The Saints flipped the script to revive their season
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In large part, it’s a testament to the narrative-building power of the first two weeks of the NFL season that the New Orleans Saints have such a hard time being mentioned alongside the formidable teams in the league this season.But how can that be? They’vThe Saints flipped the script to revive their season
In large part, it’s a testament to the narrative-building power of the first two weeks of the NFL season that the New Orleans Saints have such a hard time being mentioned alongside the formidable teams in the league this season.But how can that be? They’ve won a Super Bowl with their current head coach and quarterback. Even if that is getting close to a decade ago, Drew Brees remains one of the five best QBs in the NFL, even when Aaron Rodgers is healthy. Isn’t that most of battle in pro football? Conventional wisdom suggests it all just sort of falls into place when you have an elite QB. So how have the Saints allowed themselves to be written off?This past Sunday, New Orleans became the first team since the 1993 Dallas Cowboys to start the season 0-2 and then win seven straight games. That Cowboys team, of course, ended up winning the Super Bowl in dominating fashion. It’s probably not a good idea to bestow predictive powers on a sample size of one, but it’s worth mentioning.The way NFL media works, an 0-2 s Read more