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There was a batted ball for a pick-6. There was a brutally timed penalty that set up a 58-yard kick to send the Saints home with a 26-24 loss.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofo3sh002q3b7m1jna88zi@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<iframe allow="autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write" frameborder="0" height="450" style="width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-black-gold/id1635420001"></iframe>', 'isIframe': True, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<iframe allow="autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write" frameborder="0" height="450" style="width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-black-gold/id1635420001"></iframe>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cm1ogfi1i000i3b7mvlxnv493@published'}, {'data': {'text': "So what all stood out in a second straight defeat to drop the Saints back to .500 ahead of a showdown with Chiefs on Monday Night Football? Let's dive in.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1oges0e000b3b7m4uxqs3fg@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<em>━━</em><br /><strong>THREE DOWN</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofo8zl002z3b7mo5rur8wk@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>The pass rush</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai00383b7mv5lpwpjn@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The first thing I’ll say: I’m writing this right off what I saw on the field. It’s impossible to know exactly what happened in the pass rush without reviewing the film.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai00393b7mypawhii1@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'That said — this fearsome pass rush I felt like had the ability to wreck games simply didn’t show up today. Sure, there was some pressure on Kirk Cousins throughout the game. Carl Granderson applied pressure that forced an errant throw that was intercepted by Paulson Adebo. Payton Turner (nice to see him healthy) got through for a strip sack that the Saints were unable to corral.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003a3b7mo96b6wdd@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The fact is the Saints were going against and undermanned and shuffled Falcons OL, but you’d have never guessed if you didn’t know going in. In the end it was a sack, 4 QB hits and a forced fumble (not recovered). Not terrible numbers, but you needed more.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003b3b7ma10a50iz@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Payton Turner coming in hot 😤<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Saints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Saints</a> | 📺: FOX <a href="https://t.co/wdvMaaBLoi">pic.twitter.com/wdvMaaBLoi</a></p>— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saints/status/1840472033584390331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>', 'isIframe': False, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Payton Turner coming in hot 😤<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Saints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Saints</a> | 📺: FOX <a href="https://t.co/wdvMaaBLoi">pic.twitter.com/wdvMaaBLoi</a></p>— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saints/status/1840472033584390331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cm1og6oah005h3b7mnhz9wx1s@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'I’ll close with this: Dennis Allen is almost never willing to criticize individual groups coming off the field. He’ll almost always, to an infuriating degree, fall back on the trope that he needs to watch the tape to know for sure. This time he made it perfectly clear that he didn’t feel like his team generated enough pressure.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003c3b7mv9lg4x66@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'For the second time in as many games it seemed like the front-7 wore down as the game went on. Tyler Allgeier in particular seemed impossible to tackle, though they did effectively take away Bijan Robinson all day long.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003d3b7mxkawp5wc@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'My expectations were dominance. Instead we got decent. On a day where so many of the little things went wrong, decent wasn’t good enough.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003e3b7mia7uv6ot@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<em>━━</em><br /><strong>Penalty Adebo</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003f3b7mpe1t56f1@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Paulson Adebo is a good football player. He’s a starting-caliber outside cornerback. None of that is a question.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003g3b7ml04i6jph@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The guy has been called upon to step up in big moments since Day 1, and more often than not he’s delivered. That said, his biggest issue has been and continues to be a tendency to bail on his technique at the top of routes and fail, often in extemely inopportune moments.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003h3b7mobsh6pyc@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Darnell_M1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Darnell_M1</a> is 1️⃣ of a kind<br /><br />FOX | NFL+ <a href="https://t.co/rOJevLsyBG">pic.twitter.com/rOJevLsyBG</a></p>— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) <a href="https://twitter.com/AtlantaFalcons/status/1840464781951545481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>', 'isIframe': False, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Darnell_M1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Darnell_M1</a> is 1️⃣ of a kind<br><br>FOX | NFL+ <a href="https://t.co/rOJevLsyBG">pic.twitter.com/rOJevLsyBG</a></p>— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) <a href="https://twitter.com/AtlantaFalcons/status/1840464781951545481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cm1og5v74004z3b7m5el4ilef@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'It was a bigger issue earlier in his career, but it all came apart today. With Marshon Lattimore across from him, it was clear that’s where Kirk Cousins wanted to attack, and he did. Adebo made some nice plays, but three pass interference penalties (two were declined) simply can’t happen.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003i3b7m7koyk69t@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The worst, of course, is the one that set the Falcons up at the Saints’ 40 for the eventual 58-yard game-winner from Younghoe Koo. It was a drive that featured 5 total offensive yards. The penalty was the drive.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003j3b7mlyyjksad@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can he kick it?<br /><br />YES KOO CAN<br /><br />FOX | NFL+ <a href="https://t.co/eMlvhWUiLq">pic.twitter.com/eMlvhWUiLq</a></p>— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) <a href="https://twitter.com/AtlantaFalcons/status/1840482607240282360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>', 'isIframe': False, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can he kick it?<br><br>YES KOO CAN<br><br>FOX | NFL+ <a href="https://t.co/eMlvhWUiLq">pic.twitter.com/eMlvhWUiLq</a></p>— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) <a href="https://twitter.com/AtlantaFalcons/status/1840482607240282360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cm1og5i2x004q3b7megkshvhh@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'What makes it even more frustrating is we’ve seen it before. It was Adebo in coverage on Cordarrelle Patterson for a deep ball that set up a similar scenario in the Caesars Superdome in 2021. It was Adebo fouling Mike Evans late in a collapse and loss to the Bucs in 2022.