New Orleans Saints: 3 reasons for concern following Week 12

The New Orleans Saints avoid a near loss to the Carolina Panthers Sunday. This might shed some light on the concerns the Saints might have moving forward.

Last Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers was nothing to be proud of — on both ends of the ball for the New Orleans Saints. Yes, they played well, but they must be better.

After looking like they were going to lose to the divisional rival Panthers, a turn of events led to the Saints kicker Wil Lutz to be in the position to win yet another game for the New Orleans Saints.

They went from an 87% win probability in the third quarter to watching Carolina turn the tables and have an 82% one late in the fourth.

This win led them to a 9-2 start. However, the Saints did not look like a 9-2 team on Sunday.

They looked everything short of it. The offense was not on the same page. The secondary let big plays fly by from Christian McCaffrey and D.J. Moore. The front seven couldn’t stop McCaffrey. The special teams might have been the only squad that looked like they wanted to be there.

It is time for the New Orleans Saints to come back and show what they got against the Atlanta Falcons on Thanksgiving Day.

A rout would prove that they are a 9-2 team and that they deserve to be where they are. The New Orleans Saints have the talent and the passion, they just need to put it all together, every game.

Week 12 gave us a reason to be concerned about games like this. If the Saints were to have a game like this against the 10-1 San Fransisco 49ers, they wouldn’t last in the playoffs. Here are three things week 12’s game gave us reason to be concerned about.