Saints hope offseason moves address last season’s poor…

Saints hope offseason moves address last season’s poor showing in the red zone

The New Orleans Saints offense last season had their struggles, that’s no secret, but when looking closer there was one specific weakness: red zone offense. With Andy Dalton leading the offense, they had troubles closing the deal with touchdowns.

Just look at the numbers: the Saints’ red zone touchdowns percentage dropped from 58.93% in 2021 to 52.08% in 2022. Back in 2020, they were converting at a 71.62%. They finished 21st in the league last season, an unacceptable ranking if you expect to compete, after ranking 18th the year before and fifth-best in 2020.

A large number of their offseason moves could be seen as shoring up that portion of the offense. The additions of running backs Jamaal Williams and Kendre Miller really make sense when you look at their success in the red zone. Williams led the Detroit Lions to a fourth-ranked 66.18% red zone touchdown rate. A sneaky addition was A.T. Perry whose size will certainly help a wide receiver room that didn’t have a ton of red zone threats last season.

Here are all of the new additions and returning Saints red zone stats from last season: