NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints coach Kellen Moore wants to believe that his team can turn an ugly, lopsided loss into a galvanizing opportunity to get right.

That does happen in football sometimes, and Moore didn’t have to look back a whole calendar year to cite an example from his own, personal experience.

Last Sept. 29, the Philadelphia Eagles — with Moore as their offensive coordinator — lost 33-16 to Tampa Bay to drop to 2-2. After that, Philly won 15 times in a 16-game stretch that ended with a Super Bowl triumph.

“You play football long enough, you’ve dealt with a game like we dealt with on Sunday,” Moore said, referring to New Orleans’ 44-13 loss in Seattle. “We can all lean on a bunch of different examples.

“They’re great opportunities for us to pivot, re-evaluate,

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