The New Orleans Saints kicked off OTAs for the upcoming season this week. They are preparing and making early adjustments. The offense has a lot of new faces on staff, including OC Klint Kubiak.
The Saints offense must take strides and be more consistent than they were in 2023. They were a middling unit, and they possess too much proven talent for that to be the case again in 2024.
"This one with Klint and Janocko has just felt good, it just felt right. And for me, personally, it's something that I've watched from afar, and you're like, man, that'd be so fun to be a part of... I'm just excited."
"I'm sitting there watching the film getting excited, because like I said before, it's going to look different for our fans that have seen it a certain way for a long time. But I think it's good. Everything looks the same to the defense. Coaches do a great job making sure everything looks the same, and it's a lot of moving parts. Whoever started it and whoever has been coaching it, tip of the hat to them because they do a fantastic job of making things look alike. They could give you a playbook, but you don't know which one they're calling... And I think that that makes it really hard on the defense, and schematically for (defensive) coordinators."
-- Carr on the new offense
Carr seems rejuvenated with some more modern offensive minds in the room now. The heavy play action offense that many expect from Kubiak plays into the strengths of the veteran quarterback.
The QB will be in his third offense in three years after joining the Saints last season. There will be challenges, but the guys in charge share confidence.
Report from #Saints first day of OTAs.
— Jared Paul Joseph (@JaredPJoseph) May 21, 2024
Derek Carr on new offense
- scheme helping build chemistry
- team ahead of where it was last year
- new offense can fool defenses
Also, Taysom Hill will still be running QB power pic.twitter.com/97NxKAzoQD
“Derek has had a really good offseason thus far. He’s putting in the work, he’s here after hours, just really studies his tail off and he’s teammates see how hard he works and brings our level of play up.” -- Kubiak
We will see how Carr and Kubiak mesh as the two main cogs to make the Saints offense "go" in 2024. New Orleans is expecting a bounce back campaign to get back to the postseason.
That new duo must deliver.
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