Good morning, and welcome to the Saints Insider newsletter for Tuesday, November 29. Following up on the Saints brutal 13-0 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, there's not much that needs to be said other than these two words, courtesy of tight end Juwan Johnson: "Extremely frustrating." The Saints were shut out for the first time in a really, really long time. But it's not like they didn't have their chances. In fact, just about every one of the Saints' offensive drives featured some form of them getting in their own way. This wasn't a dominant performance by the 49ers, though they do deserve credit. This was the Saints failing, over and over again, to slip through the windows the 49ers kept leaving open. We get into all those mistakes in-depth here. The Saints have a long week to get over the loss, with a Monday night game against the similarly dysfunctional (yet NFC South-leading) Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the horizon. Here's what else we've got today. It really had been a long time since the Saints went scoreless in a game. Beat writer Terrin Waack dives into the numbers with her weekly Marching On feature.The Saints opened as road underdogs to the Buccaneers — but that line is shifting in the Saints favor. The Dattitude crew is looking for new ways to say "the Saints stink"That's it for today. Keep it locked in over at nola.com for the latest news and updates on the Saints. Cheers, Luke Johnson |