By Mike Detillier / Sports Correspondent
During the offseason, I’ve wrote many times in this column about the New Orleans Saints getting off to a fast start in the regular season.
When looking at the middle of the schedule, I thought a quick start and wins out of the blocks early would help propel this football team throughout the season and it would break a trend that has been around the organization since 2013.
In 2013, the Saints started the season with a 2-0 record and then went on to finish with an 11-5 mark.
Since 2013, the Saints have started the first 2 games: 2014 (0-2), 2015 (0-2), 2016 (0-2) and 2017 (0-2).
And now in 2018, they have started out 0-1.
It’s not about training camp and how they play their players in preseason. Virtually every team does it the same way now and also the new Collective Bargaining Agreement prohibits much contact in training camp.
It’s all about getting your team mentally ready and prepared to play these early games that seem to be the issue.
The Saints scored 40 points against the Buccaneers last weekend and still got beat. Yes, they didn’t run the ball well and there were two critical turnovers in the contest, but the defense was awful.
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