Saints coach Dennis Allen calls out New Orleans after disappointing loss to Jaguars
The New Orleans Saints nearly came away from their Thursday Night Football showdown with the Jacksonville Jaguars with a win, despite trailing 24-9 heading into the 4th quarter. The 31-24 loss dropped the Saints to 3-4 on the season, a record that seems all too appropriate for a team whose coach feels “inconsistency” is the big issue his squad is dealing with.
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“Our team is too inconsistent right now, and that’s what’s causing us problems,” Dennis Allen said of his Saints in his press conference
after the game. “If I had one word to say about where we’re at as a team, it’s that we’re a little inconsistent. That’s the challenge. We’ve got
to become a more consistent football team,” Allen continued (h/t Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk).
Neither you or I are better equipped to diagnose what the biggest problem for the New Orleans Saints is better than Dennis Allen, but
Allen’s blunt assessment of his team seems to be on the money. It’s not as if New Orleans has faced a murderer’s row of opponents, yet
when the Saints come marching in they’re usually playing uninspired football, save for a 34-0 beatdown of the New England Patriots back
in Week 5. Given the current state of the Patriots, this isn’t saying much. The other two wins on the Saints resume are close calls against the Titans and Panthers in the first two weeks of the season.
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New Orleans Saints receiver Chris Olave is facing a reckless driving charge after being arrested for allegedly driving 70 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone, Kenner police said.
Olave was booked into the Kenner jail and released around 11:30 p.m. Monday, police Capt. Michael Cunningham said.
Olave was stopped in a mixed business and residential area of suburban New Orleans that officers were monitoring with radar because of citizen complaints about speeding, Cunningham said.
Cunningham said Olave’s Dodge Charger accelerated up to a registered speed of 70 mph in the distance of about two blocks from where the vehicle had turned onto the street and was observed “recklessly maneuvering between lanes and around other drivers on the roadway.”
The New Orleans Saints say they are aware of the allegations and have not commented further.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams have released kicker Brett Maher two days after he missed two field-goal attempts and an extra point in a seven-point loss to Pittsburgh.
The Rams didn’t immediately sign a kicker to replace Maher, who joined the team after training camp Aug. 30.
The 33-year-old Maher missed a 53-yard field-goal attempt and a 51-yarder along with an extra point in the Rams’ 24-17 loss to the Steelers. Maher went 17 of 23 on field-goal attempts for the Rams, although all of his misses were from 46 yards or longer.
SHAWNEE, Kan. — Chiefs wide receiver Justyn Ross has pleaded not guilty to charges of misdemeanor domestic battery and criminal damage to property and was expected to be released later in the day after posting $2,500 bond. Ross is due again in court on Dec. 4.
SHAWNEE, Kan. — Chiefs wide receiver Justyn Ross has pleaded not guilty to charges of misdemeanor domestic battery and criminal damage to property and was expected to be released later in the day after posting $2,500 bond. Ross is due again in court on Dec. 4.
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