The New Orleans Saints made one of the splashiest signings of the offseason when they dropped a $150 million contract on Derek Carr. To this point, it hasn't paid dividends.
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The passing line vs the Texans reads a season high 353 yards, 1 TD, 1 interception. But that doesn't include the number that tells the story of a lot of this season for New Orleans: 0-for-3 on touchdowns in the red zone in a 20-13 loss to the Texans.
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"He threw for a lot of yardage but we might as well have kept Andy Dalton. I mean, when you look bang for your buck and money value, is Derek Carr worth that much more than Andy Dalton?" the Cajun Cannon Bobby Hebert asks in his postgame rant. "I’m going to let you be your own judge on that one. There’s a lot of common sense involved there."
Dalton, of course, started 14 games for the Saints in the 2022 season that also featured sketchy offensive performances occasionally salvaged by an elite defense. He's now the backup to Bryce Young with the 0-6 Panthers.
For the Saints in Week 6, it was yet another game that the offense failed to crack the 20-point barrier. It was made all the more disappointing because the showing came a week after the Saints' most effective offensive performance in a 34-0 win over the Patriots.
"Going into the Patriots game, guess who was last in the NFL in the red zone offense. The Saints, last in red zone offense," Hebert continues. "Then all of a sudden it’s like a mirage, we go 3-for-3. … Oh, maybe we turned the corner? Uh, not so fast."
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The Saints fall to 3-3 and don't have long to stew over the loss with a quick turnaround for a Thursday Night Football matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars. What might happen in that game? It's tough to say. But the only consistent has been inconsistency.
Despite plenty of changes, things feel eerily similar to the 2022 season when the Saints also failed to find consistency and stumbled to 7-10.
If that happens again?
"Then everybody got to go," Hebert said. "I mean, come on, it’s the same old song and dance. At least six coaches get fired every year in the NFL. I don’t care if you’re the great Bill Belichick.”