The true picture or an anomaly ? ( Derek Carr)

sfidc3 said
No one, unless delusional, thought the 2023 Saints would be 2009, 2011, or even 2018 good.....

This season turned out mostly as I expected. I didn't have high expectations because our HC was still DA.....

and DA led Saints teams don't often beat even average teams especially when it counts....this team was barely over .500 with an NFL easiest schedule and playing in a division whose opponents collective win percentage was 35%......and at one point the Saints were 5-7 and finished 9-8, winning some games at the end of the year, that turned out to be meaningless, similar to DA's first year.....

I don't hate anyone over it, I just don't want a year 3 of exactly the same....which is what I fear....we will see what happens....

We're in the same boat. My optimistic side saw us winning a playoff game. But reality showed me what you said, that we cannot beat even the average teams when it counts. To me this is not an anomaly that time on task can heal. This is who we are under their current leadership. A team is supposed to look forward to the challenging games, so they can show the world that they mean business. You either mean business or you do not mean business. Micky doesn't want to view it that way, he wants to view it like we're 9-8. One piece here, one coach there, will make the difference. Not unless Klint Kubiak is really Clint Eastwood at heart.