Saints in Early Power Rankings

Many sports sites are looking to fill their NFL offseason coverage, so they turn to the annual tradition of stirring up a fan base with power rankings. Here's where the Saints turn up in a few recently released:

• ESPN: 16th
• SI's Peter King: 24th
• CBS Sports: 10th
  
• Walter Football: 8th
• Bleacher Report: 21st

So as you can see with the NFL in the offseason, no one really knows what to think of teams this time of the year. The Saints are in the playoffs in one ranking and picking in the top 10 of the draft in another. So take these offseason rankings with a grain of salt. In most cases, they are just meant to drum up interest for the Web site that publishes them.