Dennis Allen and the New Orleans Saints fell to 5-7 this year with a 33-28 loss to the Detroit Lions, and it wasn’t pretty. The good news is the Saints showed a lot of fight after a calamitous first quarter. The bad news is that their efforts weren’t enough to outweigh those early-game mistakes.
So what went right?
What went wrong?
And what’s the bottom line?
We’re going to answer each of those questions and break down the game: