But New Orleans has a hard hill to climb for playoff contention. The team receiving corps is arguably the worst it been during Payton tenure, and aside from swapping Steve Spagnuolo for professional werewolf impersonator Rob Ryan as defensive coordinator, the defense received few substantive upgrades in its personnel. Shootouts will be the name of the game in the Big Easy..He knows how to energize players and get them to play their best. Arians the offensive coordinator helped Big Ben win 2 Super Bowls and regularly record 500 yard games. Not to mention he had been the QB coach for Peyton when he was with the Colts.

THIS WEEK'S PLAY: This section will feature more questionable players than surefire fantasy starts for the upcoming week. The way my picks have been going lately, I've considered employing the George Costanza "whatever thought comes to mind, do the opposite" strategy, but instead I'll play like a streak shooter in basketball. Even when I miss 20 times