Here’s what I don’t get re Saints ranking predictions

Eternal optimist take:

Our defense will be better this year primarily because I expect the offense to play a complementary brand of football.

We have a solid special teams coach and personnel. The new kickoff rules magnify this advantage.

Our nearly twenty-year-old offensive playbook optimized for the GOAT is no more.

The new OC and his staff will get the most out out our available talent and play to the strengths of the young, athletic, O-line.

The one fly in the ointment is the front-loaded schedule of tough games while the players are still learning the new offense is what worries me the most.