The 2006 season ushered in the feel-good era for the New Orleans Saints. Sean Payton came in and took over as the head coach, next came Drew Brees – fresh off an injury no one wanted to touch.
The pairing of Payton and Brees lit up this franchise, they gave us hope in a post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, and they put the Saints on the national radar. The Gulf South benefited from the Saints’ winning ways, people came here, they spent money to travel to see the team in action.
The Saints held up their end of the bargain and didn’t disappoint.