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I wouldn't quite say laughing stock, but I did hear some national TV commentators joking about Jalen Richard's embarrassing 74-yard TD run, saying "aww, but highlights don't really count against the Saints defense, you know it's the Saints" and again in another segment on another show someone used a play from the Saints/Steelers preseason game to draw on the screen and demonstrate in detail how Big Ben was carving up our inept secondary. On one sports show I watched, even the clip of the 98-yard Cooks TD was introduced with a chuckle, as in "how do you make this amazing play and then go on to lose the game?"

And we have fewer prime time games this year than any recent Drew Brees era year. So on a national profile, maybe not Browns-level laughing stock; but the Saints have sorta been reduced to being only shown on TV or mentioned when it's the other team's highlights. They are almost never mentioned by commentators as being in the mix for playoff spots. It's kind of reminiscent of the old days again.