6New Orleans Saints: The saints were a team who could put up points but couldn’t stop anyone as there defense was atrocious. This is a team that can either be a surprise team that wins 10 games or they go 4-12. All depends if the defense improves because the offense is there. Let’s look at the roster. The quarterback position is great.  Drew Brees is continuing to put up big numbers and produce at a high level. At running back, they have a nice young running back and depth. Mark Ingram, when healthy, is a solid running back who can catch out of the backfield. Then they have Spiller, who I had higher hopes for and he disappointed, is still great out of the backfield as a additional receiver. Tim Hightower is the third running back who is a bruising runner. All around they are good there. The wide receivers are solid. Brandin Cooks is a very good number 2, but a number 1 receiver.  Actually, Snead graded out better then cooks on PFF, so they have two good receivers. After that, Michael Thomas, the rookie, has good potential and so does Brandon Coleman. They need to add more depth. The saints big offseason signing was Coby Fleener. There are two reasons to believe he will succeed. One, Tight ends have done very well in that system and two, Drew Brees loves his tight ends. I think he will really do well in New Orleans. The Oline is really good. Terron Armstead is a great left tackle. He was given a grade of 91 by PFF, and rated as the third best tackle in the NFL behind Joe Thomas and Tyron Smith. Right tackle Zach Strief is really good run blocking tackle but can also pass block. He is a good player. Max Unger is a good center they acquired for Jimmy Graham. He is a good pass blocker and is the leader of the oline. The left guard, Tim Lelito, is pretty good. The only issue is the right guard. Its Andrus Peat right now, the 1st round pick last year from Stanford. He is a natural tackle, not guard. The offense is not the problem with the team. The problem is the terrible defense. The dline is pretty good at best. Cameron Jordan is great. He can do both stop the run and pass rush. Opposite him is darryl Tapp. He is a good run defender but offers nothing in the pass rush. Nick Fairley is one of the defensive tackles, while the other was supposed to be Sheldon Rankins but he got hurt. The linebackers are very weak. James Laurinaitis, stephone anthony, hau’oli Kikaha, and craig robertson all are below average. The secondary is okay. Delvin Breaux is very good and underrated. After him there is not much. Pj Williams and Damian Swann are the next couple corners. The safeties are very good. Kenny Vaccaro and Jarius Bird make a nice duo. All in all this is a team that is depending on the defense to step it up and if not they are screwed.

 

Record: 7-9

MVP: Drew Brees

Bout: Andrus Peat

Add: Coby Fleener

Weel 1: vs Raiders: W

Week 2: at Giants: L

Week 3: vs Falcons: W

Week 4: at chargers: L

Week 5: BYE

Week 6: vs Panthers: W

Week 7: at chiefs: L

Week 8: vs Seattle: L

Week 9: at 49ers: W

week 10: vs Broncos: W

Week 11: at Panthers:L

week 12: vs Rams: W

Week 13: vs Lions: W

Week 14: at Buccaneers: L

week 15: at Cardinals: L

Week 16: vs Buccaneers: W

Week 17: at Falcons: L