There is a lot time wasted when preparing for the Saints.
Teams have to prepare for endless possibilities, knowing that only so many of them can show, and there will likely be new ones it hasn't seen before.
But here's the thing: This unpredictable and innovative team has only become more unpredictable and innovative. The Saints are the NFL's greatest shape-shifters, the kind of offense that can flash 11 different personnel packages in one game, which is more than some teams use in a whole season, as it did against the Rams a few week ago.
And if that isn't bad enough, there are the endless formations and variations within each one of those personnel groupings.