Saints’ Foster Moreau Devastated Over Late Drop, ‘It’s A Dark Place To Be’

Saints tight finish Foster Moreau was emotional after dropping a landing go that would’ve despatched his group into additional time on Thursday night time … admitting the play put him in “a dark place.”

The 26-year-old, who beat most cancers to return to the sector this 12 months, had an opportunity to assist New Orleans tie its “Thursday Night Football” recreation in opposition to the Jaguars with simply seconds remaining on the clock … however the TD go slipped proper by way of his fingertips — and the Saints went on to lose, 31-24.

Afterward, Moreau — seemingly on the verge of tears — known as his effort on the play “unacceptable” and “pathetic.”

“It’s tough,” Moreau mentioned. “In front of every man, woman and child I’ve ever known. It’s a dark place to be.”

Moreau’s teammates, nevertheless, had the man’s again … with celebrity operating again Alvin Kamara saying the drop was not the only real motive the Saints misplaced.

The truth is, Kamara was the one who helped get Moreau off the bench after the sport … and in a gathering with reporters contained in the locker room following the defeat, he mentioned he advised Moreau the second cannot even remotely examine to what he is been by way of in his battle in opposition to Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

“I just told him, man, he’s blessed for what he’s been through,” Kamara mentioned. “That ain’t nothing.”