The New Orleans Saints Week 3 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles tamed how many media outlets view the team heading into Week 4, as many of their ratings of the Saints went down or stagnated compared to last week. Fortunately, many of the ratings did not go too low, and every outlet still has the Saints in the top half of the league, most of them by a good margin as well.
The Saints got all the way up to third in some rankings last week which was really fun to see, and this week they remained as high as seventh but also went as low as 14th compared to the low of 12th entering Week 3. Here is the full list of how they are rated:
- ESPN: 10th (last week: 9th)
- Pro Football Focus: 7th (last week: 12th)
- NFL.com: 10th (last week: 8th)
- CBS Sports: 12th (last week: 6th)
- Bleacher Report: 10th (last week: 4th)
- ProFootballTalk: 10th (last week: 10th)
- Yahoo Sports: 13th (last week: 12th)
- The Athletic: 9th (last week: 3rd)
- FOX Sports: 10th (last week: 9th)
- The Ringer: 14th (last week: 11th)
High: 7th – Low: 14th – Average: 10.5
To be frank, many outlets see the Saints as we fans and media do still, good but not great. They rank behind the elite of the league who have been performing since Week 1 and even back to last season when factoring in expectations, but ahead of most of the middle of the road teams who are of a similar record. The first two weeks did a good job of solidifying the Saints for at least a week with a buffer for a loss, but their matchup with the Atlanta Falcons will be a critical one to keeping hopes high and potentially moving them up the boards again.
