The New Orleans Saints improved to 4-1 with their 30-27 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. Here are some of the key statistics from the game.

Third-down conversions: The Saints were an amazing 12 of 17, a 71 percent rate. With that high of a success rate it really is a bit surprising the game was as close as it was except … the Panthers were 7 of 12 for 58 percent on third downs. The Saints’ defense definitely wants to be able to get off the field better than that.

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