Mike Triplett, The Times-Picayune

St. Louis – Trick, or treat? It changes from week to week with these New Orleans Saints, who continued a frighteningly inconsistent October with one of their worst all-around performances in recent memory.

The Saints lost 31-21 Sunday to a previously winless St. Louis Rams team inside a sparsely filled Edward Jones Dome, falling to 5-3 at the halfway point of the season.

“It’s disappointing. I’m disappointed,” said Coach Sean Payton, who had just spent the past two weeks stressing to his team the importance of giving a more consistent effort – a point that seemed to get through to them when they routed the Indianapolis Colts 62-7 just seven days earlier.

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