Overview

• Seattle jumped to a 21-0 first-quarter lead and went up 38-6 by halftime, the most points the Saints have ever allowed in one half.
• Rookie Tory Horton scored twice, including a franchise-record 95-yard punt return that marked the team’s first punt-return TD since 2015.
• Special teams flipped the game with D’Anthony Bell’s blocked punt and multiple long returns, and coach Mike Macdonald said the unit produced roughly 30 points.
• Sam Darnold completed 14 of 18 passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns with no sacks, as Jaxon Smith-Njigba logged 96 yards and Kenneth Walker III ran for two scores.
• Playing without three starting defensive backs, Seattle’s depth shined, while New Orleans fell to 0-3 with Rattler now 0-9 as a starter before a Week 4 trip to Buffalo.