Five numbers that will make you believe that the playoffs may not be a pipe dream for the Saints this season.
The 2021 New Orleans Saints will suffocate you on defense, then let their, ahem, barely capable offense take over and go three-and-out. In the end, the defense will tire out, the offense will keep sputtering and the team will find itself down 20. The offense will then score a bunch of useless points in the fourth quarter once victory is out of reach. But in Tampa on Sunday night, something different happened: the defense never got tired.