PODCAST: Saints Show New Life as Tyler Shough Breaks Out Before Historic Paris Showdown

The New Orleans Saints finally gave their fans something to feel good about. On this episode of the Saints Roundtable, Halk breaks down New Orleans’ 34-27 win over the New York Giants and why the performance felt so different from what we had seen in recent weeks. After falling behind 10-0, the Saints exploded for 34 unanswered points and showed the kind of complementary football Kellen Moore has been searching for all season.

Tyler Shough accounted for four touchdowns while protecting the football, the Saints rushed for 175 yards and the offense finally stopped putting everything on the young quarterback’s shoulders. Alvin Kamara also made NFL history by joining an exclusive group of players with 5,000 career rushing yards and 5,000 receiving yards.

We also examine the defense’s four takeaways, why allowing 461 total yards is still a major concern and what New Orleans needs to clean up before facing a much more experienced opponent.

Finally, we preview Sunday’s historic matchup against Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Paris, the first regular-season NFL game ever played in France. Halk breaks down the biggest matchups involving T.J. Watt, Chris Olave, Kamara and the Saints defense, plus why reaching 3-4 before the bye would completely change the conversation around this team.

The Giants game proved the Saints can respond. Now Pittsburgh will tell us whether that response was real progress.