We actually looked like a real defense.

Usually I'm watching the Saints game in the corner of a local bar with the sound muted, so you key on the body language a bit more and these guys looked a heckuva' lot more confident & secure in their game then last season. You saw it, even when they gave up a few big plays, it didn't rattle 'em ... that last series, where you figure any NFL team would punch it in & win the game, Saints' D looked cool-as-cucumbers lining up ... you could see Matty "Ice" sweating bullets because he knew they weren't gonna' let the Falcons score ... no way, no how ... yeah, they looked like the real deal to me, .

You don't drink enough if you are picking all of that up.

It was "all-you-can-eat" wings at the local Hooter's ... all that "orange", all the games on and a never-ending supply of wings? I was distracted from drinking too much, .