NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints are about to find out how competitive they really are.

A pair of one-score losses at home to the Cardinals (2-0) and banged up 49ers (2-0) left the Saints (0-2) disappointed on one level by their start under rookie coach Kellen Moore, but also encouraged by the fact they were in both games until the end.

Now comes a pair of road tests at Seattle and Buffalo, and the prospect of an 0-4 start is looming if New Orleans can't pull out one of those games.

This week's game will be a homecoming of sorts for Moore, who grew up in the state of Washington — albeit in Prosser, about a three-hour drive on the other side of the soaring Cascade mountains from Seattle. And Moore is eager to see how the Saints respond to their first road game this season in

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