There are some dyed-in-the-wool New Orleans Saints fans... Stop. After all those years of the paper bag wearin' Ain't fans, can anyone refer to any Saints fan as 'dyed-in-the-wool"? Their mystical ascension was the result of a fan base fueled by the karma of some national support thrown their way in the wake of hurricane Katrina. Granted, there are plenty of die-hard Saints fans floating around, many of them coming out of the closet on the heals of the victory in Super Bowl XLIV.
Anyway, despite a solid showing Sunday night (beating the Cardinals 17-10 in the Hall of Fame Game) New Orleans Armchair Quarterbacks are reporting that the team looked sluggish in recent practices.
It will be interesting if the Saints take on an "us-against-the-world" mentality with Bountygate and the suspensions of head coach Sean Payton and LB Jonathon Vilma. Adding to the doom and gloom is the six game suspension of interim coach Joe Vitt and realization that Steve Spagnuolo will be taking the reigns for the first part of the season.
Given these setbacks, even some of those die-hard, dyed-in-the-wool, fans are saying that the Saints don't have a prayer. That may be so, but New Orleans will always have 2009 and Super Bowl XLIV. There are still plenty of great New Orleans Saints championship gear available to those wishing to relish the past with such a bleak future.
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