Are the Saints the De Facto Worst Team in the NFL?

AsylumGuido · 06-19-2025, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by leilung

I'm going to go with Yes for a couple of reasons:
1: Unknown trasition continutity because of New HC (Along with playbook, concepts/ schemes)
2: Unknown QB situation. The single position with the biggest impact on any team's ability to compete is currently TBD.
3: New Defense (As with #1, integrating playbook, schemes, and position strength)
4: Divisional Competition. while the Saints have been working diligently to redirect the franchise, others directly competing with them (Bucs, Clowns, and Kitties) have been busy. It's going to take a huge amount of success to overcome the head start these teams have on us.

All of these things are moving parts that could change the outlook for our team in the coming months. The Moore Regime reset will be a work in progress. I don't see anyone in the league (Maybe the Giants, Raiders, Browns, and Titans) having the same challenges as the Saints.

The best thing about all of this is the bar is low. Time to get to work!

This here. Those first three are based totally on the unknown with the baseline being the worst possible scenario in each case. As we move toward the beginning of the season more light will be shined upon each of these and expectations will, no doubt, be readdressed. The same can be said as the season itself is underway and actual games are being played.

I for one see a totally new coaching staff as being a huge plus over the past season. As for the QB position, we didn't know who was going to be starting week to week last year so we may have better continuity this coming season. As for the defense, it is hard for me to expect anything less than what we had on the field last year and we clearly were not the worst team in the league.

We are well into a deep rebuild process already. We have a goodly number of young players that will be seeing lots of snaps with a sprinkling of vets that can help show them the ropes under hopefully better guidance from the new, but very experienced, coaching staff.

06-19-2025, 08:52 AM	#19
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,720	Re: Are the Saints the De Facto Worst Team in the NFL? Originally Posted by leilung I'm going to go with Yes for a couple of reasons: 1: Unknown trasition continutity because of New HC (Along with playbook, concepts/ schemes) 2: Unknown QB situation. The single position with the biggest impact on any team's ability to compete is currently TBD. 3: New Defense (As with #1, integrating playbook, schemes, and position strength) 4: Divisional Competition. while the Saints have been working diligently to redirect the franchise, others directly competing with them (Bucs, Clowns, and Kitties) have been busy. It's going to take a huge amount of success to overcome the head start these teams have on us. All of these things are moving parts that could change the outlook for our team in the coming months. The Moore Regime reset will be a work in progress. I don't see anyone in the league (Maybe the Giants, Raiders, Browns, and Titans) having the same challenges as the Saints. The best thing about all of this is the bar is low. Time to get to work! This here. Those first three are based totally on the unknown with the baseline being the worst possible scenario in each case. As we move toward the beginning of the season more light will be shined upon each of these and expectations will, no doubt, be readdressed. The same can be said as the season itself is underway and actual games are being played. I for one see a totally new coaching staff as being a huge plus over the past season. As for the QB position, we didn't know who was going to be starting week to week last year so we may have better continuity this coming season. As for the defense, it is hard for me to expect anything less than what we had on the field last year and we clearly were not the worst team in the league. We are well into a deep rebuild process already. We have a goodly number of young players that will be seeing lots of snaps with a sprinkling of vets that can help show them the ropes under hopefully better guidance from the new, but very experienced, coaching staff. WW_Who_Dat likes this.
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