Brace yourself, Saints fans. A long season awaits.

You knew it was going to be bad. In fact, some of you even went so far as to welcome the rebuilding campaign.

But now that it’s here, the grim reality of a hopelessly forlorn season is starting to set in.

We’re only two games into the 2025 season, and it already feels like things are slipping away.

The Saints’ 26-21 loss to the San Francisco 49ers dropped them to a 0-2 start for the first time in eight years.

Call it what you want. Overreaction. Hyperbole. Premature panic.

Another word is perhaps more appropriate: reality.

Sunday’s setback followed an all-too-familiar script.

The same culprits conspired to undermine the Saints’ chances of winning. Penalties. Dropped passes. Missed tackles and missed field goals. It was hard to w

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