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

No2DC said

Allen was a terrible head coach, and I don't think that's a subject of debate at this point. The injury claim is just lame, but it does point to a lack of depth and weaknesses with FO. All teams deal with injuries, but good coaches can keep things stable or cover up deficiencies until they face a superior team. The Lions did this for half their season, and the Rams gave Philly their closest game after battling injuries through the year.

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All teams do deal with injuries, but losing your starting QB, best offensive player (Hill), and two starting WRs for most of the year is really difficult for a team to overcome. Especially when you do have a terrible HC. It's not so much the number of injuries but the importance of those players and positions. But, sure, there was a serious lack of depth at all those positions, and particularly the OL. But who know if that was the FO or DA saying he was good with the depth we had?

And I'm not saying this is a good team. It's a mediocre team that likely wins 7 to 9 games, but if they get lucky and have a great draft, could win 10. That's obviously not good enough, but there is no reason we can't build the roster from here and the FO hasn't done anything that would prevent the continued slow rebuild of the roster. Not fast enough for my taste, but it is being done. But, of course, they have to get better at drafting.