How do you see the first two games of the Saints’ season?

On offense, I think those games showed we have some good foundational players on the OL, but we have plenty of question marks almost everywhere else. Some of the standout players from those games aren’t getting any younger (Kamara & Hill), and after playing a few more games it seems our smaller WR group can’t stay healthy.

On defense, it was mostly an aberration, which led to the huge margins of victory. Bryce Young has been outplayed by 37yo Andy Dalton on a bad Panthers team, and Dallas currently has the 26th ranked offense by DVOA. We gave up 273 yards/game after the first two games, we’ve given up 444 yards/game since (which helped us to get to last for the season in that metric). The age of the defense and lack of production of the DL picks don’t inspire a lot of hope that we can turn that unit around soon. Keep in mind our defense was also an aberration last year, with our defensive schedule ranked easiest in the league by offensive DVOA of our 2023 opponents.