More Than a Team: The 2006 New Orleans Saints

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Published: July 6, 2009

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... station, I paced my backyard waiting for the DJ to put me on the air. 

The line finally clicked over and a voice spoke, revealing the reason that I called in that evening. 

"Patrick from Metairie," spoke the faceless voice. "Who should the Saints target at QB, following Aaron Brooks' forgettable 2005 campaign?" 

Now, in Brooks' defense, not a single person that called New Orleans home in 2005 had much to cheer about. Hurricane Katrina made sure that not even the Saints were spared in the rebuilding effort that was to come. 

"Drew Brees," I responded to the personality on the other end of the phone, knowing that even in the unlikely event that we signed him, it would surely not be enough to overhaul a team that now had so much in common with the city it represented. 

I honestly liked Jim Haslett during his time in New Orleans. But when Katrina hit, whether we all knew it or not, letting him and most of...

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