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Weren't the New Orleans Saints more interesting when their fans were wearing grocery bags over their heads?
Maybe not. But now that the Saints have turned into Texas playing Louisiana-Monroe — scoring 45 points one week and 48 the next is supposed to happen in the Big 12, not the NFL— it is hard to be sure what to think of them.
It's this little guy slinging around all the passes, Drew Brees. The one who has to look up to call the plays for the Saints. Quarterbacks get all the attention, and we know which ones invariably draw the most. Being either a Manning, a Brady, a Favre, a New Yorker, or recently released from a federal correctional facility usually helps. But while trying to keep track of the NFL on television with the remote control the first two weeks, we seem to have spotted a trend.
There's Brett Favre on the field, and all the talk about a divided Minnesota locker room seems to have vanished faster than you can say "The Vikings are 2-0."
Brees is throwing a touchdown pass.
Not only are the New England Patriots proving unable to make the New York Jets pay for all the yapping, there seems to be a moat in front of the end zone that Tom Brady can't penetrate.
Meanwhile, Mark Sanchez for mayor. Or is it governor?
Brees is throwing another touchdown pass.
Does Peyton Manning have enough capable receivers this season when he starts pointing around at the line of scrimmage like a traffic cop at 5 o'clock?
Another touchdown pass for Brees.
All is forgiven in Chicago. Jay Cutler is no longer the biggest scapegoat in town since Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
More touchdown passes, maybe replays. Is it Brees or is it Memorex?
Cowboys vs. the Giants and 105,000 people are there to see the game, some not even Tony Romo's past girlfriends. He's having such a tough night, Terrell Owens will soon be ripping him from a thousand miles away via Twitter.
Brees is being interviewed. We suddenly realize what is missing. For two weeks, every time we've seen him, the New Orleans kicker is jogging past him to line up the PAT.
At the moment, Brees has a 75% completion rate, with nine touchdown passes in two games. That's on pace for 72 touchdowns, which would be good for a video game. Might he now be the fairest quarterback of them all? You could make the argument and not look foolish.
He won't keep this up, of course. For one thing, he doesn't get to face the Detroit Lions again — a pity. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Eagles were apparently too distracted with their own quarterback issues Sunday to play defense.
For another, defensive coordinators — alarmed at New Orleans' statistic sheets — will be cooking up trouble.
"We've played two games. We're still looking to get better in a lot of areas," Saints coach Sean Payton said at his press conference Monday about the team's rapid-fire start. "I think they're smart enough to know long the season is."
But just the mere fact the words "Saints" and "scary" have been used in the same sentence lately is disorienting. This is a franchise that has been around 43 seasons and owns two playoff victories. There was a day when The Sound of Music was scarier than Saints game films.
They went 8-8 last season, losing five games by a field goal or less. The remedy for such close-call blues has been to win by 18 and 26.
It is a start so dominant to demand a spot for the Saints and Brees at the A table. But is it real? New Orleans plays the Buffalo Bills this week, and up ahead soon are the Jets and Giants. Then we'll know more.
So far, it's been even more entertaining than waiting for Michael Vick. At 6-feet, Brees is easy to lose in the glitzy quarterback crowd.
But not when he's passing.
Maybe not. But now that the Saints have turned into Texas playing Louisiana-Monroe — scoring 45 points one week and 48 the next is supposed to happen in the Big 12, not the NFL— it is hard to be sure what to think of them.
It's this little guy slinging around all the passes, Drew Brees. The one who has to look up to call the plays for the Saints. Quarterbacks get all the attention, and we know which ones invariably draw the most. Being either a Manning, a Brady, a Favre, a New Yorker, or recently released from a federal correctional facility usually helps. But while trying to keep track of the NFL on television with the remote control the first two weeks, we seem to have spotted a trend.
There's Brett Favre on the field, and all the talk about a divided Minnesota locker room seems to have vanished faster than you can say "The Vikings are 2-0."
Brees is throwing a touchdown pass.
Not only are the New England Patriots proving unable to make the New York Jets pay for all the yapping, there seems to be a moat in front of the end zone that Tom Brady can't penetrate.
Meanwhile, Mark Sanchez for mayor. Or is it governor?
Brees is throwing another touchdown pass.
Does Peyton Manning have enough capable receivers this season when he starts pointing around at the line of scrimmage like a traffic cop at 5 o'clock?
Another touchdown pass for Brees.
All is forgiven in Chicago. Jay Cutler is no longer the biggest scapegoat in town since Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
More touchdown passes, maybe replays. Is it Brees or is it Memorex?
Cowboys vs. the Giants and 105,000 people are there to see the game, some not even Tony Romo's past girlfriends. He's having such a tough night, Terrell Owens will soon be ripping him from a thousand miles away via Twitter.
Brees is being interviewed. We suddenly realize what is missing. For two weeks, every time we've seen him, the New Orleans kicker is jogging past him to line up the PAT.
At the moment, Brees has a 75% completion rate, with nine touchdown passes in two games. That's on pace for 72 touchdowns, which would be good for a video game. Might he now be the fairest quarterback of them all? You could make the argument and not look foolish.
He won't keep this up, of course. For one thing, he doesn't get to face the Detroit Lions again — a pity. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Eagles were apparently too distracted with their own quarterback issues Sunday to play defense.
For another, defensive coordinators — alarmed at New Orleans' statistic sheets — will be cooking up trouble.
"We've played two games. We're still looking to get better in a lot of areas," Saints coach Sean Payton said at his press conference Monday about the team's rapid-fire start. "I think they're smart enough to know long the season is."
But just the mere fact the words "Saints" and "scary" have been used in the same sentence lately is disorienting. This is a franchise that has been around 43 seasons and owns two playoff victories. There was a day when The Sound of Music was scarier than Saints game films.
They went 8-8 last season, losing five games by a field goal or less. The remedy for such close-call blues has been to win by 18 and 26.
It is a start so dominant to demand a spot for the Saints and Brees at the A table. But is it real? New Orleans plays the Buffalo Bills this week, and up ahead soon are the Jets and Giants. Then we'll know more.
So far, it's been even more entertaining than waiting for Michael Vick. At 6-feet, Brees is easy to lose in the glitzy quarterback crowd.
But not when he's passing.
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