OFFENSE: Carryover can’t be assumed from week to week, and that never was more evident than Sunday with the New Orleans Saints. Seven days after piling up seven touchdowns and 555 yards in a 49-21 victory over the Rams, the Saints had 369 yards and one touchdown – and went 1 for 3 in the red zone – against Detroit in a 28-13 loss. New Orleans failed to convert on third-and-1 on each of its first two drives (Drew Brees fumbled a shotgun snap on the first one and was penalized for intentional grounding after he threw incomplete to avoid the sack on the first one, and Tim Hightower was stopped for no gain on the next one) and never appeared to recover afterward.
John DeShazier analysis: Why the Saints lost to the Lions
