the Saints were 7-9 last year. They did improve to 8-8. The Cowboys were most assuredly going to the Super Bowl this year at the beginning of the season. They, like the Saints, are sitting at home this year.
BTW, do you remember the December 2006 playoffs? What happened when Dallas played New Orleans, when it counted in the post season?
Hint, it involved a brutal beating at the hands of the Saints.
In 2007 Dallas is one and done in the playoffs, after being the number one seed in the NFC. Now I will admit, I'd swap what happened with New Orleans last year for Dallas' year. But, really, Dallas hasn't made too much post season noise in the last few years. Not a lot to brag about in Dallas for the so-called "America's Team".