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Sean Payton moved to Denver and still owns the NFC South

Sean Payton swept the NFC South, proving nothing’s changed but his address. Unfortunately, his dominance now includes the Saints:

The Atlanta Falcons were painfully reminded of something that has been true for nearly 20 years. Sean Payton has partial ownership in the Atlanta Falcons. Maybe they hoped things changed since Payton was no longer leading the New Orleans Saints.

However, when the Falcons visited the Denver Broncos, Payton showed the new emblem on the hat doesn’t lessen his dominance over the Falcons. Payton improved his record to 22-9 against the Falcons with a dominating 38-6 victory.

Atlanta wasn’t the only team to get this reminder. Payton swept the NFC South this year and showed them why they all felt relieved by his temporary retirement. This included Payton’s first career victory over the Saints.

The games haven’t been too close either. The Carolina Panthers kept it the closest, and they lost by 14 points. At the end of that game, Payton flat out said Carolina isn’t a good team. Maybe that was the jolt Carolina needed because they haven’t lost a game since those comments.

During his 16-year run with New Orleans, Payton had a winning record against every team in the division. As the coach of the Denver Broncos, he’s undefeated against his former division.

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Darren Rizzi already expresses one thing he’d do differently than Dennis Allen

Darren Rizzi is taking over for Dennis Allen as interim head coach. He highlighted one decision he would have made differently than his predecessor:

Darren Rizzi will make his head coaching debut this upcoming week against the Atlanta Falcons, but if his debut was against the Carolina Panthers, he would have done at least one thing differently.

The New Orleans Saints were faced with a fourth and one in the fourth quarter at their own 46. Dennis Allen tried to draw the Panthers offsides. When it didn’t work, the Saints took the delay of game to give Matthew Hayball more space for the kick.

Rizzi may be a special teams guy, but he would have kept Derek Carr and the offense out to go for it. Not only does Rizzi disagree with Allen’s choice, he believes it is the objectively wrong call.

“I think the draw offsides play was a bad call,” Rizzi said on WWL Radio Monday night. He explained his thought process through analytics. “I think analytics tell you to go for it there.”

In addition to analytics, the flow of the game suggested to go for it as well. You’re up five points with a little more than five minutes left near midfield. You just followed up your second touchdown drive with an amazing interception. This felt like a chance to put the Panthers away.

From this quote, the change at head coach could lead to a more aggressive attitude and possibly more of a reliance on analytics.

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Dennis Allen is on his longest single-season losing streak

Seven games is the longest losing streak of Dennis Allen’s career, and it’s the most games he’s lost consecutively in a season:

The New Orleans Saints have lost seven games in a row, with the last game being to the Carolina Panthers. This is the hottest Dennis Allen’s seat has ever been from outside voices, and the pressure is mounting from the front office at this point.

This is the longest single season losing streak of Allen’s coaching career. As coach of the Raiders, he suffered six game losing streaks in both of his first two seasons but he never reached seven in one year.

Allen’s longest skid was 10 games and extended over two seasons. This led to his departure from Oakland. He hasn’t made it to 10 games, but it’s possible if Allen even makes it that far.

NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill reported “everything is on the table after that loss” including a firing. The bye week always seemed like the point where a decision on Allen’s future would be made. This loss to Carolina could have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.

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Derek Carr just tied an unfortunate Archie Manning record

Derek Carr’s loss to the Panthers on Sunday tied an unfortunate record with former Saints quarterback Archie Manning:

New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr has tied one the most unfortunate records a signal-caller can have as of Sunday afternoon, in addition to the fact he has now been defeated by 31 different teams.

That’s not precisely the return he wanted after missing several weeks due to injury, and there were several Saints fans were hoping that Carr’s return would instill some new life into the offense. Instead, Carr just tied former Saints quarterback Archie Manning’s to hold one of the NFL’s most unfortunate records.

Over 11 seasons, Manning lost a total of 91 games. Carr has officially matched that exact number. His brother, David Carr, is also high on the list in terms of losses as a starting quarterback. Here’s a look at the full breakdown of all of that:

  • 4 seasons: David Carr (43)
  • 5 seasons: David Carr (53)
  • 6 seasons: David Carr (56)
  • 7 seasons: Derek Carr (63)
  • 8 seasons: Derek Carr (70)
  • 9 seasons: Derek Carr (79)
  • 10 seasons: Derek Carr (87)
  • 11 seasons: Derek Carr and Archie Manning (91)

While it was technically a close game, not a lot went incredibly right for the Saints as they faced one of the worst teams in the NFL in the Carolina Panthers, still managing to fall 23-22 while being a slight favorite.

Carr finished the game 18-for-31 passing for 236 yards with 1 touchdown. His injury did hinder the Saints, but it is apparent there are far more things wrong with the team than just injured players and it’s reasonable to expect there will be a large amount of turnover when the season concludes.

With that, the Saints are now on a seven-game losing streak. They will face a tough task in snapping that with the risk of getting swept in the series by the Atlanta Falcons in New Orleans next Sunday.

For now, the Saints simply have a lot of thinking to do.

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Chase Young’s long-awaited sack didn’t even count

Chase Young’s long-awaited third sack against the Carolina Panthers was all for naught. The play didn’t count, and the box score shut him out:

Chase Young only had two sacks over the course of eight games with the New Orleans Saints, and even though his drought ended against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, it was all for naught.

Young’s sack on Panthers quarterback Bryce Young occurred on a two-point try in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter and therefore did not ultimately count. He was shut out on the box score.

