I find myself looking forward to football season but not excited about the upcoming Saints season. I watched two of the three preseason games but, to a greater extent than any other year I can ever remember, did not follow closely the training-camp reports. The reasons do not really matter. For me, though I increasingly approve of the Carr signing and believe we are the favorites to win the NFL South, I question whether we have the right coaching staff; believe that our roster overall is one to two levels below what it was a few years ago; believe that were we playing in nearly any other division, we would finish with a losing record; and most discouraging find that we are not an ascending team but a franchise mired in mediocrity.
I have been a member of this forum for almost 25 years. I can be a contrarian and take positions that are not popular. But I do not troll and seriously ask the question of how excited about the Saints season you are, I am interested in seeing whether in a community of Saints fans others share my lack of excitement or are truly excited about the 2023 season. And again this thread raises less the question of whether you should be excited than the question of how excited are you. And regarding the general community, the prices in the secondary ticket markets will be a reflection during the season of how much excitement there is.
PS And for whatever it is worth, I am also not excited about the Pelicans. But I am excited about the LSU football team.