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Despite everything that went on during a tumultuous offseason, no one — not even their worst enemy — could have envisioned that it would take the New Orleans Saints five games to earn their first win.

With one of the NFL’s best offenses returning most of its key components and a defense that was expected to be improved with a new coordinator and new scheme, not even the suspension of coach Sean Payton could keep the Saints from being a force again, right?

Wrong.

It’s still early in a 16-game season, but with the Saints enjoying their bye week it’s not a bad time to look at the good and bad from the offense, defense and special teams so far:

Offense
GOOD: While his completion percentage of 58.9 percent is way off the NFL single-season record of 72.1 percent he set last season, Drew Brees is starting to heat up after a slow start.

That’s a good sign for the offense as Brees has 10 touchdowns and only two interceptions in his last three games after having four TDs and four picks in the first two games.

It hasn’t hurt that wide receiver Marques Colston, who battled a foot injury early in the season, has had two monster games in a row.

BAD: This one is obvious, as the running game that was so productive in piling up 132.9 yards a game last season, is struggling with only 75.2 yards per game in the first five outings.

Take away long runs of 48 yards by Pierre Thomas and 47 yards by Darren Sproles and the Saints are averaging just 3.0 yards per carry, which isn’t going to cut it.

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Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

All little common sense goes a long way.