Chris Olave has been one of the few bright fantasy spots on the Saints, but there’s still room to grow. (Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images)
Throughout the last couple of months, I’ve realized that I have a bizarre fascination. It’s one that, no matter how many podcast co-hosts I’ve verbally sparred with, no one seems to share. Instantly, that makes me feel I’m wrong and should let it go, but we’re still in the take-shopping phase of the fantasy football offseason, so here we are.
You see, I just can’t shake my peculiar fixation with one of the most tedious and sometimes frustrating outfits last year: the New Orleans Saints offense.
If you were to ask a wide range of football fans, I’d bet that very few would guess that New Orleans ranked ninth in points scored last season and fielded a top-15 offense in EPA per play. Despite these impressive statistics, the Saints’ offense didn’t feel like a successful unit when you watched them play last year. The fact that the Saints almost completely turned over the offensive coaching staff helps underscore that despite those two results, everyone left 2023 feeling like there was meat left on the bone.
It’s that change at the coaching level that has caught my attention.
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The departure of long-standing offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael is a significant development. Carmichael, part of Sean Payton’s original Saints coaching staff, was brought into New Orleans 18 years ago. Head coach Dennis Allen and now former offensive line coach Doug Marrone were also part of that staff. Carmichael was the only one who never flew the coup, holding multiple jobs, including the offensive coordinator title for 15 years.
The 2023 Saints showed that there is a thin line between stability and stagnation. For the first time in almost two decades, New Orleans will have some new offensive ideas.
The group brought in to replace the old guard aligns with the meta of good offensive…
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Publish date : 2024-07-09 19:56:14
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