The New Orleans Saints offense entered the 2024 season with a lot of questions, especially surrounding quarterback Derek Carr.
They've resoundingly answered those questions over the first two weeks, following up a 47-10 drubbing of the Carolina Panthers in Week 1 with a 44-19 blowout of the Cowboys in Dallas in Week 2, recording 432 yards of offense in a display that impressed none other than the GOAT himself, Tom Brady. "I think that gives you a sign of things to come for this New Orleans offense," Brady said. "Now the question is, can they do that consistently well?" [Read more: Tom Brady’s LFG!
Player of the Game for Week 2: Saints RB Alvin Kamara ] Brady was particularly impressed by new Saints offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, who he described as "on fire as a playcaller." "They mixed personnel, they mixed formations, they had these challenging motions, and then they got these chunk plays early in the game off the play action," Brady said. "Derek Carr, we had a lot of questions about him.
He made some A-plus throws today down the field, hitting guys in stride. In this scheme, if you play from ahead, then the defense has to deal with every bootleg, every gimmick play, and then high-percentage passes that they have in the offense.