New Orleans Saints Coach Dennis Allen set for deep review of team during mini-bye

New Orleans’ main cleanup areas from Thursday’s 42-24 loss to Arizona at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., were turnovers (three by quarterback Andy Dalton, two returned for touchdowns) and a second consecutive game on defense where missed tackles were glaring.

“Most of what I saw was in space (with missed tackles). I thought there was a little bit of leaky yardage at times in condensed areas, and I think that’s something that hasn’t been a problem for us in the past, but that’s something that we’ve got to improve.”
Across the board, New Orleans would benefit from a return to health from several starters.
Receivers Michael Thomas (four straight missed games) and Jarvis Landry (three straight) haven’t been on the field together since Sept. 25. Cornerback Marshon Lattimore has missed the last two, and on Thursday night he was joined by fellow corner Paulson Adebo. Cornerback Bradley Roby left Thursday’s game with an injury, defensive back P.J. Williams has missed three straight, left guard Andrus Peat has missed two (including Thursday night), tight end Adam Trautman was out Thursday, and Dalton started at quarterback for the fourth straight game as James Winston continued his bid to return to the lineup.

“The No. 1 thing is to try to get some guys healthy,” Allen said. “I think getting guys back healthy will allow us to do some different things from a schematic standpoint that I think can help us, and obviously we’ve got some good players that are unavailable to play right now.
“That’s the challenge that we’re dealing with. We understand that that’s a challenge.

We accept that challenge and that responsibility, and we’ll move forward and hopefully we’ll be getting some of these guys back sooner rather than later.

“There’s not this magic pill, this magic formula,” Allen said. “I think we all live in the microwave society and we want to see things change right away. We’re working as hard as we can to get it fixed, but yet, I think the process is, you’ve got to continue to work on it, continue to work it, continue to work on it. And as you do, the results may not be immediate but eventually, they’ll come.

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