Did we over achieve last year and eat the cheese? (2 Viewers)

[UFCSaint]

Should we have drafted like a contender? Traded away picks like we were one player away? Cut our young players because we had no room on this roster to develop any raw talent?

I gotta be honest...at one point during the Browns game last week I started thinking, "Was last year just a magical fluke?" Based on last year, all of the injured players coming back this year, couple of key offseason free agent signings, and drafting Davenport....I was thinking we would be a serious contender this season. I know it's still early but if we continue to play like we are playing I would have to think that last year was a fluke.

 

[bobad]

We haven't even played a complete game yet. Our defense wasn't ready game 1, and our offense was surprised by an upstart defense game 2. I'm thinking we will put it all together against the Falcons. We'll unleash Davenport and Smith, and they won't know how to handle it.

 

[UFCSaint]

I know, sometimes the glass half empty crowd of Saints and LSU fans around this state kill me. We're off to our best start in 5 seasons after 2 games, even playing without our Probowl running back, and people are talking like we're 0-8.

Well it's not much of a jump to go from 0-2 to 1-1. And I think people are upset because of "how" we have looked in these first two games..even in the Browns win (which we should've lost.) I am trying to stay positive because of how we started off last year...but you would think after last year that we would've come storming out of the gates at 2-0 and would have defeated both the Bucs and Browns by a few touchdowns.

 

[onanygivensunday]

Let's be real. 2017 was a cupcake schedule. In non-division games last year, the Saints played against the AFCE and the NFCN (minus a healthy Aaron Rodgers) and went 6-2.

Not so in 2018. Non-division opponents are the AFCN and the NFCE. And based on winning the NFCS in 2017, additional opponents include the Rams and the Vikings in 2018... a tougher row to hoe.

 

[DA_MOSS]

Well it's not much of a jump to go from 0-2 to 1-1. And I think people are upset because of "how" we have looked in these first two games..even in the Browns win (which we should've lost.) I am trying to stay positive because of how we started off last year...but you would think after last year that we would've come storming out of the gates at 2-0 and would have defeated both the Bucs and Browns by a few touchdowns.

Explain the "should've lost" narrative please

Just asking because I distinctly remember our HoF QB, which is also the most accurate passer of all time, missed 2 TD throws and our usually reliable kicker missed a FG.. In your world, we actually should've blown them out then correct?

 

[TheMike62987]

Well it's not much of a jump to go from 0-2 to 1-1. And I think people are upset because of "how" we have looked in these first two games..even in the Browns win (which we should've lost.) I am trying to stay positive because of how we started off last year...but you would think after last year that we would've come storming out of the gates at 2-0 and would have defeated both the Bucs and Browns by a few touchdowns.

Well the Bucs beat us by 8 in a shoot out then went on to blow the doors off the defending champs. The Browns have always, ALWAYS given the Sean Payton Saints fits. You can say would've or should've done whatever, but the Bucs seem to be righting the ship (no pun intended) and the Browns arne't as bad as say the Cardinals.

 

[ilvdsnts]

Well it's not much of a jump to go from 0-2 to 1-1. And I think people are upset because of "how" we have looked in these first two games..even in the Browns win (which we should've lost.) I am trying to stay positive because of how we started off last year...but you would think after last year that we would've come storming out of the gates at 2-0 and would have defeated both the Bucs and Browns by a few touchdowns.

There is a huge difference between 0-2 and 1-1. At 0-2 you have to win 2 straight just to get to .500, at 1-1 you're already there. At 0-2 you have a 12% chance at the playoffs, 1-1 jumps you all the way up to 41%. The 29 point jump from 0-2 to 1-1 is a bigger jump than you get from the difference between 1-1 and 2-0 as that only jumps you up 22 points from 41% to 63%.

 

[Paul]

To me, overachieving is a bad 3-7 Dolphins team beating a good 8-2 Patriots team and finishing the season at 4-12. They overachieved in one game.
You don’t rip off two straight months of wins after starting 0-2 by accident. It meant that you were a pretty good team.