Here's a breakdown by quarter of the points scored against the Saints in our loses last season. In all the games we lost last year we gave up the most points in the 2nd quarter, when our defense still should have been fresh.
1st quarter - 50 points
2nd quarter - 83 points
3rd quarter - 54 points
4th quarter - 50 points
From my assessment our defense was equally bad in all quarters, not just in the 4th when they should have been tired from being on the field all the time. In all but 1 of those loses our defense gave up more than 26 points, that's nothing short of pitiful.