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After ranking among the league leaders in takeaways after seven games, the New Orleans Saints’ defense is fighting through a bit of a drought going into Sunday night’s key NFC South matchup with the Carolina Panthers.

Through seven games, when they had a 6-1 record following a 35-17 blowout of the Buffalo Bills, the Saints had 15 takeaways — nine interceptions and one fumble recovery.

But in the five games played since then, a stretch in which the team has gone 3-2, the Saints have forced two turnovers.

Both were claimed by cornerback Corey White on an interception against San Francisco and fumble recovery that was forced by teammate Keyunta Dawson at Atlanta.
That’s just two takeaways in 20 quarters of play compared to 15 in the first 28 quarters of the season.

“I don’t know specifically,” Saints coach Sean Payton said when asked about the drought. “We’ve had our opportunities. Hopefully, they’ll come and we get a clump of them this weekend. That statistic is important.”
On the other side of it, the Panthers have 26 takeaways to tie for second in the league — just one behind the Seattle Seahawks.

Read more: Sean Payton wants Saints playing takeaway | Saints | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA

Related article: New Orleans Saints hope turnovers swing their way vs. Carolina Panthers: notebook | NOLA.com

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