GREEN BAY, Wis. — New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr was evaluated after injuring his shoulder when he was sacked within the third quarter of an 18-17 loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers on Sunday.
Saints coach Dennis Allen mentioned after the sport that he believed Carr was receiving X-rays however didn’t have any additional updates.
“It is beneath analysis,” Allen mentioned. “I can not actually let you know greater than that. It is a shoulder damage. It is being evaluated. Once we know what it’s, we’ll let you understand.”
After being sacked by Rashan Gary, Carr remained on the ground for a couple of minutes earlier than leaving the sphere beneath his personal energy. He was examined within the blue medical tent earlier than heading to the locker room.
The potential influence of a long-term damage on Carr, who signed a four-year, $150 million contract within the offseason after his launch from Las Vegas, was clear from Sunday’s consequence.
New Orleans (2-1) led 17-0 when Carr was injured. The Saints have been outscored 18-0 with out him, although backup Jameis Winston bought New Orleans into scoring place earlier than Blake Grubb’s 46-yard area aim try went huge proper with 1:05 remaining.
“We all know we let this get away,” Winston mentioned. “However we shall be resilient. We’ll persevere.”
New Orleans’ late collapse prevented the Saints from reaching their first 3-0 collection since 2013, after they gained their first 5 video games.
Carr was 13 of 18 for 103 yards with a landing move. Winston went 10 of 16 for 101 yards. The Saints wanted their passing sport to carry out nicely as they rushed for simply 77 yards on 22 carries with Jamaal Williams on injured reserve and Alvin Kamara ending off the scoresheet. Three matches suspended To open the season.
That Carr’s damage occurred whereas he was within the sack should not come as a shock.
New Orleans has allowed a dozen sacks by means of three video games. The Saints’ offensive line suffered a serious blow on Sunday when goaltender Cesar Ruiz left with a concussion within the first half.
“It is a horrible factor for anybody to get damage,” guard James Hurst mentioned. “As an offensive lineman, our job is to maintain him up entrance and hold him off the ground, and the reality is you by no means know what hit it’ll be. It could possibly be any hit. He might get sacked or he might throw the ball and get hit. It is our job.” “To maintain him awake and hold him protected. He is been crushed up so much, so it is very unhappy for him.”
There was plenty of blame for the Saints’ progress.
New Orleans has benefited in its first two video games from a bent-but-unbreakable protection that allowed eight area objectives however just one landing. New Orleans continued this sample all through a lot of the day because the Packers made 4 scoreless journeys into Saints territory.
When Jordan Love threw a fumble on fourth-and-2 from New Orleans’ 13-yard line on the primary play of the fourth quarter, the Saints’ 17-0 lead appeared safe.
However the protection lastly collapsed in that last interval as Love led three straight scoring drives, together with touchdowns on back-to-back possessions. Inexperienced Bay bought an enormous help on its first down drive from move interference penalties on Alontae Taylor and Isaac Yiadom that totaled 67 yards.
“They’re beginning to do some issues a little bit otherwise,” Saints linebacker Demario Davis mentioned. They have been capable of transfer the ball at a quick tempo. The quarterback simply made some performs, and the receivers made some catches. You must give them credit score, they made some performs down the stretch.”
The Saints gave up 20 or fewer factors for the eleventh straight sport, however that offered no consolation for a staff that now has issues about its quarterback’s future.
“We really feel like we just about have the sport in our arms,” mentioned Rashid Shahid, who performed within the 2018 World Cup. 76-yard punt return It gave the Saints an early 14-0 lead. “It got here all the way down to implementation ultimately, and we did not do it.”