Back-to-back wins by a combined 62 points have Derek Carr and the 2-0 Saints soaring to start the season. How, exactly, are they doing this?

Derek Carr has been here before — 2-0 with hopes high, but his Raiders failed miserably in 2017 and 2020 as did the 2023 Saints. Will this season be different?

Carr said Kubiak makes it “very clear” when to be aggressive. That comes through in the play design, the call and the way Kubiak explains his rationale. In this offense, the Saints rely on a pure progression system that requires quarterbacks to read their receivers in a linear sequence rather than explicitly reading the defense.