Re: Saints 2024 Projected Win Total 7.5
 

Well, it could be said that, last year, Carr was relatively healthy the first 2 games of the year and for the 7 games after the bye. In those games the team was 6-3 last year. That’s a 11-12 win season with a healthy Carr.

Re: Saints 2024 Projected Win Total 7.5
 

Broncos, Raiders, Giants, Panthers & Commanders should be slam dunks.

Everything else is a toss up including Atlanta.

Yep, 8 wins seems about right.

Re: Saints 2024 Projected Win Total 7.5
 

During the Offseason "The Guido Shuffle" is sung to the tune of "The Song Remains The Same"

Guido, whoa-oh-oh-oh
He's got the money, to go to the show
Guido's waitin' to blow that dough
Guido, whoa-oh-oh-oh
GUIDO!!...........

Re: Saints 2024 Projected Win Total 7.5
 

Hey, it goes along with The Immigrant Song too!

Re: Saints 2024 Projected Win Total 7.5
 

Maybe optimistic, but I'm going 10 wins. Each year teams that are supposed to be good are bad and teams the are bad are good. I'm going 10-7, 1st round knock out. Unfortunately if I am right, it's another season with DA.

Re: Saints 2024 Projected Win Total 7.5
 

While I expect the Broncos to struggle, they have a coaching advantage, and they did beat the following playoff teams last year: Chiefs, Packers, Bills, and Browns. They were not consistent but had a hard schedule, finished 8-9, and could beat anyone any given Sunday.

The Raiders last year put up 63 points on the Chargers, and also beat the Superbowl champ Chiefs. They finished 3-1 under a young energetic coach. If you want to make a bad coaching excuse, the Josh McDaniels was like if Pete Carmichael was head coach and GM and less likeable and more insecure. The Raiders again played a harder schedule than the Saints last year and finished 8-9.

We play the Giants in December and could be playing in snow. While not great, Daniel Jones is a lot better than Danny Devito and they have made the playoffs more recently than us.

The Commanders were horrible in 2023 but they have a certain QB you may have heard of, who Guido might be predicting 30-0 if we drafted him. We play them late in the season, and if he is the next CJ Stroud we could lose. Remember, our game with the Texans last year was a slam dunk too.

Anyway, I think these so called slam dunks are actually toss ups we could win but might lose. The Panthers are where we have to hope for a slam dunk. But if we go 1-0 against the Panthers in the opener, what happens the next 5 games against the cowboys, eagles, at falcons with cousins, and chiefs? We could be 1-4 heading into a matchup vs Tampa, or we could be 2-3 or 3-2 if lucky.

Re: Saints 2024 Projected Win Total 7.5
 

Here is a thought. The Saints haven’t been crappy enough to warrant a top 10 pick since 2008 and not crappy enough for a top 5 since 2006. That’s a long time. So, on the unlikely chance the team sucks badly enough for a top 3 pick next year then maybe we get our future QB. Not that I’m predicting anything.

So we got that going for us, which is nice.

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It could be said that Carr is 1 year older and playing behind a much less experienced offensive line and facing a less easy schedule of opponents in 2024 than 2023. Last year many said we would have a great record because Lattimore and Thomas's injuries in 2022 were a fluke, but it turns out that with age and risk factors injuries can be a pattern.

But in the end its ok. If we don't win a lot of games we still have our own 1st round pick so we have insurance. If we win, great, if we don't, we could be in a position to draft a QB of the future and that position will also help attract better coaching candidates than for example Carolina was able to with no 1st round pick and looking for a coach or we would have been this offseason with a later 1st round pick than our own.

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Mebbe ... or mebbe we have our QB of the future already in the QB room.