New Orleans Saints: 3 key takeaways from a wild Week 3 victory

Saints’ secondary could use help

406 yards on 32 completions. Tack on two touchdowns, and that’s what Russell Wilson’s stat line looked like on Sunday. To be fair, after two unconventional touchdowns, Wilson’s Seahawks were forced to play from behind.

As aforementioned, this was the first time the Saints secondary gave up over 400 yards since they allowed the Bucs to carve them up in Week 1 last season. Also, this is the team’s third-straight performance which they gave up 25-plus points.

It was Tyler Lockett, the game’s long 100-plus-yard receiver, and rookie DK Metcalf that put in most of the work for Seattle.  Metcalf’s one 54-yard play was really his only contribution. However, the Seahawks completed a pass to nine receivers, three more than New Orleans.

They must be better as a unit. Set to face the Cowboys’ Amari Cooper at home in Sunday Night Football next week, the Saints will need stellar performance to keep that game in check. Cooper has scored in each of the team’s first three games.

The silver lining for New Orleans is that Wilson did throw 50 times, a career-high for the 30-year-old in his eighth professional season, for just a 68% completion rate. If you want a positive takeaway to keep hope in the secondary, it’s that they didn’t allow Russell to be overly efficient.