Only 10 members of the ’13 playoff team are on the ’17 roster: Quarterback Drew Brees, right tackle Zach Strief, punter Thomas Morstead, defensive end Cam Jordan, running back Mark Ingram, safety Kenny Vaccaro, left tackle Terron Armstead, tight end Josh Hill, safety Rafael Bush and offensive lineman Senio Kelemete. Two of them, Vaccaro and Strief, are on injured reserve and won’t play Sunday in the Wild Card game between New Orleans (11-5) and Carolina (11-5) in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Dip back further, and only Brees, Strief, Morstead, Jordan and Ingram played for the last Saints team that won the NFC South Division in 2011 and, even more, just Brees, Strief and Morstead were members of the Super Bowl champs in ’09.