It was known that the Panthers are a bad team, maybe the worst in the league, so the only thing to take from the Saints beating them into oblivion is that they are in fact a really bad team.
That said, it was definitely more encouraging that they gave them a beat down instead of playing down to their level and escaping, but we'll find out more about the Saints this week against Dallas.
I think it’s pretty easy to take from that game that this Saints team is without question much improved from last year. Last year we win that game 20-6 or 17-13, something like that. Good teams punish bad teams, we did that.
I’m not sure what it will translate to this season or if it’ll be enough to get in the playoffs, but they definitely looked better.
Now, if we lose by 3 scores or more to Dallas that neutralizes how good we looked in week 1.