Since I first started watching Football back in 2006 there have been two things I could count on every year, the New Orleans Saints offense being great and their defense being mediocre or worse. Even if you add in years like 2010 or 2013 where statistically speaking the defenses were ok, they really benefited from a weak offensive schedule. Even in the magical 2009 season the defense was pretty bad…they just also happened to be opportunistic.
I would gladly take a defense like the one we had in 2009 if it ended the same way, but a large part of why that was suck a magical year was the incredible amount of good fortune that team had.