Real life followed the script everyone anticipated for only a couple minutes.
When Alvin Kamara punctuated a 5-yard touchdown on the New Orleans Saints' opening drive Sunday (Sept. 9) by jumping all the way into the stands and celebrating like he was on a Mardi Gras float, it looked like the team bought all the way into their "Prove Them Right" preseason mantra. This was a team that aspired to prove its worth as a Super Bowl contender, and its brilliant offensive talent shined on a lethally efficient six-play, 66-yard touchdown drive.
Then the defense went on the field and tried to stop Ryan Fitzpatrick.