How bad was this season

Honestly, when looking at the record. It’s not considered a terrible season.

But it’s a huge disappointment when you look at how historically easy this schedule was and how healthy the team stayed through the first 2.5months of the season.
I agree and also, to me, what makes it pretty disappointing is if you compare the Saints all in approach to the Bucs. The Bucs are more than likely going to win the division and they basically approached this season as a lost season. They are doing a soft rebuild and signed Mayfield as a stop gap. Yet they have looked so much better.

Just makes it seem more embarrassing that the Saints went all in on winning the division and yet looked so awful.