Some thoughts as the Saints report to camp

1) Get over it, people. They aren't going to be very good this year but that's hardly the point. Football season brings New Orleans to life like no other time of year outside of Carnival Season. They may not win a single game.. but this season is still a success if we remember that we didn't fall in love with the Saints because we enjoy watching quality football.

2) We're wearing white at home. Who the fuck do they think they are? LSU? No, they're not that good. The Dallas Cowboys? No they're not that obnoxious. I hope this isn't the beginning of some unecessary fiddling with the uniform born in the soulless marketing department. The Saints have the most compelling team name, the best color scheme, and certainly the best logo in all of football. Please don't screw this up.

3) Reggie Bush will (probably) play for the Saints this year. I think the holdout will last most of the preseason though.

4) The Saints have already committed their first greivous error of the year by releasing former Grambling star Bruce (The Chunky QB) Eugene. I like this guy (I'm always partial to the fat guys for some reason). Watch him wherever he lands.

5) With Aaron Brooks out of the picture? who will emerge as the team's new literacy advocate?

6) Drew Brees is broken. Even if he is ready to play.. his arm will never be what it was pre-surgery. (It wasn't very impressive to begin with.) I don't expect him to play the whole year.

7) I don't have cable. How the hell am I supposed to watch Monday Night Football?

8) This is a make-or-break year for Adrian McPherson. I had huge hopes for this guy when we drafted him last year. Before taking even one NFL snap, McPherson was implicated in a delicious series of gambling and forgery scandals. This had the potential for high comedy. Since he joined the Saints, we haven't heard a peep. Not one arrest... not even a slimy rumor here or there. Something needs to happen soon or this is the team's biggest draft bust since Shawn Knight.

9) Rita Leblanc scares me. Tom Benson was always something of a clown and a hothead and therefore hard to take too seriously every time he threatened to move the team. Rita seems.. on the surface.. to be much more together mentally than her grandfather and her ties to the city are far weaker than his. I'm very worried about what might happen once she assumes full ownership.

10) Oh and they still have zero defense.