Is new Saints offense for real? Tom Brady says it depends on Derek Carr

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?"

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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. It's very hard to stop.

"We were thinking that halftime, when you're [Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike] Zimmer, what do you tell [your players] to do? Guys, what do you want to stop? You've got to stop the long ones. But then you got the inside run game, the outside run game, the reverses, the bootlegs. It was just a real challenge for Dallas to actually get them into a third down and use what their strength is, which is their pass rush."

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