ATLANTA — On Sunday, the New Orleans Saints were back where their fall began in September 2014.
No one knew to be fearful or concerned back then. It was the first game of the season. Hope was available by the drum. Everything was going to be fine. No one knew the missed tackles, blown assignments and, well, losing were going to become the new hallmarks of this once-proud team.
Everyone knows to be scared now. A simple whisper is enough to send someone running up the stairs, gripping the rails in fear of impending doom.