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How will history look back on the 2009 New Orleans Saints? Will they be seen as just a flash in the pan and a feel-good story, or the beginning of something more? In 10 years, is it possible that will we look back at Super Bowl XLIV as the launching pad for the NFL's latest dynasty? Take a look at the roster, and the possibilities are there. The 2009 and current versions of the ...

To repeat as winners of the NFC (NFL from 1966-1970) is more rare of a feat than repeating as Super Bowl champion. There have been eight occasions in which a team has repeated as Super Bowl champs, but only seven times has a team hoisted the George Halas Trophy in consecutive years. Only on three of those seven instances has the NFC winner also brought home Super Bowl glory both times. You ...

Ten years ago, the New Orleans Saints selected quarterback Marc Bulger with pick No. 168 in the draft. Thirty-one picks later, the New England Patriots took a chance on Tom Brady. One is a three-time Super Bowl champion and the other was cut twice the same year he was drafted. I'll let you guess which is which. Even though Bulger has not gone on to have a hall-of-fame career, he's still been a ...

With the 2010 NFL Draft just a few days away, anticipation is near its peak. While the first three or four picks are almost a given, the debate starts to rage with the Kansas City Chiefs, owners of the fifth overall pick. Will they go with an offensive tackle or with free safety Eric Berry? At first, it may not seem that such a debate matters to the black and gold ...

Take a look at the mock drafts around the World Wide Web and you will notice one thing when it comes to the 32nd overall pick: Everyone has a different answer. One reason for the discrepancy is that there are 31 other teams that affect the draft and the availability of players. The other is that the Saints can improve at nearly every position. Scan the offensive roster and you'll notice holes at ...

If winning the Super Bowl means being the last team to make a selection in the draft, then I hope the New Orleans Saints pick last every year. With a deep draft class, particularly on the defensive side of the ball, there is no better year to get a good bargain. Despite hoisting the Lombardi Trophy and having an opportunistic defense help lead them to victory, a defense that ranked in the ...

During each decade a new team emerges seemingly from nowhere to claim the mythical title of the team of the decade. Going back to the 1970s (the first full decade of the Super Bowl era), it seemed as if the Miami Dolphins would lay claim to that title. The Dolphins appeared in three straight Super Bowls (winning two) and had a perfect season. However, the Pittsburgh Steelers won four titles in ...

Okay, so the New Orleans Saints didn't exactly end the season on high note as they enter the playoffs. You've probably seen the stat by now: No team has ever won the Super Bowl when they enter the playoffs on a three-game losing streak. Who. Cares. At least they're not the New York Giants. Or the Denver Broncos. Up until ten years ago, no dome team had ever won the Super Bowl. Since then, the ...

A 17-0 lead. At home. Against a 2-12 team they had beaten by a 38-7 score just a month earlier. Drew Brees vs. rookie Josh Freeman. And then.... Yuck. Pierre Thomas leaves the game with bruised ribs. Marques Colston fumbles. Michael Spurlock silences the Superdome crowd. Garrett Hartley chokes. Utter frustration if you are a Saints fan. Same old Saints. The teacher in me, though, says that a lesson can be learned from this loss, and it can be learned before it's ...

The 2000s was the most successful decade in New Orleans Saints' history. They won their first playoff game ever (12/30/2000, vs. the St. Louis Rams), and took home three division titlesù2000, 2006, and 2009. A team forever known for its offensive ineptitude showed an offensive burst in the early part of the decade, and all-time greatness since 2006. Several all-time great Saints have passed through this organization over the past 10 years. ...