NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A day after losing for the sixth time in seven games, the Saints learned Monday that they will play the rest of this season without veteran center Erik McCoy or emergent running back Kendre Miller.

The knee injury that took Miller out of Sunday's 26-14 loss in Chicago was diagnosed as a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which will require reconstructive surgery, Saints rookie coach Kellen Moore said.

Center Erik McCoy's biceps injury sustained during the game also will end his season, Moore said.

"It’s really unfortunate because both those guys, I felt like, had been playing some really good football,” Moore said.

Even before the extent of those injuries were clear, the Week 7 loss to the Bears had to be tough for the Saints to stomach.

A Bears defense overseen by

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