Can the New Orleans Saints extend their win streak over the Detroit Lions to three games in a row? The Saints have a 14-12-1 lead in the all-time series history between these two teams, but that’s helped by back-to-back wins in 2017 (52-38 in New Orleans) and 2020 (35-29 in Detroit).
And those games were won by Sean Payton and Drew Brees. Dennis Allen and Derek Carr haven’t done enough to give fans confidence they can beat anyone this year, much less the 8-3 Lions led by Dan Campbell and Jared Goff, with a future head coach calling plays on offense in Ben Johnson. This is the toughest game on the Saints’ schedule to this point and, by all expectations, of the matchups to follow.
So a win would mean a lot. It wouldn’t just extend New Orleans’ grip on the all-time series with Detroit, it would prove that these Saints do have some fight in them and that they can punch above their weight class. The 2023 season to this point has been a disappointment. Maybe they can pull off a win and prove their doubters (including those on staff here at Saints Wire) wrong in the process. Kickoff is scheduled for Noon CT/1 p.m. ET on Sunday, Dec. 3 from the Caesars Superdome.
