The New Orleans Saints came out of the tunnel in Week 5 as the 9th ranked defense by DVOA, and gave up 32 points to a backup quarterback the Seattle Seahawks offense that’s blindsided the NFL.
Seattle should have won that game.
The point is not to cast blame on external forces that prevented the Seahawks in a game nearly three weeks ago, because while extremely relevant that game, the exercise accomplishes nothing,
The greater point is that to the surprise of every football watcher in America, this team is close enough to competitive that “should have won” is an actual conversation that can take place.