re: The best part about having a historically bad defense last year....

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We will be top 16 in scoring defense, sacks, and turnovers

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I think that is a very fair projection.

I further think that if this defense improves to just mediocre, they will be Super Bowl contenders.

That early out-of-sync Saints offense still scored 35 points against Washington (more than should be asked of an offense to win a game) but yet that abomination of a defense allowed the Skins to score 40 and gain 459 yards.

Had the defense just been mediocre, and say held the Skins to just 24, it would have looked like a blowout win, and that's with an out-of-sync offense.

Now add in a re-charged/re-focused Sean Payton overseeing the offensive gameplans, upgrades to WR & OT depth, and it's not hard to imagine a mediocre defense (that can get the ball back to Brees & his weapons) will have the Saints deep in the playoffs.

If this defense surprises and plays like a Top Ten defense, hell, they might as well etch Who Dat on the Lombardi Trophy.