Saints coach Dennis Allen will not make name on QB but for Thursday

NEW ORLEANS, La. — New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen declined to decide on his beginning quarterback on the eve of a brief week.

Saints quarterback Andy Dalton began his third straight sport on Sunday instead of Jameis Winston, who’s recovering from a again damage. The Saints misplaced at house 30-26 to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Winston returned to follow this week and lively for Sunday’s sport in opposition to the Bengals, however Allen stated that was a product of the Saints’ in depth damage report and “looking for 48 accessible our bodies.”

The Saints had been down 4 receivers together with beginning cornerback Marshon Lattimore.

Allen admitted that Winston was not but 100% wholesome however did not wish to make any projections with a Thursday night time sport on the Arizona Cardinals developing this week.

“Let’s get within the research on that and we’ll see the place he is at after which we’ll go from there,” Allen stated.

Dalton additionally declined to remark, saying he’d go away the choice as much as Allen.

“I’ll let DA deal with that, that complete state of affairs. We’ll see the way it goes,” Dalton stated.

Dalton was 17-of-32 for 162 yards and a landing in opposition to the Bengals. The Saints rushed for 228 yards as a workforce and gained the time of possession however nonetheless misplaced.

It was their first workforce loss with at the least 200 speeding yards for the reason that 2005 season, in accordance with ESPN Stats and Data analysis.

The Saints basically had no selection however to attempt to assault the Bengals on the bottom with accidents dominating their roster.

They didn’t have extensive receivers Michael Thomas, Jarvis Landry or Chris Olave, and positioned kick returner Deonte Harty on injured reserve.

The Saints referred to as up rookie Rashid Shaheed from the follow squad and he scored a 44-yard landing in his NFL debut.

Nonetheless, the Saints couldn’t get in the long run zone once more after that, kicking 4 straight discipline targets after which gaining solely 28 yards of their final two drives, together with the two-minute drive to attempt to retake the lead. The Bengals went up 30-26 with 2:10 left after two missed tackles led to a 60-yard landing by Bengals receiver Ja’Marr Chase.

“While you’re kicking discipline targets as a substitute of scoring touchdowns, that was the distinction within the sport for certain,” Dalton stated.

He added: “It’s irritating. We have to take satisfaction in being at our greatest in these moments and we weren’t in the present day.”

The Saints might be utilizing the same solid of characters in opposition to the Cardinals with the quick week developing.

Thomas has missed the final three video games and Landry the final two video games. Olave, the workforce’s main receiver in yards, was the one receiver to follow this week however stays in concussion protocol.