Underhill article: “Saints moves are telling us what they felt the real problem with the team was last season”

SweetT said
I don’t buy into the injuries excuse. It’s cool to say it, as a coping mechanism, but 4 out of the top 10 teams that lost the most points due to injuries, made the playoffs (Lions, Bucs, Steelers, and Texans). The main thing, when deciding if a team is good or not, is the depth chart. If your depth chart is underwhelming, then you are not a good team…….you are just a top heavy team. If you can’t build a competent roster, where guys can fill in, due to injuries, then you are lacking at assembling a roster. Good/great teams overcome obstacles. However, if I were to play the “injuries” game, then I would say we were going to be nothing more than an average team bc that was the ceiling that coach showed was his best. I only go by what facts have presented

I think improving the depth and keeping players healthier will lead to a much better season. We'll have a clearer picture of the depth situation after the undrafted free agent signing period. Unfortunately, we won't know how the health issue looks until the season is over. Fingers crossed though.

The biggest change they made was probably the most important and could create the biggest improvement. Better coaching can get better results out of the same players. I'm not saying better coaching can turn a back up into an all pro, but it can be the difference between a player being a solid backup or a weak backup. It can also make your good players even better.