“You blink and the score is like that…it’s tough to dig out of that hole,” said Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler, who completed 28 of 39 passes for 218 yards and a touchdown, with an interception. “I thought in the second half we fought, but self-inflicted wounds on all sides of the ball early on and you can’t do that with an offense like (Seattle’s). They’re explosive, they had a lot of explosive plays, especially on special teams. Tough to get in that hole and dig out of it.”
Edge rusher Cameron Jordan (four tackles, one tackle for loss) played in his 229th game as a Saint, most in franchise history. But nothing cleansed the taste of 44-13.
“I feel terrible after any loss,” Jordan said. “A game like that you look up, six minutes in you’re already down 21 (points), you get chin-checked.”
Another stiff road test awaits next Sunday, when the Saints travel to Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., to face the Bills.
“It’s a test of adversity,” Moore said. “It’s how you respond. You have to narrow your focus, look at the items that are good and recognize those, but we did not do enough to start the game to put ourself in a really good position to be competitive.”