METAIRIE, La. -- By Wednesday, the New Orleans Saints' defensive backs made it clear they were tired of hearing about and talking about their tackling woes in Sunday’s 37-34 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

As The Times-Picayune chronicled, at one point during interviews, cornerback Keenan Lewis just started blurting out the word, "Tackle," regardless of the question he faced.

But Lewis and his teammates certainly weren’t done trying to get their tackling issues fixed.

Lewis spent extra time on the field, working on his tackling technique against a blocking sled -- something he said he used to do in the past.

Safety Kenny Vaccaro called his tackling problems in Week 1 "ridiculous" and said (per The Advocate), "I had a hard time sleeping this week because of the film we put out there."

Everyone remained confident that tackling is a correctable problem. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t require extra emphasis in practice -- especially as the Saints prepare to face a Cleveland Browns offense that stubbornly runs the ball with a pesky zone-blocking scheme in the Mike Shanahan style.

"Absolutely there is (an emphasis in practice)," Saints coach Sean Payton said. "We have individual periods out here where it’s strictly fundamentals. You’re working location, landmarks, leverage, where you’re fitting. The No. 1 thing is population of the ball. All of those things we work on. And we have to."