The Dome Patrol defenses seem more like myth than memory now.
And it only has a little to do with the New Orleans Saints’ struggles on defense in the past two seasons.
The numbers that defense put up in 1991 and 1992 just don’t make sense in today’s NFL. During those two seasons, the Dome Patrol — led by the brilliant linebacking quartet of Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, Vaughan Johnson and Pat Swilling — held teams to 12.9 points per game over a two-year span as they stood atop the NFL in scoring defense. New Orleans gave up just 250.