6 takeaways from Saints’ win over Panthers in Week 12

The New Orleans Saints took down the Carolina Panthers in Week 12, but not without a serious rash of penalties and some dubious decisions.

The defense badly misses Marshon Lattimore

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D.J. Moore went into this game as the Panthers’ top wide receiver, with just one touchdown catch on the year and 779 receiving yards (a rate of 77.9 per game). With Lattimore injured, the Saints assigned P.J. Williams to shadow Moore throughout the game — and they got burned for it. Moore punished Williams with some nice routes and streaking speed after the catch, proving too much for the Saints’ next-man-up to handle. He ended the game with six catches, 126 yards, and two touchdown grabs. They can’t get Lattimore back into the lineup soon enough.

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