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Fleur-de-Links, October 5: Fallout from Saints victory over the Detroit Lions

Here are your daily New Orleans Saints links

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New Orleans Saints:

Saints get the offense they have been searching for, beat Lions 35-29. - Canal Street Chronicles

The Saints were able to defeat the Detroit Lions while missing 6 starters, breaking their two-game losing streak.

Drew Brees reacts to Saints win after two-game slide - Yahoo! Sports

Drew Brees speaks on the Week 4 victory over the Lions, saying, “Over the last two weeks, we have not had the level of execution, the tempo, the rhythm that we know that we can have.”

Saints at Lions inactive report: Shy Tuttle inactive - Canal Street Chronicles

Defensive tackle Shy Tuttle joined Michael Thomas, Andrus Peat, Marshon Lattimore, Janoris Jenkins, Jared Cook, and Marcus Davenport on the inactive list.

Michael Thomas had 3 words of advice for Saints WRs in Week 4; here’s how they followed it - NOLA

During the game, Michael Thomas Tweeted about a text that he sent to Tre’Quan Smith before the game; Smith revealed that the text sent by Thomas was “Ball out, bro.”

Chargers expected to play Saints without top RB Austin Ekeler - Saints Wire

After suffering a hyperextended knee and a hamstring injury, Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler is expected to miss multiple weeks, including the Chargers’ upcoming week 5 game against the New Orleans Saints.

Week 4 Rooting Guide: Who Saints fans should pull for this week - Canal Street Chronicles

A look at who the Saints fans should root for this week, with a surprising reason that Saints fans should even root for the Atlanta Falcons to beat the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night’s game.

Reports: Multiple Saints being retested after RB positive for COVID-19 - Yahoo! Sports

Saints running back Michael Burton initially tested positive for COVID-19 and put the week 4 game against the Lions in doubt, though later tests confirmed the first as a false positive.