Perhaps no one knew who Steve Gleason was before September 25th, 2006. The whole world was watching. This would be the first time the New Orleans Saints took the field at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome since Katrina.
Be that as it may, the story ended up becoming about an issue that no one could have forseen. The New Orleans Saints beat the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football. However, history was just getting started. To setup how big the game was, just listen to what these players said.
Perhaps Scott Shanle said it best:
“We were called the ‘misfits’ that year because he had a lot of guys that other teams didn’t want.