We came to watch a debut. Instead, we saw a demolition.

Rams 34, Saints 10.

Few expected the Saints and Tyler Shough to knock off a Super Bowl contender like the Los Angeles Rams on their home field, but we certainly expected a more competitive affair than what we witnessed at SoFi Stadium on Sunday.

This was a complete and utter annihilation. The Saints were outplayed, outcoached and outclassed from start to finish in a beatdown so thorough and authoritative that it overshadowed Shough’s debut and rendered his performance moot. We’ll have to wait another week to make a realistic evaluation of the rookie second-round draft pick.

Shough simply had no chance Sunday. The game was over almost before it began.

The blowout was a grim reminder of just how far the Saints have fallen — and how

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