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CANTON, Ohio -- Cue the bounty jokes.

Every stinking one of them, tired and lame as they are.

The New Orleans Saints seem just fine with them.

Because it almost seems as if the Saints want to use the bounty claims and the resulting suspensions of their GM, coach and players as a galvanizing force. They will unite and prove the world wrong, prove that they did not have an illegal program the year they won the Super Bowl, prove they are a true team worthy of respect for the way they play, and win.

Sunday night at Fawcett Stadium was the first step in that process, and though it was brief and took place in a preseason game that means very little, it was emphatic.

Drew Brees was sharp, the offense sharper and the Saints had scored a touchdown before the Arizona Cardinals knew the game had started.

Saints set tone with Hall of Fame Game win

"A Veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of "up to and including my life."