Jeff Duncan

Columnist: The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com • Analyst: WVUE-TV • Author: A Life Impossible; Payton & Brees; From Bags to Riches; Tales from the Saints Sideline

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

I didn’t think this was possible, but The Pelicans are in complete disarray just 12 games into the season. A total indictment of management and ownership.

[Rod Walker @RodWalkerNola]

The record books will say Monday's loss to the Warriors is the worst in franchise history.

But scoreboard aside, this one is actually worse.

This one was at home against one of the worst teams in the league. And coming off the 51 points loss, this wasn't supposed to happen.

Final: Nets 145 , #Pelicans 111

Pels leave the court with some well earned boos from the fans who stuck it out.

[Rod Walker @RodWalkerNola]

Just a little more on the Derik Queen thing after I spoke with someone with Warriors. (I wanted to see how players typically get to locker room during game.)

As I stated in previous tweet, the visitors locker room at the Chase Center (unlike other NBA arenas) is diagonal from the visitors bench. Normally, like at the SKC, the exit to locker room is right by the bench.

After talking to someone with Warriors, there are 2 ways to get from visitors' bench to visitors' locker room at Chase Center.

1. You can walk the baseline route like Queen did and turn right and walk length of court.

2. You can walk behind the Pels bench, scorers table and Warriors bench and turn left down that baseline.

(If it was during a timeout, he obviously could have walked diagonally across the court.)

The fact that he walked IN FRONT of courtside seats along the baseline and sideline (on way to locker) instead of behind the courtside seats (which he did on way back to bench) made it more noticeable. Especially since it was while the game was going on.

Why he went to locker room is a question we will get to ask Mosley about pre-game tonight, which will be his first time with media since Monday's game.

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

@Whodat7070 You clearly were….

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

Saints rushing leaders this season:

▪️Tyler Shough 162 yards
▪️Kendre Miller 159 yards
▪️Alvin Kamara 157 yards
▪️Audric Estime 128 yards

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

@Whodat7070 If you read my timeline you’d know I corrected that.

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

This has to rank among the worst road trips in franchise history:

Warriors 138
Pelicans 87

Clippers 139
Pelicans 123

LAC had lost seven straight.

'We got our a --- kicked.' Pelicans suffer worst regular season loss in franchise history https://t.co/IkThHkkhRq via @nolanews

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

@d_leland_esq @oliverlisp @RabalaisAdv @StephanieRiegel @NOLAnews Lease expires in 2029. So not that far off.

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

Big scoop from @StephanieRiegel here: The Pelicans' new proposal for the renovation of the Smoothie King Center is much bigger and more expansive.

Behind the scenes of the NOLA Smoothie King Center renovation talks: Who pays, and how much? https://t.co/TTRBiTI6PZ via @nolanews

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

2025 NFL Draft QB comp:

Player Start W-L GWD 4QC Rtg
Ward 25 4-21 2 2 79.8
Dart 14 5-9 0 0 94.8
Shough 17 8-9 4 5 91.3
Sanders 8 3-5 2 2 74.2

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

According to the latest proposal, the Pelicans want to move their training facility downtown to the old New Orleans Center Mall site. That would free up much-needed office space for the Saints at the team's Metairie headquarters, which they have long since outgrown.

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

Big scoop from @StephanieRiegel here: The Pelicans' new proposal for the renovation of the Smoothie King Center is much bigger and more expansive.

Behind the scenes of the NOLA Smoothie King Center renovation talks: Who pays, and how much? https://t.co/TTRBiTI6PZ via @nolanews

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

My column from an entertaining one at the Superdome on Sunday....

Jeff Duncan: Tyler Shough continues to show why he was the best quarterback in the 2025 draft https://t.co/9S9o4rSAjA via @nolanews

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

CORRECTION: That should be Travis Etienne with 128 rushing yards. Not Audric Estime. (h/t @ByLukeJohnson)

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

Saints rushing leaders this season:

▪️Tyler Shough 162 yards
▪️Kendre Miller 159 yards
▪️Alvin Kamara 157 yards
▪️Audric Estime 128 yards

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

Tyler Shough has four game-winning drives in 16 career starts. He has a chance to record No. 5 right now. Saints will get the ball back with less than 2 minutes left and no timeouts, trailing the Browns 13-9.

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

So much for that. Alert @OldTakesExposed... 😐

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

The Saints take a commanding 9-6 lead in their rock fight with the Browns.

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

The Saints take a commanding 9-6 lead in their rock fight with the Browns.

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

I'm still waiting to see what Shedeur Sanders said he saw on film from the Saints defense this week. Ten minutes to play, and the Browns have two field goals.

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

One thing is clear from this game, Tyler Shough is more athletic than Shedeur Sanders.

[Jeff Duncan @JeffDuncan_]

No one is going to send the game film from the first half of this Browns-Saints game to Canton, Ohio for preservation in the @ProFootballHOF. Brutal.