Quarterback Jameis Winston provides spark off bench for New Orleans Saints against Minnesota

DEFENSE: Honestly, difficult to come up with anyone when the unit allows 24 points in the first half and continues to have difficulty dealing with mobile quarterbacks. The Saints settled down to only allow a field goal in the second half, continuing a troubling trend of slow-start, fast-finish. Linebacker Demario Davis did provide the unit with its only sack, and finished with a game-high nine tackles, with a tackle for loss and a quarterback hit. But by Saints standards, the defense has been subpar for the last month.

SPECIAL TEAMS: Again, difficult to unearth much here from this unit. The bright spot was that kicker Blake Grupe made a 48-yard field-goal attempt. He’d missed four of his previous 11 attempts, so hopefully a long make is a good sign.