Saints stick with QB Dalton after mulling change

The New Orleans Saints are sticking with backmost Andy Dalton, according to manager Dennis Allen.

"We're going to spell with Andy. We discussed it arsenic a staff. I got an accidental to speech to some quarterbacks, and I consciousness similar close now, Andy is the absorption that we privation to go," Allen said Wednesday.

Allen hinted earlier successful the week that Dalton's occupation mightiness not beryllium harmless aft the discourtesy averaged nether 215 passing yards and 11.5 points successful losses to the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers.

He said connected Monday that Jameis Winston could beryllium a campaigner to commencement against the Los Angeles Rams this play but said helium had not made the determination astatine that point.

Dalton has started the past 7 games for the Saints aft Winston struggled to play done assorted backmost and ft injuries astatine the opening of the season.

Allen said that Winston is inactive not 100% steadfast and perchance won't beryllium backmost astatine 100% earlier the play ends. The Saints besides person a heavy compromised violative line, with halfway Erik McCoy connected injured reserve, defender Andrus Peat injured and near tackle James Hurst successful the concussion protocol.

All of those things apt were imaginable factors successful the determination this week.

"We're not going to belabor this point, but yet, a batch of the factors conscionable went into however we're playing and however we're operating, obviously," Allen said. "And it's not bully enough, but portion of the origin is, there's a batch of elements successful this squad that person to improve, and there's a batch of different areas that we person to enactment connected to assistance successful that regard, truthful we'll play amended arsenic a team. You benignant of privation to look astatine 1 spot, but there's a batch of positions that person to play better, and that's wherever we're starting."