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2000

Jan. 2 - The Saints finish the 1999 season with a 3-13 overall record; Jan. 5 - Saints owner Tom Benson fired 22 employees, including president/general manager Bill Kuharich & head coach Mike Ditka; Jan. 27 - Following through on his promise to "take whatever steps are necessary ...", Saints owner Tom Benson hired Randy Mueller as General Manager of Football Operations & Arnold D. Fielkow as Director of Administration; Feb. 3 - Former Saints assistant coach & defensive coordinator Jim Haslett was named as the Saints' 13th head coach in the club's history; Feb. 23 - Saints signed former San Diego Chargers DT Norman Hand to a 5-year deal ... it was the 8th free agent acquisition of 2000, marking the busiest offseason in club history & placing them at the top of the league in free agent activity; March 9 - Saints named Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La. as their new summer training camp home; April 15 - Saints picked Kansas State DE Darren Howard in the 2nd round with their 1st selection in the NFL draft; July 31 - The club traded LB K.D. Williams & the 3rd round selection in the 2001 NFL draft to the Green Bay Packers for QB Aaron Brooks & TE Lamont Hall; Oct. 8 - After a 1-3 start, the Saints began a 6-game win streak, 31-10 at the Chicago Bears, the 4th-longest win streak in club history; Nov. 26 - Saints beat the defending Super Bowl champion St. Louis Rams on the road, 31-24 for franchise's 200th all-time victory; Dec. 3 - Saints QB Aaron Brooks set the club passing yards mark (441) vs. the Denver Broncos in the Superdome in a 38-23 loss; Dec. 10 - Saints set club record for road victories with a 7-1 mark after a 31-27 comeback win at the San Francisco 49ers ... Saints also set NFL record for best road record turnaround after an 0-8 record in 1999; Dec. 17 - Saints all but wrapped up NFC playoff berth after 23-7 victory over Atlanta in the Superdome; Dec. 18 - Saints clinched 2nd NFC West title after St. Louis lost, 38-35 at Tampa Bay ... the Saints were the 7th team since 1990 to go from last place to a division title the next season; Dec. 24 - Saints wrapped up the regular season with a 10-6 mark after they overcame injuries to 8 starters ... Saints head coach Jim Haslett was selected Coach of the Year by several organizations...the Saints defense set a club mark with 66 sacks, tied for the 6th-most in NFL history ... DT La'Roi Glover captured the NFL sack title with a club record-tying 17.0 while DE Darren Howard had a club rookie record 11.0 sacks ... WR Joe Horn set club marks for receptions (94) & reception yards (1,340) ... RB Ricky Williams had the 6th 1,000-yard rushing season in club annals; Dec. 28 - DE Joe Johnson selected as the NFL Comeback Player of the Year by the Associated Press after he missed 1999 with a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee suffered during training camp; Dec. 30 - Saints won in postseason for the 1st time ever, 31-28 over the St. Louis Rams in a NFC Wild Card Playoff game in the Superdome ... WR Willie Jackson tied a NFL postseason mark with 3 TD catches & QB Aaron Brooks threw 4 TD passes ... the win was clinched after the Saints' Brian Milne recovered a fumbled fair catch by the Rams' Az-Zahir Hakim with 1:51 remaining after a New Orleans punt.

There's a lot of similarities between last year and 2000.

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