METAIRIE, La. -- The bye week has been pretty good for the New Orleans Saints historically. But they might appreciate it even more than usual this year.
Not only will the Saints (3-2) use this time to get healthier, just two weeks after they had six starters miss their Week 4 win at Detroit. But as I laid out earlier this week, they’re also badly in need of a reboot in all phases of the game.
So this will be even more of a “working vacation” than usual -- especially since players and coaches need to remain in town for daily COVID testing, except for special circumstances.