Much of the feel-good glow was tarnished last weekend when the New Orleans Saints were officially eliminated from the playoffs on Sunday and suffered a 34-0 road loss to the Packers on Monday.

Still, the Saints (5-10) are 3-3 under interim coach Darren Rizzi heading into Sunday’s noon game against the Raiders (3-12) at Caesars Superdome, the Saints’ final home game of the season. There’s still a chance to post a 3-2 home record under Rizzi and guarantee they won’t finish worse than .500 under his leadership.

After the team’s worst overall performance this season, here are a few things that can help close out the home game with a win:

Rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler will make his fifth start for the Saints against the Raiders, and the mission hasn’t changed: The offensive line needs to do a much better job of keeping the quarterback clean. This task will be more difficult without two starters – center Erik McCoy (elbow) and left defender Lucas Patrick (knee) are out. Some of Rattler’s decisions against the Packers were marred by a lack of protection, and at times there were growing pains among the rookies. But the lessons learned from growing pains can be accelerated when the line is at its best. The Raiders are in the bottom 10 of the league with 33 sacks but are only allowing 210 pass yards per game, so they’re doing something right. The line has to help Rattler find the mistakes and exploit them.

Rattler will benefit greatly from a better running game than against Green Bay. A total of 67 yards on 20 carries does not make an offense multi-dimensional, and New Orleans will not succeed as a one-dimensional offense. One of the few things the Raiders have done well this season is stopping the run (117.9 yards allowed per game). Alvin Kamara (groin) won’t be back on the field in this game, but Kendre Miller, Jamaal Williams and Jordan Mims will only be as good as the offensive line’s blocks are. Throw in some blocking help from the perimeter and hopefully New Orleans can generate a balanced attack.