Brutal loss for the Saints in Atlanta on Sunday as the Falcons kicked a a 58-yard field goal with two seconds left for a 26 to 24 win over New Orleans. It’s the second straight loss for quarterback Derek Carr and the Saints.
“That one hurts, you try your best not to be so angry about it, but you hate losing, you hate losing, especially close ones, they just sting,” Carr said.
The Saints gave the Falcons two touchdowns. One game came on a muffed punt, the other was a pick six. A pass interference call against Saints cornerback Paulson Adebo also set up the game winning field goal. Coach Dennis Allen says it’s tough lose a game like that.
“Can’t spot a good team, 14 points and expect to win those type of games, the fact that you come back and put yourself in a position to win that tells me we have a good football team, but we have to be better, we got to play better, we got to coach them better, there’s a lot of things we have to improve on,” Allen said.
The Saints defense did not allow a touchdown and Adebo led the way with 12 tackles and three passes defensed.
“We did some good things at the end of the day it was not good enough, so we got to get back to the drawing board,” Adebo said.
The 2-and-2 Saints are at Kansas City for a Monday night game a week from tonight.
