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HOUSTON -- Two games into the preseason, the only thing that can be said for certain about the New Orleans Saints defense is that it won't be as good as it looked in Week 1, and it won't be as bad as it looked in Week 2.

In a span of eight days, the defense went from a dominant performance to a disastrous one. They gave up 24 points and 323 yards in the first half of Saturday night's 27 to 14 loss to the Houston Texans Although it was the kind of performance that comes with the usual "it's only the preseason" disclaimer, Coach Sean Payton said, "there's no way to sugarcoat a game like that."
"They whipped us," Payton said. "Obviously, it wasn't real good. We've got a lot to do to improve. There will be some valuable lessons learned from this game.
"Fortunately it's a preseason game, however, it's getting closer and closer to the start of the regular season."
Instead of the sacks the Saints piled up last week against San Francisco, this game was rife with missed tackles

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