A preseason Super Bowl contender in trouble already

New Orleans brings a 2-3 record into game against Raiders Saints cut Martin Gramatica, who factored in two of its losses Scott Fujita: 'Unless we get things going now, there's not a lot of time' Don Banks will periodically answer questions from SI.com users in his mailbag. In the NFL, a bad start to a season will test and try a team in ways both big and small. The crisis of confidence that can ensue when a presumed playoff contender struggles to find its way early on can lay bare fissures in the locker room or weaknesses on the roster like few other things. Since the Saints' bizarre upset at the hands of Minnesota at home on Monday night, a game they had no business losing, I've been wondering about them and where their team mood ring stands about now. Sitting at 2-3 and in last place in the NFC South, have they begun to... [read full story]                    

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