What’s the public perception of the New Orleans Saints looking like? These days, it’s tough to find much optimism from around the NFL media landscape in the post-Sean Payton, post-Drew Brees era. Whether folks are doubting Dennis Allen or Jameis Winston (or both of them), there’s a real sense of credulity that the Saints are headed in the right direction.
But that could change once games kick off and speculation quiets down. To keep track of how this will develop, I’m tracking 14 different NFL power rankings as they update each week — keeping up with the placements of the Saints as well as their NFC South rivals, the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers, as well as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who happen to play in the same division.
