NEW ORLEANS – The greatest era in New Orleans Saints history was defined by offense, by the glamour guys, by Drew Brees and Sean Payton and Reggie Bush.
But none of it happens without Will Smith.
None of it happens without the underrated pillar of that Saints team from 2006-2012, who is now tragically gone too soon at age 34 after he was shot and killed after a traffic incident late Saturday night in New Orleans.
The Saints probably don’t win their first Super Bowl in 2009 without Smith’s career-high 13 sacks that year.