NEW ORLEANS, La. (WGNO) – The Saints dropped their season opener on the road at the Detroit Lions. It was a slow start for the offense, being down 21-0 before coming alive late in the second-half jump-started by running back Kendre Miller.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough completed 35 of 56 passes for 410 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions in the Week 1 game against the Detroit Lions, and he added eight rushing yards on four carries while he was sacked five times.

Tyler Shough and Chris Olave set new career-highs with their work against the Lions. It wasn't enough to win, but it proved how high they could fly.

The Saints got a glimpse early on how much thought Shough puts into the way he’s throwing the ball. Quarterbacks coach Scott Tolzien worked Shough out at his Louisville pro day last spring and was immediately impressed by the simple fact that Shough wasn’t trying to “throw everything through a wall.”

Watch highlights of New Orleans Saints wide receiver Devaughn Vele going full extension on the 1-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tyler Shough against the Detroit Lions in Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season.

From a disastrous 21-point deficit to a high-stakes overtime gamble, witness the chaotic resilience of a young quarterback navigating a wild 410-yard performance in the Motor City.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough is only in his second NFL season, but he’s already feeling at home, from local restaurants to Mardi Gras — and New Orleans is embracing him back, proving Drew Brees’ well-known mantra that if you love the city,