What if I told you that we might be re-living the Mike Ditka era?

Were the Saints at or tied for the division at any point during the Ditka Years?
The high water mark of the Ditka era was a 3-0 start in 1998. We would go 3-10 the remainder of the way.

I disagree with the overall premise, FWIW. We haven't traded an entire draft, for starters.