Greetings, and welcome to the Saints Insider newsletter for Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. The Saints (3-6) are off to one of their worst starts in years but they have a chance to right the ship this week against the struggling Steelers (2-6) in Pittsburgh. It's a short week after the Monday night loss to Baltimore so head coach Dennis Allen gave the Saints Wednesday off in an effort to improve their recovery time for Sunday. We'll see if it pays dividends for the Saints, who remain just one game out of first place in the NFC South Division. As the Saints return to the practice field today, let's catch you up on the latest and greatest from NOLA.com: Columnist Rod Walker looks at the good, the bad and the ugly for the Saints at the midway point of their season. Spoiler alert: There's more bad and ugly than good for the 3-6 Saints.The Saints are learning the hard way what life in the NFL is like without a franchise quarterback. Andy Dalton and Jameis Winston are both good guys. But neither is the long-term answer as the Saints quarterback. My column on the hopeless state of the team's quarterback position.Running back Alvin Kamara had his court date set to determine is criminal liability for an altercation in a Las Vegas nightclub earlier this year. Luke Johnson has the details.Because the Saints did not practice on Wednesday, they were forced to estimate their injury report for Sunday's game. Still, there were some key new additions to the list, as Terrin Waack reports.One of the silver linings to the Saints' season has been the improved play of tight end of Juwan Johnson, who is starting to become a reliable weapon in his second year at the position. Terrin Waack explains why we all should have expected the former receiver to succeed at his new job.And finally, Luke Johnson performed the autopsy of the Saints' 27-13 loss to the Ravens and details why it wasn’t something exotic that New Orleans failed to account for, but something far worse — a physical manhandling that feasted on mental mistakes.That'll do it for today, but we'll have more news the rest of the week as the Saints ramp up preparations for their game Sunday in Pittsburgh. Be sure to check out NOLA.com's dedicated Saints page to catch all of our coverage. And, as always, thanks for reading our content! Until next time, Jeff Duncan |