re: Do you consider this season a success?

Yes, that's the point.

Without a doubt it was a success anytime you make the playoffs it's a successful season especially after you missed the playoffs the year before.

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Or is it more superbowl or bust?

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Success for the defense.

As a whole, it was a good season. Had a legit shot at the #2 seed (and #1 seed at one point), but were extremely unsuccessful on the road to close out the year and solidify that #2 seed.

Also got the "Can't win a road playoff game" monkey off our back. Although, we also need to figure out why our level of play took a nose dive on the road the 2nd half of the year.

Success? Yes, bigtime. The Saints did way better than any preseason expectations. We were coming off a 7-9 season with an awful defense. We added Rob Ryan to fix the defense, but that was supposed to highlight Victor Butler, who was injured almost immediately. Drafting Vaccaro instead of Jarvis Jones was another gripe. I think everyone expected our defense to be pretty bad, if for no other reason than the personnel was so questionable.

They FAR exceeded any rational expectations on defense.

The offense was about as expected, going in. For my part, I even predicted Robinson's emergence; not him in particular (by name), but I did figure we'd find another undrafted RB who would be competent and productive. Maybe we've been spoiled by PT, Ivory, and Cadet, but it just seems like this front office does a good job of finding backs who can play.

2 things which surprised me on offense- Kenny Stills and the O-Line. Stills as a 5th rd pick was the second best WR we've drafted, behind Colston. He stepped in early (as compared to Henderson and Meachem, for example), has big-play potential and good hands. He will be a good player in this offense. The other surprise, honestly, was how well the line played; that might sound funny, but I felt Brown and the others did a lot better than I was afraid of. Brees got hit a good bit and we couldn't run well, but it wasn't the total disaster I thought it might be.

edit to add: the only disappointment I have is not winning the division, after having a 3 game lead mid-season. But that's something that developed during the season; in the preseason I would have gladly took 11-5 and a wildcard.

2016 We will kick the living SHIOT out of Seattle in the Dome. I cannot wait.

Absolutely.

Defensive turnaround really nothing else to say there that hasn't already been said

Road playoff win

And it looks like we just might have a legit running game headed in to next season.

I do. We were in total disarray last year. We were basically nine points away from having Seattle come to our place.

I'm disappointed, but this team probably over achieved.

Absolutely!!

Big success, especially in comparison to last year. The defense was a huge surprise.

However, I do think the back half of the season was a historical choke on the Saints' part. The 2 seed was all but locked-up and we let it slip away.

I think the team will learn a huge lesson from this season and carry momentum into next year, especially with the quality rookie play we saw this year.