There isn't really a dominant conference this year.
And I think I was the one person who was hyping the Saints D. I thought they'd be decent, able to stop teams once or twice so we could outscore them.
I'm pleasantly surprised at defensive performances I've been seeing. While we might not be playing the best offenses yet, we've been scoring points, we did win two games that we would have had no chance at winning last year.
Brees not throwing a TD last year meant a loss, him only throwing one TD usually meant a TD, we won the last two games with defense and running the ball.
We're a completely different team, and Payton might have finally gotten over the "WE NEED TO PASS THE BALL ALL THE FUCKING TIME" mentality he's had since he came to NOLA.
I would like to see us face a more dominant offense though before I continue being so high on the defense like I am haha.