And, to make matters even worse, it happened in a game the Saints lost so closely, falling 23-22 to the Panthers.

He came into the game with — and still totals for that matter — 18 combined tackles (11 solo) with two sacks and one pass defensed. As a player who was formerly a second overall pick, he has far from lived up to the expectations of what he was supposed to be coming out of Ohio State.

The Saints now sit on a seven-game losing streak with a legitimate case to be one of the worst teams in the NFL. Getting back to the right side of the win column will be essential as New Orleans continues its season against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, Nov. 10.

That’s going to be a tough task given just how hot the Falcons are right now, coming off of a 27-21 win over the Dallas Cowboys as firmly the best team in the NFC South.

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Derek Carr just made NFL history in the worst possible way

Derek Carr just made NFL history in the worst possible way. He’s the first quarterback in NFL history to lose to 31 different teams:

Derek Carr just made NFL history in the worst possible way. He’s the first quarterback in NFL history to lose to 31 different teams, having fallen short against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

Between his time with the New Orleans Saints and the Las Vegas Raiders, Carr has now taken a loss to every team active in the league except for his old Raiders squad. They’ll have an opportunity to beat him themselves later this season.

It’s not where you want to be. But the Raiders moved on from Carr for good reasons. The Saints are finding out what some of those reasons were for themselves. He never found playoffs success with the silver and black, and that trend has continued now that he’s playing for the black and gold. He just might be a regular season quarterback like Ryan Tannehill was before the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans jettisoned him, too.

Maybe Carr can be a winner if everything around him is going perfectly, like it did in the first two weeks this season. But at this point the sample size is large enough to make it clear he won’t be consistently elevating his teammates week in and week out. So what comes next? That’s for general manager Mickey Loomis to decide.

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Foster Moreau scores game-changing touchdown vs. Panthers

Former LSU tight end Foster Moreau came in clutch when the Saints needed it most during Sunday’s road contest against the Carolina Panthers:


Former LSU tight end Foster Moreau came in clutch when the Saints needed it the most during Sunday’s road contest against the Carolina Panthers.

The pass-catcher’s jumping catch in the right corner of the end zone on 3rd & 7 with roughly 12 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter allowed the Saints to go from trailing, 17-16, to leading, 22-17.

It is Moreau’s lone reception of the game for 17 yards, but it may have made all of the difference in the Saints having the chance to get the outcome they wanted in a game that shouldn’t have been this close with New Orleans on the wrong side of it at this point.

Moreau entered the game with 11 catches for 150 yards and two touchdowns.

The Saints currently lead the Panthers, 22-17 with just under six minutes left to play. If they can hold on, they’ll have chance to raise morale in a big way by snapping a six-game losing streak.

It’ll be a solid first step in getting things back on the right track, even if it comes against arguably the worst team in the NFL.

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Panthers got the biggest play of their season vs. Saints

Ja’Tavion Sanders’ 46-yard reception was the Panthers’ first 40-yard play of the season, but it’s right on brand for the Saints defense:


Entering Week 9, the New Orleans Saints have allowed the most 40-yard plays in the NFL. The Carolina Panthers hadn’t registered a gain of 40 yards all season. That changed in the third quarter.

Tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders took a short pass and rumbled forward for a 46-yard catch. This is the longest play of the season by the Panthers offense. After catching the pass, Sanders attempted to hurdle over Tyrann Mathieu. Mathieu stopped the hurdle, but didn’t bring Sanders down.

It was an athletic play you don’t normally see. Sanders came down and kept moving as if his momentum wasn’t stalled.

This is a representation of who the Saints have become. The defense isn’t good anymore, and there’s not a side of the ball you feel you can lean on anymore. Bryce Young looked more comfortable than ever and that explosive play is proof.

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Taysom Hill hits important milestone with TD vs. Panthers

New Orleans Saints jack-of-all-trades Taysom Hill has hit a new personal milestone with his clutch touchdown against the Panthers:

New Orleans Saints jack-of-all-trades Taysom Hill has hit a new personal milestone during the team’s Sunday matchup against the Carolina Panthers, now totaling 41 career touchdowns. That ties him for ninth in the team record books with standout running back Pierre Thomas.

Hill came into the game totaling four receptions on seven targets for 23 yards over four appearances so far during the 2024 season. He also had carried the ball 18 times for 97 yards with two touchdowns.

In addition to that, Hill is credited with one forced fumble as well. In this particular game, he’s recorded two receptions for 26 yards with a long of 13 yards. For now, that makes him the team’s leading receiver.

He’s also the team’s second-leading rusher behind running back Alvin Kamara today with four carries for 16 yards and the touchdown.

The Saints currently hold a slight lead over the Panthers at halftime, at 13-10 over the first two quarters of action.

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Saints suffer another wide receiver injury vs. Panthers

The Saints suffered another wide receiver injury vs. Panthers. Cedrick Wilson Jr. (shoulder) was questionable to return at halftime:


Just moments after wide receiver Chris Olave was taken off the field for a concussion, the New Orleans Saints are now  potentially down yet another one. Wide receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr. was announced as questionable to return with a shoulder injury, which he sustained on an 18-yard completion from Derek Carr.

The team came into this game already down receivers Rashid Shaheed and Bub Means as they’ve been placed on injured reserve. Now with Olave out and Wilson Jr. potentially out as well, the team was left with Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Mason Tipton and Jermaine Jackson at the position.

Stay tuned for updates on Wilson Jr.’s status for the remainder for the game.

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