The New Orleans Saints may have beaten the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, but they lost ground in nearly every national NFL power ranking. Here’s what’s being said nationwide:
USA Today’s power rankings knocked the Saints for letting the Browns play them so closely, with a drop to 12 from 9 in last week’s list:
They were fortunate to avert another 0-2 start by splitting homestand, but must endure playing five of next seven away from Superdome.
The 80 panelists for ESPN’s power rankings have the Saints holding tight at 9, making note of wide receiver Michael Thomas’ historic pace of pass-catching:
Michael Thomas has 28 catches, the most through the first two games in team history.