One statistic clearly stood out from all others in the New Orleans Saints’ 26-20 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday: turnovers. The Saints had four, the Bucs had zero and that summed up the game.

The Saints are now minus-7 in turnover differential, and when the league rankings are released Monday they likely will be in 26th place or lower. Not good.

Some other key numbers:

Red-zone efficiency: Saints, 1 for 4 (25 percent). Bucs, 1 for 1 (100 percent).

Third-down efficiency: Saints, 5 of 12 ( 42 percent). Bucs, 4 of 14 (29 percent).

Net yards rushing: Saints, 70. Bucs, 117.

Sacks: Saints, 0. Bucs, 0.

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