The Saints had an underwhelming season in 2023 after just narrowly losing the NFC South to Tampa Bay by just a game. Once again the NFC South is very up for grabs and the Saints are a much improved team over the last offseason.
Saints quarterback, Derek Carr finished up his first season in the black and gold with pretty solid numbers after playing in all of their seventeen games. Carr, now 33 years old, has been in the league for a long time now and has yet to prove that he is a winner. Entering his 11th season, Carr will have no excuses to get New Orleans back into the playoffs.
New Orleans made their mark known in this year's draft with a pretty solid couple of picks. They drafted Taliese Fuaga, an offensive tackle out of Oregon State, to help Derek Carr to play a full season once again. They improved their secondary after taking Alabama cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry.
This offseason the Saints did have some notable cuts as well. Michael Thomas is no longer a Saint after one injury riddled season after another. Safety Marcus Maye is also no longer a Saint after he was cut in March as well.
The Saints were able to sign Cedrick Wilson to a two-year deal to hopefully fill the shoes of Michael Thomas and pair well along with Chris Olave. On the defensive side, the Saints improved mightily after signing Chase Young and Willie Gay to one-year deals. Re-signing Demario Davis and Tyrann Mathieu was also huge for them.
New Orleans always has a pretty scary defense and this year it looks even scarier for opposing offenses. For those who forgot about Cameron Jordan and Marshon Lattimore, don't worry they are still there as well.
Dennis Allen desperately needs a healthy season from Alvin Kamara for this offense. When he's healthy, he's up there for one of the top backs in the National Football League. Although there are some contract disputes ongoing, the Saints will more than likely get this figured out.
Another year where the NFC South is anyone's to win, the Saints are looking pretty good on paper as of now. They are hoping to end their three year drought and make it back into the playoffs for the first time under Dennis Allen.
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