There’s an exercise making its way around social media these days called the 10-year challenge. People are expected to post a photograph of themselves from 2009 alongside a recent one to illustrate how much they have changed in a decade. In most cases, the difference is pretty noticeable.
If the New Orleans Saints were to participate in that challenge, the changes would be just as dramatic. As they head to the NFC Championship Game for the first time in almost a decade, they’d find very few similarities between the team photo from their 2009 Super Bowl-winning squad and the one taking the field here in early 2019.