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In March 2024, WWL Radio football analyst Mike Detillier said the New Orleans Saints were in “football purgatory,” which meant to say they weren’t good enough to be a Super Bowl contender and not bad enough for a complete teardown. What about now? Mike joins Jim Derry on Wednesday’s Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 431) presented by Evangeline Securities to share his thoughts, and he also talks LSU in the same boat. Of course, we have the big question: Just how hot is fire under Coach Brian Kelly as the Tigers get to the two-thirds pole this week vs. Texas A&M. Will Saints coach Kellen Moore make the change sooner rather than later from quarterback Spencer Rattler to Tyler Shough? Will Devin Neal have a much larger role now that Kendre Miller is out for the season, and Alvin Kamara has goine through a rough patch? Jim talks for a few moments on the New Orleans Pelicans season opener, and Gabe Henderson finishes off the show with for Thursday Night Football picks as the Minnesota Vikings travel to face the Los Angeles Chargers. The Dattitude Podcast, which is always free to subscribe and listen, is streamed regularly each Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings live at 11 a.m. and on demand on the Dattitude YouTube page, the NOLA.com Facebook page, as well as other many of our other social media locations. It also is available by clicking on the audio player above or on all the major platforms that host podcasts, including Apple, Amazon, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud and more, where you can find all past episodes. Jim Henderson was recently here to celebrate Ep. 400, but we also have talked to Saints GM Mickey Loomis (Ep. 79), former coach Jim Mora (Ep. 83), NFL Hall of Famer Rickey Jackson (Ep. 57), former LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri (Ep. 157) and former LSU basketball coach Dale Brown (Ep. 45). Oh, and it all started with former ESPN anchor Stan Verrett (Ep. 1).