Saints REAL defense?

I have to disagree. The defense actually held one of the league's most explosive offenses to 10 points into the fourth quarter. Clearly this isn't an elite defense, but they certainly are playing better than anyone thought they would before the season started. If we had minimized the turnovers on offense, we probably would be having a completely different discussion right now.

I see this defense coming back strong next week. Let's face it, the AFC is clearly the stronger conference. We have a string of NFC games left to play, and there's no reason to think the defense can't rise up and pull its share of the load.