Sean Payton, holding many of same cards, dealing from new deck
 

Peter Finney, Times-Picayune

Here's how the head coach of the New Orleans Saints put it after losing last Sunday to the Arizona Cardinals.

"It's not a crisis," said Sean Payton. "It's a chance for us to say, hey, we're going to have to play better."

Payton could have said pretty much the same thing after finishing the 2009 regular season 0-3, losing to the Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers, after a 13-0 start.

There was a difference, of course.

The '09 Saints were on their way to sewing up the No. 1 seed in the playoffs, which they did before Payton decided to rest his starters in the final game against Carolina.

Still, at the time, there was a measure of anxiety inside a spoiled Who Dat Nation, an understandable feeling of unease.

Will the 13-0 Saints return, Who Dats wondered?

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