Mardigras9

NEVER gets old.

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SloMotion

... "the block heard 'round the world", .

Geaux Saints.

Budsdrinker

One of my 3 best moments in the dome!

QBREES9

It never gets old. Thanks for posting.

saintfan

Still brings tears to my eyes. What a great moment.

And wow that crowd was special that night. Just a beautiful beautiful thing.

MaggieMayTB

Lives changed forever on September 25, 2006, the next day was a new dawn and change was forged in stone.

I watched that MNF game knowing my life will change Tuesday morning.

They talk about the storied history of Lambeau, if stories are the measure of a NFL venue, the New Orleans Superdome is a novel with life and death, hope and despair, heroes and villains.

Volume II wrote itself on Monday Night in 2006.

TheGambler

Some might consider that hyperbole, but you're actually spot on.

That game....heck, even that moment (the blocked punt) shifted the direction of expectations for the Saints. No longer was the team going to be content with 8-8 seasons year after year. While things weren't always perfect after that day, and the Saints would make plenty of mistakes afterwards.....but one thing was crystal clear: the culture had changed.

It was evident even in the next week, in a road game against Carolina. The Saints ultimately ended up losing, but they fought, scratched, and battled the entire game to where I remember not even being angry after the loss. I knew they gave their all, and I specifically remember Troy Aikman correctly predicting that "these Saints are gonna win a lot of ball games this season", even when it was obvious they were gonna fall short on that day.

Tobias-Reiper

And aside from the football aspect of it, I think the event that was the MNF game, being nationally televised on prime time, it told the country "New Orleans is back", and people around the country and the world saw New Orleans again as a world-class tourist destination.

For a year, most (if not all) the pictures people around the world saw, were of devastation. And then, what they see, is the unveiling of this shiny golden dome. That was the moment that told me New Orleans was back; that to me, really is the moment that symbolized the rebirth of the City of New Orleans.

Now, football and the Saints, that is as much a part of New Orleans as gumbo, Jazz, and Mardi Gras. That is ingrained in the city's soul. Knowing that the Saints were going to stay gave people hope. That Gleason play, that gave the city its soul back.

Sorry, I need to go get this thing out of my eye.

'Cause the simple man pays the thrills, the bills and the pills that kill

Mardigras9

Amen.

MaggieMayTB