28 to 3 Podcast

Man, what an epic beat down of the Cowgirls in their own house! There were so many good things to talk about in this one, we won't even attempt to put it in this description. We get into everything that stood out in the best possible way in this one - which was a TON. But...it wouldn't be the 28 to 3 Podcast if we didn't bring up at least SOME things that cause disagreement and debate between the co-hosts. Such as, with all this newfound offensive success, ARE there things that still concern us with the offense moving forward? We debate that. Also, is AK back to being "old AK"? or do we still need something more from the RB position? Either way, this was a road win for the ages considering all the uncertainty this preseason. It's still Week 2, but great starts are monumental. Let's keep it going! WHO DAT?!

Our Saints march into Jerry World in the Big D on Sunday for a huge matchup against the Dallas COWGIRLS. It’s our first matchup of the season against an NFC contend, so the big question after a beatdown of a lesser opponent is: Will we see our guys go toe to toe with the Cowgirls, taking much of that firepower from last week into this week? - Or, will it be more of what we saw last year, ie “look good” against bad teams/lose to the good teams? Maybe something in between?

Listen in to this one to hear our takes on this!

As always in our preview eps, we handout score and W/L predictions along with Offensive and Defensive MVP, BUT, as you’ll notice, we’re hitting these preview eps in a much quicker way and much more condensed format. It’s 15-20 minutes, get into the predictions, MVP picks, maybe quick commentary on each others picks and sign off to start hyping up for the upcoming game. We think you’ll enjoy the short format of these prediction/preview epsisodes. LISTEN IN! WHO DAT?!

As perhaps only a New Orleans based, Saints podcast would do, we took some time while hunkering down waiting for Hurricane Francine to roll through to jump on remotely and talk Saints! Also, after a great episode with Jono Barnes #ThisShitMoreThanAGame while Nick was away, Nick, now known as Nick OVERHILL made his triumphant return. It was our first chance to truly recap the Saints Beatdown of the Panthers among the three of us, and we also took our time waiting for the power to go out to go off on some other random Saints tangents, make some presidential debate references, long forgotten Saints draft "misses", plus more. LISTEN IN for a good, hurricane hunker down edition episode. WHO DAT?!

Typically after a game we do a RECAP pod, and we do discuss the Saints' beat down of the Panthers, but with one of our favorite friends of the pod in town, we thought it was a great opportunity to get in some THIS SHIT MORE THAN A GAME energy and have JONO BARNES drop in to 28 to 3 Studios and talk all things Saints, recap the Panthers game, talk about the upcoming Cowboys matchup and really just shoot the shit and have a good time. We had Jono on the pod (for his first 28 to 3 guest appearance) last year before the Patriots game and it was one of our best episodes, so this one promises to be no different. PLUS, like he did last time, be sure to listen to the end of this one, as COACH Jono Barnes gives our Saints a "pregame speech" as only he can do it, much like he did before last year's Patriots game. LISTEN IN for a fun episode. WHO DAT?!

The Saints season opener is finally upon us, as the Panthers come into the DOME on Sunday at noon. After an offseason FULL of both speculation and consternation, which seemed to have drug on forever, we FINALLY get to see the full product of the new Klint Kubiak offense, paired with what has always been a solid Dennis Allen defense...or....at least that's what we are "expecting" to see on Sunday, but would we be correct in that expectation? Do we think we'll still see some of the glaring issues of the O-line thwart any "best laid plans" our new OC has? Or - do we think the team's work in the offseason will show us a product on Sunday that looks much different than last season and shows that they have something that can bring us a winning product?

We break all of it down in this one and each give our opinions on what we think we can expect in this Week 1, Season Opening, DOME Opening matchup against the Carolina Panthers. LISTEN IN! WHO DAT?!

It’s that time of year where we roll out our comprehensive preview of how we think this Saints season sets up. We go in depth into each position group, what we think we can expect and what we think the team’s overall record will be when it’s all said and done.

PLUS, no season preview episode would be complete without our annual FEARLESS PREDICTIONS/28 to 3 Pod HOT TAKES. We definitely brought some interesting ones in this one, with a couple sprinkled in along the way. LISTEN IN! WHO DAT?!

Preseason is wrapping up and the Saints have until Tuesday (after the Titans game) to get their roster down from 90 to 53 men. We go through all the position groups and give our “expert” opinions and predictions on who will make the Final Cut. Some of our picks may surprise? Did we get them right? Are any just dead wrong?

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Safe to say we all wanted to see more out of the Saints new offense after the first preseason game, and we definitely got more, including a 16 play TD drive that took 8:17 off the clock. We saw Tailback Taysom, lead blocker Taysom, and even Jamaal Williams running for more than 5 yards at a time, but did we see enough? Is more left to be desired? At least we saw some improvement from Penning, or at least didn’t curse his name throughout the game.

We get into all of our thoughts from Sunday’s game, and much more about what needs to improve before week one.

The Saints first preseason game of 2024 is in the books, and after much anticipation, we got our first in-game glimpse into the Klint Kubiak offense…or did we? In reality a far less than vanilla approach on offense yielded an unproductive outing for the starters, but of course some old concerns reared their ugly heads despite the “new” system and full offseason to improve. We dive deep into what we thought is most in need of correction after the first dose of game action, even with the preseason “grain of salt.”

On the bright side, the defense showed some toughness, including outstanding play by new pickups and some rookies. Listen in to hear who we thought excelled on that side of the ball. Some names might surprise.

Also, we look ahead to the rest of the preseason, including our thoughts on the effect on team/player improvement the cancellation of joint practices with SF will have.

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With a full week of Saints Training Camp practices in the books, including their first full pads practice, we get into plenty on this one, including observation from Saints beat writers, statements by players/coaches during pressers, and player/highlight videos making the rounds.

Can Penning actually turn it around at his new spot of RT? Do his statements about mindset/work with Terron Armstead give you encouragement or "lol, not at all..."? Is Olave actually a No. 1 WR now? If not, can he be? Behind him and Shaheed, do we have enough quality guys? Who has surprised so far? Is Rattler HIM? and holy shit, Chase Young is a monster of a human!

Besides all that camp stuff and football talk, this episode is FULL of our signature 28 to 3 Pod tangents, disagreements, and suggestions of completely irrational, purposeless physical challenges between co-hosts. Definitely not to be missed.

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