The New Orleans Saints spent too much time lowering the bar for historically-bad defensive play in the 2010’s, but a three-year upturn near the end of the decade might have saved their reputation.
That’s the case in a recent writeup from ESPN chronicling the best and worst performances from around the NFL over the last ten years. The Las Vegas Raiders might be on the move in 2020, but the reputation they’ve carried over after years and years of futility on defense in Oakland outweighs any bad memories Saints fans might still be trying to repress.