Tyrann Mathieu gets brutally honest about what’s going wrong with Saints

During Thursday’s blowout loss to the Denver Broncos, legendary corner Richard Sherman said the New Orleans Saints were playing like a team that wanted to get their head coach fired. As the Saints picked up their fifth straight loss, players were visibly frustrated, so everyone wanted to know if the team still believed in Dennis Allen as the head coach.

Often in sports, when teams are playing poorly, there’s always the discussion on if the coach has lost the locker room. Once that happens, the season is officially over. With how New Orleans has looked the last five weeks, it’s fair for these discussions to be had about the team.

Following Thursday’s embarrassing loss, Saints players were asked about the team’s belief level in Allen, and the responses were interesting, to say the least.

Veteran safety Tyrann Mathieu was asked about how the defense can get better, and he responded by saying the team has to look itself in the mirror and ask the tough questions. He then went on list specific questions, asking, “Are we doing the right things throughout the week? Are we preparing the right way? Do we believe in our coaches? Do we believe in the guys next to us?”

Tyrann Mathieu says Saints have to ask if they believe in their coaches

Naturally, Tyrann Mathieu saying “do we believe in our coaches,” jumps out from everything else he said. The fact he brought it up in a question that wasn’t specifically about coaches makes it seem like it’s a conversation in the locker room, or something that players themselves are actually questioning.

Typically, where there’s smoke, there’s fire; where there’s questioning, there are problems. The locker room having to ask itself if it still believes in the coaches either means some players don’t, or things have gotten so bad that it seems like the players don’t. Either way, both are signs that the end is near for New Orleans.

The Saints have only played seven games. While their five losses put them in a tough spot, the season is far from over for them with 11 weeks left in the regular season. Can the Saints turn things around? Sure, it’s possible. Can they turn things around while being ravaged by injury and going through an existential crisis? Probably not.

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