In the first half, the Vikings exploited a weakness from guard to guard in a way that the Saints were certainly not prepared for. They brought their two best edge rushers inside and Danielle Hunter whipped Andrus Peat to an embarrassing degree. That was the story of the half.
In the second half, the Saints adjusted to the scheme and SHOULD have won the game. Drew Brees had the inexplicable red zone turnover and the second to fourth pass catchers could not take advantage of a banged up secondary. Brees and Kamara had their worst performances of the season in the biggest game. It sucks to say, the Saints probably win against the Vikings four out of five games. Wasn’t meant to be last week.
The loss is not on the shoulders of SP IMO. The offensive holes are what they are and are in many ways a result of heavily investing in the defense. Brees’ arm is deteriorating, which in many ways makes Ginn and Tre’Quan obsolete. There’s just some holes and limitations that were abundantly apparent in that loss.