I've been watching the team since 1969/1970, the earliest I can remember.....
The fact that we had perhaps the worst owner in the NFL and we knew the Saints would be bad every year, they didn't "underachieve" because they were just bad, we all lived with that......
As is so often the case, time and situations change.....my perspective on the season given the roster, the so-called improvements to, the ease of schedule, and the weak division is that 9-8, and missing the playoffs entirely? It was pretty much a train wreck of a season.....because we all know that the team was capable of much, much better......