Bruce Arians and his staff don’t know how to game plan against the New Orleans Saints. After four regular season contests have all gone pitifully bad, I don’t think that bit is up for debate anymore.
The crown jewel of these horrendous showings occurred on Sunday night when a depleted, unremarkable Saints team strolled into Raymond James Stadium and shut out the best offense in football. The Bucs suffered major injuries, yes, but even before then they looked totally out of sync.
The defense played exceptionally well given the circumstances, but they could only do so much.