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The lost to the on Thursday night, 23-20. That, in itself, is not all that unusual an occurrence. The Saints are 4-6 this season. What was Mark Giordano Jersey unusual was that for the second consecutive week, the Saints had a kick blocked and returned to the end zone. They lost to the in Week 10 on an for two points. And they allowed to take a blocked kick all the way to the house in Thursday's game as well. (The return was called back for a block in the back about 10 yards behind the play when Kuechly Jaden Schwartz Men Jersey was about to score. The Panthers scored a touchdown on the ensuing drive anyway.)Clearly frustrated, Saints coach Sean Payton went off on his kicking game. "We put ourselves in a hole, clearly in the first half with how we played," Payton said, . "The turnovers, the sequence, the blocked field goal, that's Jeremy Lauzon Women Jersey a 10-point swing. Two weeks in a row now we are struggling just to kick a PAT or a field goal, it's disappointing." He didn't stop there. "Fundamentally we have to be able to kick an extra point," Payton said . "If we come up short we have to be able to kick a field goal that's a makeable one. We have just struggled in that area. It cost us in New York, it cost us last week in Denver and it cost Philipp Grubauer Men Jersey us again tonight."Saints quarterback echoed his coach's concerns. "It's two weeks in a row now that we've had turnovers and two weeks in a row that we've had a blocked kick that's resulted in pretty catastrophic results," Brees said. "I think that we're doing a lot of good things, but unfortunately there are a couple of critical things that need to be fixed in order for us to win and be succe sful. You're not gonna win any games (by giving so many opportunities to the opponent). I don't care who you are." After the lo s Brandon Tanev Kids Jersey to Carolina, the Saints are two full games back of the in the NFC South and behind six other NFC teams in the race to catch Washington for the final wild card spot.
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