8-8
Some say 50% is a pass
Others say 50% is a fail

We failed to make the playoffs..
We failed to have a winning season.

But I love the Black and Gold and will be a tad homerish and bump their D to C

Were they perfect? No, but if our defense was as good as our offense, we’re in the playoffs and who knows what happens.

I do think a B is too high for the O-line. Our impressive sack numbers are more a function of Drew’s incredible pocket awareness and quick release than great line play. I will say they’re better at pass blocking than run blocking. I’d give them a C overall. Brown is overrated, Stinchcomb is average and the center position might need to be addressed.

No. 1 offense in the league earns a C.

Run game could have been better, especially on short yardage, but hard to argue with point and yardage production. Losses were largely the result of other areas.

I answered C without realizing that was strictly offense. my bad. O gets A-.

Would have given them an A, but they couldn’t convert third and short when they needed to. That cost them quite a few wins. Couldn’t run clock when it was under 5:00.

Gave a D overall cause you’d have to be spank going 8-8 with that kind of offense in your hand.

I think when you grade the offense you have to grade every area; QB, line, backs, receivers, and unfortunately play caller. I think as a whole, play calls were good and sometimes great, but in certain situations, (3rd and 1, 4th and 1) we failed to pick up the one damn yard and to quote a movie I love, this is a game of inches, gain that inch you win, gain a little less you loose. We failed to pick up crucial short yardage at times that were well within the capabilities of the offense. In those situations, call it bad play calling, failure to execute assignments, or just Saints luck but it happened and is what it is. Therefore combine those situations, the few crucial turnovers, and lack of a running game for more than the first half of the season, it kills me because I love our Saints and love our offense but have to lower my grade that I so desperately want to give (A) to a B+. Take those failures above out and with my man Drew and his wonderful season, receivers showing that they have loads of talent, offensive line contributing to the lowest sack % given up in team history and keeping the New Orleans Saints offense #1 from start to finish and you have yourself an A+.

First of all, i don’t know if this has been mentioned, but the guy with his hand up on the login page looks like Barack Obama.

Also, If you’re wondering what Drew has left in his tank, just take a good look at Kurt Warner. He is a ray of hope if I’ve ever seen one.

If that shoulder they gave him in ‘06 is bionic, which I’m pretty sure it is, he just may last forever.

all in all the offense was rated #1 in the NFL. How can that be anything less than an A? You cannot expect the offense to be perfect. And, no matter how you try to separate offense from defense, they both impact each other significantly and so do special teams. If the defense had been more of an aggressive, dominating unit, the opponent’s defense would get more worn down and have to endure longer stretches on the field instead of visa – versa which happened often- so out offense would have been even better. However, the flip side is that our offense at times didn’t control the ball as effectively as it should have- either going 3 and out quickly or scoring rapidly. Either way that puts stress on your defense and sends them out on the field sometimes before they 1) collected themselves and rested up and 2) got to make adjustments in synch with the DC so that can hurt the defense too.