Week 11 signifies a bye week for the New Orleans Saints, and as they take the opportunity to rest and recuperate from a 2-8 start, there are a lot of questions to be answered. On the positive side of things, they are coming off an impressive win in which their rookie quarterback looked rather impressive. However, they are still in a negative position, and really did not have much going for them offensively prior to Week 10.

Questions that they have to answer will fall on the shoulders of Kellen Moore, and he will be the one to answer them as they come out of the bye. Here are some of the most notable ones that they should be asking themselves prior to Week 12.

How can the team utilize their rostered weapons better than they have?

There are a few notable names worth mentioning when it comes to offensive weapons that have seemingly just been overlooked. Those would be Devin Neal, Devaughn Vele, Foster Moreau, and Taysom Hill. Neal and Vele, added over the offseason, have both been pretty much completely left out of the game plan, and with Kendre Miller and Rashid Shaheed out of the picture at their respective positions, it seems they should be playing more often.

As for Moreau and Hill, it feels the tight end mix should be split up a bit more, with how inconsistent Juwan Johnson has been. Hill did end up getting some good reps in Week 10, which is a promising sign, but Moreau really should be factored into the equation more often, as he is an extremely viable redzone threat.

When should the switch be made to playing younger talent over veterans?

Somewhat building off of that previous question, there are plenty of younger talents who could be getting more playing time but just aren’t in the name of competition. At some point, the franchise has to see what they have in these young assets, though, to properly evaluate the squad. The aforementioned Neal, being one, but also Torricelli Simpkins III, Khristian Boyd, Danny Stutsman, and Jaylan Ford.

Khristian Boyd and Danny Stutsman are the more egregious of the bunch, as both could likely be viable starting options, and were drafted in the past two years, but are benched due to veteran starters. Stutsman has outperformed Pete Werner on multiple occasions, but just has not been given enough reps, and Boyd hasn’t seen the field, pretty much ever since being drafted. Eventually, management has to ask when this switch needs to happen, or they will be stuck with unevaluated talent and veterans whom they have already seen.

Will the special teams unit survive for the remainder of the season?

It is abundantly clear that one of the biggest issues with New Orleans has been its special teams unit just falling apart at times. Blake Grupe has only had one attempt from 50 or more yards in the past four weeks, which he missed, and one make beyond 40 yards in the same span. He is also failing at kickoffs in some scenarios, with three touchbacks in three attempts against the Los Angeles Rams, which just is not acceptable given how far they come out now. While his overall field goal percentage is climbing, his reliability at distance is just shaky, which the Saints need to fix.

As for Kai Kroeger, he has been enormously hit or miss in 2025. His punting distance and hang time are less than optimal, but he is getting results in some scenarios. His yards per punt currently sit at 44.7, and his net yards per attempt are at 36.3, both of which are less than optimal. Only 35.3% of his punts are downed inside the 20, which is somewhat explainable by the fact that the offense is just not getting across midfield for some of these games. He has managed to limit touchbacks as well, but there certainly needs to be more consistency from him to be retained.