The New Orleans Saints finished Monday’s game against the Houston Texans with a league-high six sacks against Deshaun Watson. While Watson showed courage and resilience escaping several additional sacks the Saints front seven can say they had a good day at the office when it comes to getting after the quarterback.
The biggest question involved however is whether Monday’s performance was more about the Texans struggles in building protection for their talented quarterback, or the Saints on the verge of having an elite and well rounded pass-rush.
In the 2018 season, New Orleans slowly started to project the creation of a unit not only working well together —but individually.