The New Orleans Saints haven’t yet engaged an opponent wearing a different uniform, so gauging progress sometimes can be an exercise filled with inaccuracy and wrong-headed assumption, given the blind spot of not knowing what the goal of the offense was on a particular play, or whether a blown assignment triggered an even bigger mistake.
Now, the reason for tempered optimism at Saints training camp: Days like Saturday at The Greenbrier, when the remade defense perhaps had its best showing of an impressive camp.
Several interceptions of quarterback Drew Brees – four, by unofficial count, throughout the practice – highlighted a banner day for the defense, and continued the upward arc the unit has been riding this offseason.