It’s no secret that the New Orleans Saints offense came up short in Week 4’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: just check the scoreboard. But if you want to take a deeper look under the hood, you’ll get a better idea of who came away from this game with dirty hands. There’s enough blame to go around.
Derek Carr played poorly, but so did many of those around him. It took a teamwide lack of effort to be this bad. Pro Football Focus released their player grades for everyone who took a snap during the Saints’ latest debacle. Here are their lowest-graded Saints players on offense from Week 4’s ugly defeat:
10
RB Tony Jones Jr. (58.2 grade on 11 snaps)
9
TE Jimmy Graham (54.9 grade on 42 snaps)
8
WR Keith Kirkwood (53.3 grade on 19 snaps)
7
QB Derek Carr (51.4 grade on 56 snaps)
6
WR Chris Olave (47.6 grade on 53 snaps)
5
RG Max Garcia (41.3 grade on 19 snaps)
4
QB Jameis Winston (37.5 grade on 1 snap)
3
WR Lynn Bowden (34.8 grade on 11 snaps)
2
RG James Hurst (31.9 grade on 65 snaps)
1
FB Adam Prentice (27.6 grade on 9 snaps)
