Drew Brees chooses to remember the positives from those three seasons, most of all the Super Bowl championship they won together.
As for the aftermath -- the bounty scandal allegations and subsequent punishment that caused coach Sean Payton to miss the entire 2012 season due to suspension -- is another matter.
"Obviously that was a tough situation," Brees said Wednesday.
The New Orleans Saints on Sunday will face former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams in a regular season game for the first time since the revelation of the Saints' bounty scandal, of which Williams was viewed as the ringleader.