Saints Struggle Continues Amid Key Injuries & Losses

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00:00Tonight, on Bourbon Street, the Saints have dropped four in a row, and they started the

00:07season with a couple of big, high-scoring games, and everyone started saying they were

00:12going to the Super Bowl, and they have looked terrible ever since, and they lost Derrick

00:17Carr.

00:18Yeah, and look, Carr's got the oblique injury.

00:20This could be three to four weeks.

00:22Those are really tough.

00:23You know, if he's a baseball pitcher, you're looking at six to eight weeks, so it's tough

00:27to come back from that injury.

00:28Spencer Rattler did a nice job last week.

00:31Here are the rookie from South Carolina, who I sold to Senior Bowl, but let's talk about

00:37the Saints first here.

00:39They're down a minimum of two offensive linemen on the interior.

00:42Both starting receivers.

00:43Alavi's out with a concussion.

00:44You can't play after four days with a concussion.

00:47You're not going to get cleared on the protocol.

00:49And then Rasheed Shaheed, their best deep threat, he won on IR today with a significant

00:52knee injury, so they're going to go with Bub Means, a rookie out of the University of Pittsburgh.

00:57Got a nice game last week.

00:58And Cedric Wilson, a veteran, a journeyman receiver.

01:01They're really light on depth at receiver.

01:03That does concern me.

01:04You've got a couple injuries at linebacker on defense.

01:07That's an issue.

01:08So here's something I don't understand.

01:10You talked about how great their offense was.

01:13Now it's really struggling.

01:14I know their defense gave up 51 last week, but let's face it, Scott.

01:18How are they going to score?

01:19It's going to be hard for them to score.

01:21The total Denver, by the way, is three and a half, but the total is 37.

01:25To me, the play is under.

01:26I don't see how in the world the Saints are going to score against, by the way, a pretty

01:29good Denver defense.

01:30Well, I mean, they got smoked last week and Baker put 50-some on them, but they still

01:37scored 20-something.

01:39And there's no Patrick Sertan tonight.

01:42And I saw Denver's vaunted defense that everyone says is so wonderful and, you know, they're

01:49like the Jets.

01:50All I hear about is how great they are, and yet they lose at home to the Chargers, give

01:55up 23.

01:57That game went over, and then the Saints game went way over.

02:01So I don't buy any of that, that there's not going to be scoring tonight because guys are

02:05injured.

02:06I'll tell you why they'll be scoring is no Patrick Sertan, which means their back end

02:09is weak without it.

02:11Yeah, and look, they are going to get Baron Browning back off of injured reserve.

02:16This just happened within the last hour.

02:18He comes off IR, and he's a good football player.

02:20Mike McGlinchey, by the way, will be back at right tackle.

02:23That helps Denver tonight.

02:25But look, this is one of those games where early on it looked like with Denver's turnaround

02:30it looked like a good game.

02:31But New Orleans, as you mentioned, they've lost four in a row.

02:34They're struggling to move in the football.

02:35Again, they're down two starting receivers.

02:38A lot of 12 personnel tonight, 10 ends are going to have to be involved.

02:41Foster Moreau has done a nice job.

02:43And don't forget to take some hills out again with a very bad rimagery.

02:46And boy, that is, by the way, one of the big reasons why they're not scoring is his absence.

02:53Boy, he looked awesome before those injuries.

02:56Yeah, without Carr, without Hill, I mean, they're naked.

03:00Yeah, it's going to be harder for them.

03:02You and I don't see this the same way.

03:04I think this is a low scoring game, to be honest with you.

03:06Well, we'll see what happens.

03:08Do you like Spencer Rattler at all?

03:11Do you think he has a future in the league?

03:13Yeah, Solomon's a senior ball.

03:14Good arm.

03:15He's not the biggest guy in the world, but he's an aggressive thrower.

03:18I thought he did a good job considering the injuries they had last week.

03:21I thought he did a really good job.

03:24This thing, boy, their offense was unbelievable for the first two weeks.

03:29But, you know, the other thing is, Scott, since Sean Payton retired, they're not very good at home.

03:33They're just a very average football team now middling, and they're spiraling out of control here.

03:38Denver right now looks like a team that could get the job done.

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