Jim Mora Weighs In..

Centmssaint1 said
No, Jim Mora just had the unfortunate luck of being stuck in the division with 49ers in Bill Walsh and Joe Montana’s heyday. He was also in an era when most players didn’t move around during free agency. He had only one good wideout in Eric Martin. This was good in the regular season but bad in post season when you needed more offensive weapons at your disposal. He played the same kind of ball as Bill Parcells but without the offensive weapons that Parcells had on offense.

I often tell people that last part in any conversation about the Mora Saints. Parcells made ball-control work because he had superior athletes all across his offense. The Saints, not so much.

And can we imagine a division that was geographically correct back then, as now? Mora’s Saints, the Moon-era Oilers, the Yucs of that era and the Falcons. The Oilers would be the only consistently decent competition.