New Orleans Saints Tickets

New Orleans Saints Tickets

The New Orleans Saints are going to be a mess until Sean Payton returns to the sidelines in Week 8. It is up to Drew Brees to act as player coach of the offense and for the defense to hold it together as the bounty scandal has cost one coach his career, but has not impacted much of the starting roster. Still, New Orleans Saints tickets for these first few games have been troubling. The offense is still able to put up points, but they do not come as easily as last season. The defense is afraid to show an edge, as the replacement referees may be more likely to scrutinize their collective play far more closely.

Once Payton returns this is all going to change. The Superdome will play home to at least on playoff game. This football team is simply too good to fall so far so quickly. Brees still has Jimmy Graham at tight end and a trio of Pierre Thomas, Darren Sproles, and Mark Ingram at running back. It has never much mattered who his receivers are, each game a different one will burn the coverage. Some weeks it will be Marquis Colston, others it will be Devery Henderson, and sometimes Lance Moore will tear it up from the slot.

The Saints had issues before the scandal. The pass rush had all but dissipated in recent years, the linebackers were underperforming and the secondary had no answers in case of injury. Will Smith and Cameron Jordan have yet to prove they should remain the future of the rush at defensive end. The three new linebackers are built for the position but they still lack cohesion. Give the linebackers time, by the end of the season this will be a solid unit. Still little depth in the third level, but the starters they do have are solid. Thus, if this unit is able to avoid needless penalties and injuries then the Saints will be in position to make quite a run. Saint tickets remain one of the best entertainment options other than Mardi Gras and the Superdome will remain the place to party for sports fans in 2012.