New Orleans Saints could be least despised champ on record

SmashMouth · 08-25-2010, 06:37 AM

The story begins, "How about a two-dat?"

Ted Jackson/The Times-Picayune
The New Orleans Saints Super Bowl win was almost universally liked.
It's a preview on the 2010 New Orleans Saints that caught my eye, one in which Bruce Marshall, a Las Vegas-based NFL pundit, tells us he could not recall "a more refreshing sporting development" than the storybook journey Sean Payton's football team traveled last season.

Marshall said it was accompanied by "a joie de vivre rarely seen in the button-down world of today's NFL, where teams often look and play alike and title winners are frequently rewarded for ruthless and often colorless efficiency."
New Orleans, said Marshall, "succeeded without embarrassing itself, absent the shameless self-promoters, insufferable egotists, and off-field controversies that often cloud the perceptions of other teams. About the only tabloid-like material we got from the Saints was of the harmless variety, with Reggie Bush in an on-again, off-again relationship with TV diva Kim Kardashian. New Orleans was mostly good, clean fun last season, featuring easy-to-like sorts such as Drew Brees and Sean Payton."
You read this, then you read that Tom Brady, the New England quarterback, is quoted as saying, "I hate the Jets."

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08-25-2010, 06:37 AM	#1
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,554 Blog Entries: 29	New Orleans Saints could be least despised champ on record The story begins, "How about a two-dat?" Ted Jackson/The Times-Picayune The New Orleans Saints Super Bowl win was almost universally liked. It's a preview on the 2010 New Orleans Saints that caught my eye, one in which Bruce Marshall, a Las Vegas-based NFL pundit, tells us he could not recall "a more refreshing sporting development" than the storybook journey Sean Payton's football team traveled last season. Marshall said it was accompanied by "a joie de vivre rarely seen in the button-down world of today's NFL, where teams often look and play alike and title winners are frequently rewarded for ruthless and often colorless efficiency." New Orleans, said Marshall, "succeeded without embarrassing itself, absent the shameless self-promoters, insufferable egotists, and off-field controversies that often cloud the perceptions of other teams. About the only tabloid-like material we got from the Saints was of the harmless variety, with Reggie Bush in an on-again, off-again relationship with TV diva Kim Kardashian. New Orleans was mostly good, clean fun last season, featuring easy-to-like sorts such as Drew Brees and Sean Payton." You read this, then you read that Tom Brady, the New England quarterback, is quoted as saying, "I hate the Jets." read more Attached Thumbnails