If you read my previous posts, I was right about the Saints not running the ball enough and committing to any of our running backs. I honestly think we would have success with any of the backs if we gave them enough touches. How can anyone get into a rhythm when our backs stat line looks like this: Ingram 8 carries, Thomas 7 carries, and Robinson about 9 carries ? ? ?? I understand running back by committee but I knew if we stuck to someone, anyone, that would open our team up as a whole....

In the first of a two-part article I will attempt to look at were the Saints stand in the longer term. The team is a mix of older veterans (whose contracts are above what they offer to the team) and some very promising young players. Most of the Saints big contracts can start coming off the books in 2016 as contracts like Colston, Lofton, Bunkley etc will be at a point where the dead money is not too high to be written off if the team is in need of cap space or has found a better alternative. In...

I believe the saints will not draft in the top ten like most. What I do believe is the Saints getting rid of Rob alone will once again return to bottom half of the draft.

Round 1 Adoree' Jackson CB/WR USC 5-11 186 4.43?
Speed kills and speed is what this kid is all about. Teams avoid him like a plague on deep routes. He mans up against the speed burners. Dude has hands to boot. Good luck qualifying for the Olympics. 10.38 100-meter dash, placed No. 5 in the long jump...

(Work in Progress)

Well, when you waste six plus years see-sawing back and forth over what kind of scheme you want to run, drafting personnel for a 4-3 and then for a 3-4 only to go back to a 4-3, you can expect these kind of results...

Firmly believe Payton the Coach would be fine with a strong GM who actually built the team, both personnel and defensive coaches, and who could veto Payton on personnel moves...

Payton gets in trouble when he has too much...

Historically, the Saints have performed decently well when coming off of a bye week. As the infographic linked below illustrates, the Saints have a winning record (3-2) when coming off a bye week over the last five years.

New Orleans Saints Bye Week Breakdown

One of the teams that dealt us a loss during that period was none other than our upcoming post-bye-week foe: the Detroit Lions. In that 2014 loss, the Lions came roaring back under the arm of Matthew Stafford...