PFF - have y'all seen this
Your long memory of the Saints is not the media's.
Here's what I see and the media sees:
* We had a perennial contender more or less the past 20 years.
* Anchored by 2 Hall of Famers (Payton/Brees)
* We lost those two Hall of Famers.
* We don't have a "Superstar" like Mahomes.
* Dennis Allen has done exactly nothing as a Head Coach in the league.
* As a result we need to prove it.
10 games is a pretty high bar for this group... although we have an "easier" schedule which really guarantees us nothing.
That's it. It's not about the media remembering John Fourcade or anything.