It took over two months, but the New Orleans Saints finally lost again. One of the things that make the NFL arguably the best professional sport in America is that there is a chance, in any given game, that either team could win. Week 13 was a perfect example of that with the Saints falling to the Cowboys, the Bears to the lowly Giants; and the Green Bay Rodgers loss to the Cardinals was so bad that they fired their coach.



Winning had become such a norm for New Orleans that when the loss finally came social media ran rampant with talk of the Cowboys “creating the blueprint to beat the Saints,” the “offensive line is struggling” and, my favorite, “player such-and-such is complete garbage.” These overreactions are normal, but I’m here to tell you that they’re just that, overreactions.



One of the biggest concerns raised was over the Saints offensive line, which played without starting left tackle Terron Armstead. Many...