After a surprisingly dominant 2-0 start to the 2024 season, the New Orleans Saints have become one of the NFL’s early-year darlings. But for as good as the Saints have been so far, some of their success can probably be taken with a grain of salt.
At least, according to Detroit Lions star receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown.
Why, you might ask?
Because St. Brown doesn’t think destroying the Cowboys 44-19 on one of their classic off-kilter afternoons (ahem, you know, when they don’t show up) is impressive.
On the latest episode of the St. Brown Podcast, Amon-Ra told his brother and long-time NFL veteran Equanimeous St. Brown — now with the Saints — that he’s not buying New Orleans’ resurgence. Per Amon-Ra, NFL teams shouldn’t get this much credit for beating up on the hapless Cowboys when they appear to have thrown in the towel.
You know, while I disagree, he kind of has a point:
https://twitter.com/brgridiron/status/1836803022887788929
Not to take anything away from the Saints, but it is still early. And we have indeed been fooled by many teams who blew the Cowboys out only to show they were pretenders otherwise. There’s still much to learn about how good the Saints are and can be. With a home date against the Eagles this Sunday, we’ll probably get definitive clarity about where New Orleans stands in the NFL pecking order.