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003k3b7m1d30y707@published'}, {'data': {'text': "The guy has made big plays, too. It's clear he's getting targeted and led the Saints in tackles (12) for a second consecutive week, and also led the team with 3 passes defensed. His interception in this game set up the Saints’ second touchdown of the day. He basically single-handedly beat the Bears last season with one of the singular best games you’ll ever see from a DB. The big play giveth, the big play taketh away.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003l3b7mp7o0dzzy@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Paulson Adebo picks off Kirk Cousins 🙌<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sants?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sants</a> | 📺: FOX <a href="https://t.co/1JmMOC9Znf">pic.twitter.com/1JmMOC9Znf</a></p>— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saints/status/1840443921152798994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>', 'isIframe': False, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Paulson Adebo picks off Kirk Cousins 🙌<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sants?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sants</a> | 📺: FOX <a href="https://t.co/1JmMOC9Znf">pic.twitter.com/1JmMOC9Znf</a></p>— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saints/status/1840443921152798994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cm1og7365005q3b7mjybll4v0@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'I’m probably being a bit too harsh after a game where the defense surrendered 9 whole points, a week after holding the Eagles scoreless through three quarters, but the blame has to go somewhere and Paulson simply didn’t deliver in this one.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003m3b7m3rvr2bkk@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<em>━━</em><br /><strong>General health &amp; well-being</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003n3b7m84ddeavg@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'There’s a level of randomness in injuries that you really can’t pin on any specific peson or program. 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For the second consecutive week on a closeout defensive series you had a team leader watching from the sidelines as the other team did what it had to and walked away with a win.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003q3b7ml7ckbzbx@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Oh, and not to mention Chris Olave and Alvin Kamara were playing through reasonably significant injuries that almost certainly had them playing limited.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003r3b7mcfar0cr8@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Perhaps it’s age finally catching up to players like Mathieu and Davis. Perhaps there is simply a level of bad luck involved. It’s just hard to watch this happen year after year after year and feel confident key players are going to be available when you need them.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003s3b7m2i4vd3bf@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'That said, maybe I’m being overly dramatic. 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Sure, it’s bad luck when you get a ball batted 15 feet into the air that falls into the waiting arms of a linebacker, but navigating air traffic in those situations just seems to not be a particular strong point of his game. I don’t know, maybe a pump fake? It just seems like too many of his throws in that part of the game get batted down, and in this case batted up for a pick-6 that turned the game on its head (for the second season in a row).', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodai003v3b7mcjxgse5h@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<em>━━</em><br /><strong>THREE UP</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodaj003w3b7mwjefhvt3@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>Clutch offense</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodaj003x3b7mpp3fgv6c@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'What’s made the last two offenses particularly frustrating isn’t that the Saints couldn’t win them, but that the Saints were so dang close to winning them it’s still hard to believe they didn’t.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodaj003y3b7m3jkcz8b2@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'It doesn’t feel dissimilar to the losses against the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars last year. Those games came down to the wire. The big difference: The offense had its chance to go down for a score to take control of the game in the final minutes, but they didn’t. In both instances they failed on fourth down and things felt helpless. Why, oh, why did we ever get our hopes up in the first place.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodaj003z3b7mu9f2d0xh@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kamara for the TOUCHDOWN!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Saints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Saints</a> | 📺 FOX <a href="https://t.co/ULvT3xHrNH">pic.twitter.com/ULvT3xHrNH</a></p>— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saints/status/1840480406803472460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>', 'isIframe': False, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kamara for the TOUCHDOWN!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Saints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Saints</a> | 📺 FOX <a href="https://t.co/ULvT3xHrNH">pic.twitter.com/ULvT3xHrNH</a></p>— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saints/status/1840480406803472460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cm1og69d400583b7m179u9mn8@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'In these two games that hasn’t been the case at all, and that’s why, as Dennis Allen put it after the game, they “tear your fu****g heart out.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodaj00403b7mbqja2gqk@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'But this is about the positives, and it’s undeniably a positive. In two instances where the Saints got the ball in the final moments in a TD-or-bust scenario, they got the job done. No one is going to be patting themselves on the back in a losing effort, but winning teams have those types of drives and they’re nothing to scoff at.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodaj00413b7muf2q1sd4@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Late-game defense is another story. But Derek Carr, Alvin Kamara, Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed all delivered when you need it most. We can’t pin this game on the offense — and honestly it’s tough to pin the game on the defense, either.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodaj00423b7m9h3dei7i@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Gosh darnit this is just frustrating.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodaj00433b7mldmvpv5q@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<em>━━</em><br /><strong>Rebuilt OL</strong>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodaj00443b7mlx5celyt@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The question going into this game was which OL was going to hold up the best against a defensive front firing off the ball to take advantage of multiple backups.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1ofodaj00453b7me9aw6t7k@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'In the Saints’ case it was two players, Shane Lemieux and Landon Young, taking their first career starts at positions they didn’t really start working at until this year. 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His status is a whole other can of worms. It’s very, very clear that this offense works a lot better when he’s out there, but to this point his lungs and ribs (odd issues, to be fair) simply haven’t cooperated. 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