“You really have to lock in and focus. It’s easy to come here and be like, ‘Oh, I want to go see all these different things, I’m in another country.’ Just do your job and make sure we’re ready to beat Minnesota this week.”
While the Vikings chose to travel later this week, the Saints left Charlotte, N.C., after Sunday’s game, the same recipe the team has used in the past, most recently when it traveled to London in 2017.
“We got here this morning to have a good week of work, focus on what we need to do to improve, focus on what we need to do to beat ourselves on Sunday,” coach Dennis Allen said. “We have a lot of areas where we need to improve offensively, defensively and kicking. We have to work hard to get those things right and fix them before we get to Sunday.”
On Sunday, the Saints again failed to establish a consistent offensive flow, hampered by three turnovers — including a fumble returned for a touchdown — and seven penalties. The defense held strong for most of the game, but allowed a 67-yard touchdown reception two plays after Ingram’s 5-yard touchdown run to make it 13-7. And on special teams, kicker Will Lutz had a 30-yard field goal attempt blocked and a 48-yarder missed.
“We’re three games into the season, we’ve got 14 games left and we’ve got to take it one game at a time,” linebacker Demario Davis said. “Win or lose, it’s always the same process – watch the tape, find out where you improved, make corrections and move on. We’re definitely disappointed in the game, but they’re all our goals. We’re still ahead of us.”
“It’s not good enough (defensively) to win the game. That’s the name of the business. We have to be better.”
