2009-10 NFL Playoffs | OUAT Sports

The 2009 New Orleans Saints Win It For An Embattled Region

Dan Flaherty NFL History Articles, Sports History Articles 2009 New Orleans Saints, 2009 NFL season, 2009-10 NFL playoffs, Drew Brees Super Bowl MVP, New Orleans Saints history, NFL history, sports history articles, Tracy Porter playoff interceptions

The New Orleans Saints were a tortured franchise when head coach Sean Payton arrived in 2006. They had never made the Super Bowl, or even an NFC Championship Game. Off the field the problems were worse for their home city—the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 leveled the area and put a long rebuilding project ahead for the region.