The New Orleans Saints took aim at a huge upset against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, but ultimately fell short in a 31-19 loss that drops them to 0-4. Here are three takeaways from the loss:

That's much better

A loss is a loss, but in the hyper-competitive NFL, that's as close to a moral victory as you're going to see. After an embarrassing effort in Seattle last week, the Saints ran the ball extremely well and put a scare into the Super Bowl favorites. For a moment, it even looked like the Saints had taken a fourth-quarter lead on a Spencer Rattler to Brandin Cooks touchdown pass, but the play was overturned, and Josh Allen took over from there. Still, it's clear this Saints team is still fighting for Kellen Moore and that better days may be ahead.

Rattling on

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