The Saints are playing tonight without Michael Thomas, the all-world receiver who makes Drew Brees’ heavily-laden carrier pigeon passes look good. We’ll see if they’re ready to roll against a game (if still improving) Raiders team that I like a lot this week, for some reason.
A win here keeps the Raiders in a tough AFC West where the Chiefs are expected to run away with things, and it would put the Saints at 1-1 and not running away early with the NFC South. A Saints win would bum me out, not that it’s anything new given the way the past few seasons have unfolded.