The Saints game was a bit of a gut punch. Watching the game, I got the sense that, if the team had played to their potential, they would have handed the Saints a loss. Instead, we saw more confusion, coverage breakdowns and poor tackling that have plagued the defense all season, and Taylor Heinicke had a pair of brutally bad interceptions — one of which ended a scoring drive and the other of which put the defense in a bad situation defending a short field.
The result was that fan confidence, as measured by the weekly SB Nation poll, dived to its lowest point of the 2020 season, with just 33% of Hogs Haven readers who responded saying that they currently feel confident in the direction of the franchise.