Saints Rank Going into Week 3

so in summary, we got a little better in D and a little worse in O, with the same results!

that's last year's ranking chad... this year we are 9th (surprisingly)

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9th (surprisingly)

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Dree Brees has 86 pass attempts in 2 games and we have been trailing almost the entire time in both...yards are not surprising.

What is surprising is we are tied at 23rd in scoring with Cleveland and San Fran. We are behind everyone in our division in that same category.

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I will never understand why they do this by yardage.

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Exactly. 9th in yards for the offense means nothing. 23rd in points scored is all that matters.

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the same results!

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Worse results, in my opinion.

At least we had a chance to be 2-0 last year.

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At least we had a chance to be 2-0 last year

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This.

Had two games where the Saints did not finish games.

This year...not even close.

Using PFF's cumulative scores aren't exactly ultra scientific.

But in the first two games last season, the defense's total scores were about -19.
For the whole season, they were about -6.5 average per game.

So far in this season, we're about -9 for the defense, which is an an average of -4.5 per game.



I find this pretty impressive, considering that we lost Galette between the two years.
The defense might not look like it, but it's already playing better than the relatively good part of last year.
And that's with injuries to Lewis, Byrd, and Ellerbe.
I'm feeling hopeful about it going forward.

I wasn't too depressed until I heard Pat Kirwan today.

He has the Saints ranked 32nd.

I'll take 25th for the defense based on the terrible string of injuries. I mean we started a guy in week two who was eating popcorn and drinking beer on his couch during week one.

So the defense is improving.