At this point, Saints need a miracle
The New Orleans Saints aren’t 0-6 or 1-5, but they are 2-4 in a year where major improvement was expected on a team that went 7-9 for the second-straight year in 2015. It looks like seven wins may be asking for too much this year.
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This team added Michael Thomas and Coby Fleener, who have done their jobs for the most part. But Nick Fairley, James Laurinaitis and Craig Robertson haven’t been able to turn around an injury-ravaged defense that’s clearly missing Sheldon Rankins and Delvin Breaux. As a result, this unit has been completely helpless in 2016.
If the Saints want to make the playoffs, they need a miracle. As if they haven’t had enough chances handed to them.
The Atlanta Falcons appear to be going in another downward spiral with their second-straight loss. A meeting with Aaron Rodgers’ angry Green Bay Packers doesn’t figure to be very desirable, either.
The Saints should have beaten the Oakland Raiders at home in Week 1, squandering a late lead before Oakland scored a two-point conversion in the final minute to win. This team couldn’t get a stop on the New York Giants in the final minutes of Week 2. They couldn’t avoid taking penalties or turning it over in two costly situations against Kansas City this past Sunday.
These are going to be your Saints. It’s like asking your ex to change everything about themselves and hope they’ll come back to you. It’s not going to happen, but you dream of it.
Now you know the Saints aren’t changing. 7-9 is what they should aim for. And who knows? Maybe the Falcons go 3-6 the rest of the way and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fall back to earth. Perhaps that adds up to a Saints victory.
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