The New Orleans Saints (3-3) instilled some new hope in the fan base in last week’s dominant, 34-0 shutout of the New England Patriots.
The team performed well on all cylinders, seeming to show improvement in just about every area to be desired after inconsistency and failing to play complementary football plagued the Saints for the better part of the season.
The only question was as to whether or not that was a fluke and if the Saints could build upon that heading throughout the rest of the schedule that continued with the Houston Texans.
And for now, “no” seems to be the resounding response as the Saints failed to capitalize on almost too many opportunities to count with an abysmal performance in the red zone on a day in which the defense did not look like itself, making critical errors.
Here’s a look at what fans and analysts had to say following the loss: