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In the wake of the New Orleans Saints' surprising 30-20 loss to the Arizona Cardinals, everyone seemingly has an opinion on what's wrong with the defending Super Bowl champions.

The offense can't function without Reggie Bush.

Drew Brees is distracted by his wife's pregnancy.

Sean Payton has reverted to his pass-happy ways of 2007 and 2008.
If I had a nickel for every email, tweet or text I received the past two days offering advice on how to fix the Saints' problems I could solve City Hall's budget deficit.

Everyone it seems wants to target one specific player or aspect of the team but, as Sunday's setback showed, the Saints' problems are more widespread than that. They're not executing well in several areas right now, especially on offense and special teams and it's costly them games they should win.

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