Mickey Loomis’ End Of Year Press Conference

Elvis said

New coaches usually start with teams that won 5 of less games the prior year. The Saints haven't been in that situation since 2005 and before that 1999. DA inherited a team that won 9 games under the worst circumstances imaginable and he wasn't even a new coach, just promoted. Huge difference.

Click to expand...

To be fair, DA didn't inherit that team. They lost some quality players because of the cap and absolutely nobody at WR. And Payton was lucky enough to get a HC job when 10-6 got them the #2 seed. The NFC was pretty bad that year. And then there's the HOF QB thing. That's not the standard. And as far as the easy schedule, 3 of the Saints losses are to teams still in the playoffs.