
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