The New Orleans Saints dispatched the Tampa Bay Bucs 30 – 10
Sunday to take their record to 6-2. They have officially reverted to
being a physical team with a punishing running game and a pressuring
defense. They even had their annual punt
block. After taking 5 years off to be
the Drew Brees aerial circus, they have reverted to the basics. Yes, Brees is still great, and he will
probably hold all the NFL yardage records when he retires, but he can’t do it
all himself. The offense is balanced and
it makes him more efficient. The Saints
are contenders for the playoffs, and life is good in the Who Dat nation.
It looks like Alvin Kamara is the missing piece of the Sean
Payton offensive puzzle. Payton seems to
have been rejuvenated himself. If the
passion was in question, the Bucs rekindled it when Mike Evans took a cheap
shot at NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month Marshon Lattimore after an injured
Jameis Winston taunted him from the sideline.
I can’t believe I picked the Bucs to win the Super
Bowl. They look in total disarray. I apologize to anyone who read my preseason
prediction and ran to Vegas. My
prognostication skills don’t extend until tomorrow, much less 5 months.
But I do know this.
The NFL is upside down. Next week
the Saints travel to play a tough Buffalo Bills team that is better than they’ve
been in years, they must face a good Redskins team at home, then travel to play
the revitalized Rams team which is now somewhere on the West Coast. Buckle your
seat belts. We’re about to find out if
the Saints are serious.
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