3 biggest overreactions to Saints Week 5 loss

The New Orleans Saints have lost three straight games, and the team is losing key players to injuries every day. At this point, it’s hard to call fans’ responses to what’s happening overreactions. The only reason things can still be considered overreactions is because it’s 13 weeks left in the regular season. The Saints can absolutely turn things around, and establish themselves as a contender. However, things are pretty ugly right now.

Losing to the Kansas City Chiefs 26-13 in Week 5 was an early low point for New Orleans. The game left fans with quite a few, justifiable, overreactions. Let’s get into three of them.

3. Saints should trade Paulson Adebo

Many fans will tell you this isn’t an overreaction at all. Although Paulson Adebo entered the year as one of New Orleans’ most promising young players on the roster, he has had a rough start to the season. He’s been getting picked on, and offenses have been rewarded for going after him, because he either gives up a reception or is flagged for pass interference or holding.

With Marshon Lattimore still playing like a shutdown corner on the opposite side of the field, and talented rookie Kool-Aid McKinstry waiting for his opportunity, fans wouldn’t mind if Adebo, who’s in a contract year, is traded before the deadline. More specifically, fans would love if Adebo was packaged with a pick and sent to the Las Vegas Raiders for Davante Adams.

2. Saints should bench Derek Carr

This is unfortunately commonplace for for Derek Carr and Saints fans. Entering the season, fans were already calling for Carr to be replaced. However, an elite start to the season had everyone apologizing. After his performance in Monday night’s game, things are right back to usual.

Carr completed 18-of-28 passes for 165 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the game, but left the game with an injured oblique. He started things with a negative play, throwing an interception on the first drive, that even he admitted was stupid.

Now, fans are back to where they were in the preseason, pushing for Jake Haener or Spencer Rattler to start. In an unfortunate way, fans will get what they’ve been asking for, as Carr is sidelined multiple weeks with an oblique injury.

1. Saints should start the rebuild now

All offseason, analysts argued New Orleans was delaying an inevitable rebuild. Those talks quieted down after the Saints’ hot start to the season, but now, they’re ramping back up.

New Orleans has only played five games, so the season isn’t decided by any means. However, looking at the team’s inability to stay healthy or win close games, it’s easy to see how one could think the franchise should just hit the reset button, moving players before the trade deadline.

That’s unlikely to happen, though. Instead, the Saints will regroup and try to figure things out. But, if the rest of the season is anything like the last three weeks, New Orleans will be starting a new era.

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