Saints minding their own business

In 2009, the New Orleans Saints had their franchise longest 13 game winning streak snapped at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys. Fast forward back to 2018, where the Black and Gold are currently riding a ten game hot streak, good for second-longest in team history ahead of Thursday’s road swing in Big D.

But history won’t repeat itself, if the Saints keep driving the ball at will against the opposition, averaging a league-leading more than 37 points per game.

On the flip side of that coin, the Cowboys are third in the league in scoring defense, surrendering nearly half that total on a per game basis.

Not that good defenses have posed much of a threat for New Orleans this season which has Drew Brees once again treating this match-up of strength versus strength as a faceless opponent. “Obviously, what the defense does to a degree dictates how we play or what we’re calling or maybe how we’re doing things. But for the most part as we go throughout the week of preparation, we talk about our execution. We talk about our tempo. We talk about our in and out of the huddle. In and out, up and down. Getting the ball snapped. Guys knowing what to do so they can play fast, play confidently. And we feel like if we do that, it doesn’t matter who the defense is. That we can outplay them. We can out-execute them.”

Kickoff is set for 7:20 p.m. on WXXV Fox.