By Brett Martel (AP) | Daily Leader
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It took until Week 16 before the New Orleans Saints finally managed to win two consecutive games this season.
Doing so after falling behind 10-0 in freezing Cleveland weather offered evidence that the Saints haven’t quit on first-year coach Dennis Allen.
It’s a silver lining for a team that is guaranteed to have a losing record at the end of the regular season and could be eliminated from playoff contention after this weekend.
“What it says is we’ve got a bunch of really mentally tough guys,” linebacker Chase Hansen said Monday. “That’s something that coach Allen preached all week. It’s one thing to talk about it. It’s another thing to see it come to fruition in a game like that.
“Just the mental toughness I felt like it showed at this point in the season, at that point in the game (when Cleveland led by 10), I was impressed by a number of guys and I was grateful to be a part of it,” Hansen added.
To make the playoffs, the Saints (6-9) will have to win their final two games — one of which is on the road against the NFC-leading Philadelphia Eagles. They also need help in the form of two losses by Tampa Bay to win the NFC South.
Technically, the Saints also remain alive for the last wild-card spot, but they trail Washington (7-7-1) by 1 1/2 games and Green Bay, Detroit, and Seattle (all 7-8) by a game.
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