The New Orleans Saints spent the summer evaluating a close-knit punting battle.

They might spend next week evaluating whether they need a new punter.

Kai Kroeger and the Saints’ special teams had a disaster of a performance in Sunday’s 44-13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The Saints not only allowed a 95-yard punt return touchdown, but they also proceeded to follow that up by having the Seahawks block a punt that was recovered at the 11-yard line. The back-to-back sequence put the game into blowout territory with less than five minutes remaining in the first quarter.

The Saints’ problems, of course, extended beyond Kroeger. It's not the punter's fault that no one brought Tony Horton down on his long return, or that the offensive line allowed pressure in the lead-up to his blocked punt. B

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