John DeShazier, The Times-Picayune

It was one game, Pierson Prioleau cautioned.
So there’s no reason for the New Orleans Saints’ special team coverers to act as if, collectively, they’ve become a blanket. There is no reason to declare their problems have been solved, and that 25- and 50-yard punt and kickoff returns are things of the past.

But even a 12-year veteran safety such as Prioleau, the Saints’ special teams captain, is allowed to be encouraged.

“It’s fair to say we made some improvements from the preseason to the first game of the season, ” Prioleau said. “We just flat-out covered the ball better in the first game of the season.

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