The Aints are a distant memory
 

Free agent TE Robert Royal told the New Orleans Times-Picayune Friday that he wants to play for the Saints.

Lots of players want to be Saints because they're annual contenders and play an up-tempo style on both offense and defense. Royal, 33, was released by Cleveland in February. He's lost all semblance of playmaking ability.

SaintsSource: New Orleans Times-Picayune Jul 1, 2:28 PM

:bng: Chills just ran down my spine thinking about how far we've come and progressed. Annual contenders... gotta love it.

Free agent tight end Robert Royal wants to play for New Orleans Saints | NOLA.com

I agree - the Saints are now an organization that other players would love to play for. But I think Robert Royal's main reason is because he's from here. Either way, Who Dat!

I don't really know how distance that Ain't crap is but I will tell you that the feeling we all got from the Superbowl victory after all those Aint years is alot closer.

Let's just have a winning season and get another superbowl under our belts so we can silence all the haters. I will be at the colts vs the saints game this year screaming my fool head of with my girlfriend.......who dat say they goin to beat them saints? Who dat, two dat! Hahahaha.....come on lockout, I'm ready for some saints hard hittin football. Our defense is goin to be hungry!! Geaux saints!!!

I hope we never forget the Aints

Never forget where you came from and how you got here.

I have nothing against the younger/newer fans that weren't Saints fans during that miserable era, but I have a unique kinship with those fans that stayed AINTS fans through it all.

Yes, we were the Aints, and I will never forget.

Pretty funny to see bags on peoples' heads at the Voodoo game
last night though. : P