The New Orleans Saints Are SNEAKY Good.

the New Orleans Saints could be sneaky good this season the Saints are kind of a boring team but they do have a second year head coach and a new starting quarterback there are some big names on the offense like Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas and Chris olave even made a bit of a splash as a rookie but overall what makes the Saints so interesting is that they're the favorite to win their division the NFC South is pretty bad and the Saints look like the best team on paper and with Tom Brady no longer standing in the way the Saints could really run the division in 2023. last season was a pretty weird one for the Saints Sean Payton ended up announcing his retirement and it led to Dennis Allen being named New Orleans next head coach now it allowed things to not be completely different Dennis Allen had already spent 12 years with the Saints all with Sean Payton now he did have a stent in between as the Raiders head coach for three seasons to say they weren't very good in that period is a bit of an understatement Oakland went 4 and 12 in each of his first two years and then he was fired after an Owen 4 start in 2014. still that was a long time ago and he had spent a ton of time behind and learning from Peyton so it made sense to still turn to him it's also worth noting that the Saints offensive coordinator is still Pete Carmichael he's been in New Orleans since 2006 and has been the OC since 2009. the Saints have a similar roster and staff from when Peyton was there but there are some very big new changes that make New Orleans just feel new they hired Joe Woods to be their new defensive coordinator he spent the last three years as the DC in Cleveland but the clear biggest addition for the Saints is Derek Carr Drew Brees retired in 2021 and that left a pretty big hole on the roster when you lose a Hall of Fame quarterback you're probably going to get worse at the position that season they had to start four different quarterbacks Jameis Winston taysom Hill Trevor Simeon and Ian book it was ugly then last year Winston started a few games but it was mainly Andy Dalton leading the way there's been a lot of uncertainty behind Center since Bree's retired and the Saints clearly wanted to change that so they signed Derek Carr to a four-year 150 million dollar contract now there is an out in 2026 though Cara was really consistent with the Raiders over nine Seasons he never had postseason success and he wasn't anything too crazy but he was just consistently solid and at some point that's not enough Las Vegas decided to release him but it didn't take long for him to find a new home in New Orleans now both Jameis Winston and taysom Hill are both on the roster still so if car gets hurt or just flat out sucks the Saints do have some options they did also draft the quarterback in the fourth round Jake hayner the dude's 24 as a rookie but he's experienced and he was good in his last few years at Fresno State now of course if everything goes to plan we're never going to see hayner or Winston on the field this season Derek Carr's offensive weapons in New Orleans are ironically probably worse than they were in Las Vegas to be fair that's really just because he did play with arguably the best wide receiver in football Devonte Adams and Josh Jacobs did literally just lead the league in rushing yards the Saints still have some good players though first and foremost Michael Thomas is a wild card four years ago you could have made the case that he was the best wide receiver in football he was the offensive player of the year and led the league with 1725 yards and had an NFL record 149 receptions yeah he was good but he hasn't been able to stay healthy since and has just 16 catches over the past two seasons who knows if he can a stay healthy and B what he even looks like now after years of injuries now really Michael Thomas isn't even the number one in New Orleans though it's probably Chris alabe the Saints took him 11th at last year's draft and he made one hell of an impact as a rookie with over 1000 yards and four touchdowns the Saints expect him to be their future top guy and he's already shown flashes that he could be Rasheed Shaheed also came out of nowhere last season he was undrafted and then he put together a year with almost 500 yards I think he'll be that number three if Michael Thomas is actually on the field then Titan Juwan Johnson had a good 2022 with 500 yards and seven touchdowns the biggest name on the offense and maybe on the entire roster is Alvin Kamara he has been insanely consistent in his career he's had over 700 rushing yards and over 400 receiving yards each season although last year he did only have four touchdowns the least of his career he's still gonna have a major role in the offense but he probably won't be the goal line guy anymore and may lose some touches and that's because New Orleans signed Jamal Williams this off-season but was coming off of not only a 1 000 yard season but he just led the league with 17 rushing touchdowns now when it comes down to the offensive line the Saints aren't very good it will look different because 2022 first rounder Trevor Penning is making the switch to left tackle so that could help the line Center Eric McCoy and right tackle Ryan ramcheck are both reliable when they're on the field the Saints just really need to stay healthy because they weren't very healthy last year and even if that's all they do now the unit should be better the Saints should probably end up being better this season on defense than offense like they have for the last few seasons the defensive line did still struggle to get pressure last season which is probably why the Saints use their first two picks at the draft on the d-line in the first round New Orleans took defensive end Brian Breezy out of Clemson now he was really good his first year in college and was even the ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year but then in 2021 he tore his ACL and he didn't play too much in 2022 due to family matters then the Saints then took Isaiah foskey in the second round he's coming off of back to back 11 sack Seasons at Notre Dame and was just a consensus All-American eventually I'd assume he's gonna pair up opposite of Cameron Jordan who's literally been a saint like as long as I can remember he's entering his 13th year with them after he was a first rounder way back in 2011. I was literally 11 years old when he was picked he's an absolute dog he's 34 now and at some point that production is gonna slow down the popular guy at linebacker for the Saints is Demario Davis he was actually a pro bowler last season he's been in All Pro in each of his last four years he signed with the Saints in 2018 and he's been so so good in New Orleans now overall the on the entire team the secondary is by far the best unit Marshawn Lattimore did miss most of last season with a lacerated kidney but he'll be back and he's been one of the best cornerbacks in the league for a while now it was a Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2017 he's been a pro bowler four times Latimore is the real deal on the other side if him is probably gonna be Paulson adibo he's gonna look to just build on his rookie season then at safety it's kind of similar Tyron Matthew at times has been one of the best safeties in the league but the big thing is health and the Saints really need Marcus May to stay healthy and they should end up being a pretty lethal Duo if you can overall I don't don't think the Saints roster is amazing but I do think it's the best in the NFC South and that's more of a representation of how bad the division is than anything the Buccaneers have completely collapsed after the retirement of Tom Brady as you'd expect I think they'll be pretty bad but Baker Mayfield is going to be their starter so a lot of people are probably going to be rooting for them like myself the Panthers are going through a bit of a rebuild and they just hired Frank Reich and took Bryce young first overall they may be good at some point but I don't expect it to be this season finally the Falcons are actually interesting they have some really good offensive talent but I don't quite believe in them however if Desmond Ritter is actually good I think Atlanta will be the Saints biggest competition for the division Crown the moral of the story the Saints really aren't that good but their division sucks and they have a pretty easy schedule once January comes around I really don't expect anything from the Saints but as far as the NFC South goes they should be the kings of the division this year foreign [Music] [Music]

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Keywords: saints, new orleans saints, derek carr, michael thomas, chris olave, alvin kamara, dennis allen

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Length: 8min 10sec (490 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 18 2023