Now, with the Hornets set to take their 2-0 lead into the AT&T Center in San Antonio, the franchise won’t have that same question hanging over its head.

The big surprise party might happen Thursday night, courtesy of Paul and his team if they can beat the defending champion San Antonio Spurs yet again by picking up a Game 3 win to take a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

Normal for a team that averages 24 years old? Absolutely, and it’s the same way this team has been throughout this record-setting season

Monday night was even more impressive. New Orleans outscored the Spurs 36-18 in the third quarter.

Monday night, they did.

Over and over and over and over again.

LSU, you see, presents the top-ranked Buckeyes (11-1) with the same set of problems Florida did a year ago.

In fact, his view of the game moments after it concluded were nearly the exact same Monday afternoon – New Orleans (7-8) couldn’t figure out third-down, couldn’t get into the end zone and couldn’t beat a team that played particularly well.

But don’t blame the defense. Only eight teams have allowed fewer points than the Eagles’ defense this year, and the unit brilliant inside the red zone.

“Statistics from the first four games – I know it’s one touchdown and nine interceptions – it’s a little deceiving,” Brees said Wednesday. “I don’t feel like I was that bad. That’s certainly not me. I don’t how any of those interceptions happened, that’s not me.”

Reggie Bush might be back, and with Aaron Stecker firmly in command of the featured back spot, New Orleans’ offense could once again present matchup problems for opponents.

Now, these two backs are tasked with resuscitating New Orleans’ run game.

Head coach Sean Payton said the team signed Martin Gramatica to handle the Saints field goal, extra points and kick offs.

In the very least, it needed to hold onto the ball prior to punting it back to Tampa Bay, in theory with fewer than 3 minutes remaining and the Bucs holding no timeouts.

One thing he won’t do, though, is pull out the Algebra book and figure out mathematically what needs to happen for New Orleans to gain a leg up in the NFC Wild Card race.

Ortega, almost a year and a half older than Taylor, needed a way to get to school. Enter Taylor.

And for that, New Orleans can count its blessings.

It’s not about Reggie Bush vs. Mario Williams.

Those asking questions weren’t there to ask about positives, though. Through it all, David remained and answered question after question about how he can still be confident and about what’s wrong with his game.

But, since New Orleans started winning, the offense has been as close to balanced as you’ll get in the NFL.

Regardless of which one you want to choose, no one was more bothered with the start to Marques Colston’s season than Marques Colston.