The New Orleans Saints lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 16-10 in the first NFL game ever played in France. Here are three things we learned.

The details

I’m not sure if this should fall in the “what we learned” category, since we already knew this. The Saints don’t do enough of the little things right to win games. Yeah, they have enough talent to give themselves a chance in most games. But the line between wins and losses in the NFL is a thin one, and the Saints do all the things that keep them on the wrong side of that line. Holding the Steelers to 16 points should be enough. But when you turn the ball over (Tyler Shough’s interception), can’t make field goals consistently (Daniel Carlson missed another one), can’t run the ball (more on this one coming) or stop the run, these are the results.