We’re accustomed to threatening forecasts in New Orleans, so we should be prepared for the upcoming Saints season.

Everyone, it seems, is predicting a stormy year for the Saints: NFL analysts; Vegas oddsmakers; even local media members who cover the team on a daily basis.

My annual survey of local reporters forecasts a difficult season ahead. Only two of the 31 journalists predicted a winning season. This is easily the most pessimistic local reporters have been about the team's prospects in the five years that I've conducted the poll.

Preseason predictions are often wrong, though. We learned that lesson in 2000 and 2006.

Now, on to the picks and prognostications:

Madeline Adams, WVUE-TV: “This team, with a young, unproven starting quarterback (whoever that ends up being), will be tes

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