Not many Saints fans came into 2017 expecting much from Coby Fleener. Some had already written him off as a free agent bust to be added to the long list of recent failures. Fleener seems to have heard them, and he is on a mission to prove them wrong.
While you’re unlikely to see Drew Brees connecting to Fleener for insane stat-lines like he did with Jimmy Graham we have seen a consistent threat in the middle of the field who has “toughened up”. With Willie Snead serving a three game suspension Fleener has seen a lot of time in the slot and he’s used it to his advantage.