The nice, the dangerous, and the ugly: Saints vs. Chiefs

The Good: Rashid Shaheed

The New Orleans Saints deep menace turned in one other nice sport on Monday. He caught 4 passes for 86 yards and a landing on a 43-yard bomb within the second quarter. Shaheed has emerged as a authentic WR2 and top-of-the-line deep threats within the NFL, as that is his fourth sport of the 12 months with 70+ yards and third with a 40+ yard landing catch. Shaheed was the lone vivid spot on what was a tough night for the Saints offense.

The Dangerous: Dashing Offense and Protection

The Saints managed to hurry for simply 46 yards on 15 makes an attempt on Monday evening. The offensive line wasn’t capable of create many alternatives for Alvin Kamara because the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs line of defense was capable of dominate for a lot of the sport. Derek Carr didn’t have a very good sport both as his horrible interception on the primary drive set a nasty tone for the remainder of the sport. Nevertheless it was the shortcoming to determine the run that always put the Saints in 2nd and lengthy and ultimately third and lengthy conditions that ended 5 out of 9 Saints drives inside 6 performs. The Saints protection let Kareem Hunt, who was signed simply 3 weeks prior, rush for over 100 yards and a landing. This was Hunt’s first 100-yard speeding efficiency since 2020 and simply his third since 2018. The Saints protection was additionally unable to maintain quarterback Patrick Mahomes bottled up within the pocket, as he was persistently capable of scramble and preserve the play alive or decide up first downs together with his legs.

The Ugly: Accidents

The Saints, already hit with the harm bug but once more, suffered much more probably multi-week accidents to starter on Monday. Already with out linebackers Willie Homosexual and Pete Werner, the Saints protection additionally misplaced security Will Harris to a hamstring harm. Harris was capable of stroll off the sphere, however hamstring accidents normally wind up inflicting gamers to overlook a number of weeks. The Saints had been already down Erik McCoy, Cesar Ruiz, Taysom Hill, and Kendre Miller on offense, and in the course of the course of the sport backup middle Lucas Patrick additionally left with a collarbone harm, forcing Conor McGovern, who was simply signed this week, into the sport. Patrick was ultimately capable of return however time will inform if he is ready to go well with up subsequent week. Quarterback Derek Carr additionally suffered an indirect harm late which compelled Jake Haener into his first actual motion within the NFL (he got here in throughout Week’s 1 and a pair of however solely late after the video games had became blowouts). Carr will endure extra testing this week to see if he can go well with up in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, however the Saints at present face the prospect of going right into a sport with a division foe that they desperately have to win with out their beginning quarterback.

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