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One of the most imperfect storms of New Orleans Saints football resulted in one of the most miserable first halves in franchise history. And Seattle was only too willing to punch the Saints while they were down — repeatedly, and with increasing force — in a 44-13 loss to the Seahawks on Sunday at Lumen Field in Seattle.
The Saints (0-3) trailed 38-6 at halftime, having never given themselves a chance to seriously contest after playing one-score games in their opening two losses.
On the first series of the game, New Orleans failed to convert on fourth-and-2 from the Seattle 45-yard line. Seattle promptly drove 55 yards in six plays for a touchdown, partly due to a third-and-8 defensive stop that was negated by Bryan Bresee's unnecessary roughness penalty.
The infraction pushed the Seahawks from the Saints' 24-yard line to the 12, and quarterback Sam Darnold threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njgba on the next play.
The Saints punted after their next possession because on fourth-and-1 from their own 38, a false start penalty overrode a possible tush push attempt; Kai Kroeger's 61-yard punt was returned 95 yards for a touchdown by Tory Horton, the longest punt return score in Seahawks franchise history.
New Orleans lost two yards on the next possession — committing three penalties along the way, and having another declined — and again was forced to punt. This time, Kroeger's attempt was blocked by safety D'Anthony Bell and Seattle took over possession at the Saints' 11-yard line.
Two plays later, Seahawk's running back Kenneth Walker scored on a 3-yard run and New Orleans trailed 21-0 with 4:22 left in the first quarter.
The Saints manufactured a score on their next drive; Blake Grupe's 27-yard field goal capped a 16-play, 65-yard possession. But Dareke Young returned the kickoff 60 yards to the Saints' 38. Three plays later, Darnold threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to increase the deficit to 28-3.
By the end of the half, the Saints had committed eight penalties for 62 yards. And even though they led in first downs (15-11), total yards (206-177) and time of possession (22:19-7:41), the shock plays had jolted New Orleans beyond the point of a comeback.
"We didn't do enough to give ourselves a chance," Coach Kellen Moore said. "We've got to be prepared. It starts with me. We've got to give ourself an opportunity to compete in these games. Too many penalties, too many missed opportunities [and] big special teams plays early in this game that put us behind.
"This is going to be a very powerful lesson for our guys on adversity and how we respond. Simply, we can't start the football game like that — with the sequence that we had — and put ourself in some really poor situations."
Though the score was significantly more lopsided, the penalty barrage (11, for 77 yards) was similar to the season opener, when New Orleans committed 13. But the special team errors (kicker Blake Grupe added to the list by missing his third field attempt in as many games), the timeliness of the penalties and the inability to back up Seattle's defense had the Saints on the receiving end instead of the administering side.
"You blink and the score is like that...it's tough to dig out of that hole," said Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler, who completed 28 of 39 passes for 218 yards and a touchdown, with an interception. "I thought in the second half we fought, but self-inflicted wounds on all sides of the ball early on and you can't do that with an offense like (Seattle's). They're explosive, they had a lot of explosive plays, especially on special teams. Tough to get in that hole and dig out of it."
Edge rusher Cameron Jordan (four tackles, one tackle for loss) played in his 229th game as a Saint, most in franchise history. But nothing cleansed the taste of 44-13.
"I feel terrible after any loss," Jordan said. "A game like that you look up, six minutes in you're already down 21 (points), you get chin-checked."
Another stiff road test awaits next Sunday, when the Saints travel to Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., to face the Bills.
"It's a test of adversity," Moore said. "It's how you respond. You have to narrow your focus, look at the items that are good and recognize those, but we did not do enough to start the game to put ourself in a really good position to be competitive."
