Saints win emotional opener
 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Even as they exited the visitor's locker room at Bank of America Stadium late Sunday afternoon, exultant Saints players were confronted and reminded by a stark and sobering dose of reality, that not even what transpired earlier on the football field will set the Gulf Coast straight anytime soon.



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