Alontae Taylor delivered a statement on Monday he couldn’t have said at any other point in his career about the New Orleans Saints offense: “I’d like to say that they were rolling so good that they bailed us out at times.”
This is a real quote about the effectiveness of the offense, and it could only be said this year.
Alvin Kamara, Derek Carr, Klint Kubiak and Rashid Shaheed have the offense rolling in ways unseen under Dennis Allen. It still doesn’t feel like Chris Olave has been completely unleashed. It’s difficult to not make large statements after the first two games, such as declaring it a new era.
It’s too soon for that, so let’s keep it isolated to Week 2. Taylor isn’t wrong. He looked at the beginning of the game where the Dallas Cowboys scored on their first three possessions. The game looks different if the Saints aren’t scoring as well.
Sure, the Cowboys scored 13 points to start the game, but the Saints put up 28 before Dak Prescott threw an interception. That was the point when the Saints defense clamp down. Having an offense that can score consistently gives the defense room for error they haven’t had recently.
