It was another rough day for the New Orleans Saints in Week 8. The defense started off strong, but they began to lose steam as the day went on. The Los Angeles Chargers let Justin Herbert throw the ball, and he began to take advantage of the secondary. Ladd McConkey caught two touchdowns as the home team began to stretch away.

Offensively, the Saints never really got going. After scoring a season-low 10 points a week ago, they scored 8 points in Los Angeles. Spencer Rattler was replaced by Jake Haener in the second half. The benching tells you all you need to know about the offensive performance.

There were some bright spots. Let's take a look at the studs and duds in Week 8:

Stud: Chris Olave

Chris Olave was one of the only bright spots offensively. He took a big hit early in the game that looked like he may be making a quick exit again. He returned to the game and went over 100 yards. He's the only true receiving threat New Orleans has, so they'll need Olave to continue this moving forward.

Stud: Chase Young

Chase Young was disruptive on Sunday afternoon. The Saints defensive line did a good job getting pressure on Herbert early in the game, and Young was one of the players leading the charge. He recorded a sack and two quarterback hits on the day.

Stud: Jake Haener

Jake Haener stepped in for Spencer Rattler in the third quarter and looked impressive. The most noticeable difference was how quickly the ball came out of Haener's hands. He was just the more decisive quarterback, which led to a more fluid offense.

Stud: Matthew Hayball

The New Orleans Saints punted a whole bunch in this matchup, and Matthew Hayball was up to the task no doubt. He ended the day with 9 punts for 437 yards (48.6 average), five of them landing inside the 20-yard line, and only two going for touchbacks. He also set his career high with a 59-yard punt, which shows his leg is improving as he gets more time in the NFL. A great day from the first-year punter.

Dud: Jermaine Jackson

Jermaine Jackson had a tough day back on return duty, with 4 punt returns for 30 yards (only 7.5 per attempt) and 1 kick return for 22 yards as his lone bright spot. He had multiple problems when calling for fair catches, including calling for one at the five-yard line, calling for one and picking it up to run despite it bouncing (confusing everyone including the referees), and then he didn't signal for a fair catch on one and immediately got tackled by two defenders. Not a great showing for Jackson, especially with special teams performing mostly well.

Dud: Klint Kubiak

The last few weeks we have seen complete collapses on both sides of the ball, but this week the defense at least held up for most of the game before some late scores. The offense was the biggest issue this week, and ultimately that came down to playcalling. Klint Kubiak has now had three weeks to work with Spencer Rattler, and what he came up with was extremely conservative play calls for the first half that got the Saints absolutely nowhere and forced them to punt more often than not. No doubt he is working with a tough scenario, but he definitely could have elevated it with the correct playcalling decisions.

Dud: Interior offensive line

For a few weeks now the interior offensive line has been a major issue, and that continued this week as pressure was coming for Spencer Rattler and Jake Haener all game up the middle. Even when running up the middle, things were extremely slow-moving and almost completely ineffective. Penalties along the offensive line were killing multiple Saints offensive plays throughout the game, and that just cannot happen no matter the circumstances.

Dud: Carl Granderson

We have come to expect high-level performances from Carl Granderson, and going against Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater is no easy task. However, Granderson ended the game with only 3 tackles, and one QB hit which Justin Herbert got away from and avoided a sack. This was one of the more underwhelming games from Granderson in recent memory, which is unfortunate as the Saints desperately needed pressure off both sides of the line if they were to keep up.

This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Studs and Duds from Saints' Week 8 loss against the Chargers