The New Orleans Saints are rolling, but they need to do some rocking to really impress analysts around the league’s orbit. In the latest NFL power rankings from Doug Farrar over at Touchdown Wire, the Saints still trail the San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots at the top — though the 49ers have overtaken the Patriots after exposing a flawed Carolina Panthers team.
Farrar gave the Saints great credit for their dominant win over the Arizona Cardinals, noting that their recent success on defense compares well to what the team accomplished with the “Dome Patrol” units of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s.