Saints desperate to address their own volatility
METAIRIE, La. — Saints coach Sean Payton has been known to echo a catch phrase from his mentor, Bill Parcells, who’d mock media coverage of NFL teams by saying it’s either a “crisis or carnival” from week to week, depending on the most recent result.
Payton hasn’t used that line lately, though. Perhaps it’s because his team’s results really have vacillated that wildly over the past two games, from a dominant 49-21 rout of the Los Angeles Rams two games ago to an anemic 28-13 loss at home to Detroit on Sunday.