Have the New Orleans Saints Lost Their Fire?

The only team to ever have an undefeated season was the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Since then many NFL teams have attempted to match this seemingly impossible achievement. Of those worth mentioning are the 1976 Oakland Raiders (13-1), the 1984 San Fransisco 49ers (13-1), the 1985 Chicago Bears (13-1), the 1988 Minnesota Vikings(15-1), the 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers (15-1), the 2007 New England Patriots(who actually did have an undefeated regular season and did not lose until the Super Bowl), the 2005 and 2009 Indianapolis Colts, and of course the 2009 New Orleans Saints.

So as you can see, measuring a teams greatness on whether or not they were able to complete a perfect season is not really a proper unit of measure. The Saints however have lost their past two games to what I would consider o be very lack luster teams. Because of this their is reason to question exactly what will happen to the Saints in the playoffs. They have showed a great deal of promise thus far but how could they suddenly lose their spark the way that they did? Was it all a fluke? Are they really as good as we thought they were? Is it some sort of a curse?

First of all the Dallas Cowboys may have not had the season that everyone thought they would have this year but they are still an exceptional football team and the fact that they beat the Saints should not have come as the biggest surprise to any real football fan. The loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers however is cause for some real concern for all Saints fan. With a record of (2-12) going into the game no one, (including me) would have ever thought that the Saints would lose this game.

So, have the Saints lost their fire? That remains to be seen. The one thing that any real football fan should already know and always remember is that any team could be better than the other on any given Sunday...

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All About the New Orleans Saints Jerseys

The New Orleans Saints jerseys are not as bright in color as those of some other National Football League teams. The current uniform is a tricolor design of black jerseys with old gold lettering and old gold pants. The alternate uniform features white jerseys with black lettering and old gold pants. The helmets are old gold with black lettering.

The popularity of team jerseys has risen with the rise in fortune of the team. Currently they are NFL champions thanks to the win over the Indianapolis Colts in the Superbowl XLIV in February 2010. The uniform and helmets design for this team has remained virtually unchanged since the debut of the Saints in 1967. The popularity of the dark jerseys and the design known as a 1967 "throwback" uniform has been growing since they were introduced in the 1980s

Throwback jerseys are primarily useful for merchandising and marketing purposes, since fans tent to prefer color to black or white. The colored jerseys for the Saints have been worn in a few games throughout their history, but black or white is more closely identified with the team colors.

It is interesting to note that uniform colors have been used effectively by the Saints in playing against some teams who were not used to the high heat and humidity of the Louisiana season. When the visiting team was forced to wear the dark uniforms because the Who Dat? team chose white pants, the visitors were visibly wilting due to the weather factors.

Jerseys, helmets, posters and other fan gear is available for purchase from the Saints website and in stores and boutiques both online and off. In the case of Saints gear, the items can be regular season products or replica items related to the Super Bowl game of 2010. There are replica jerseys such as the one worn by Drew Brees during the Pro Bowl.

The Pro Bowl replica jerseys are blue with white lettering. There are also old gold, black and white jerseys available in every size from infant to team size. Fans love to purchase and wear the jerseys as a gesture of support, and also because they are comfortable for general wear around the home and playground.

The Saints have played in the Louisiana Superdome except during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when they played in the Giants Stadium, the San Antonio Alamodome and the Louisiana State University Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge. The return of the team to the home stadium in itself represented a victory for the team. The following winning seasons made this team "America's Team."

New Orleans Saints jerseys, like those of other National Football League clothing replicas are intended as sports wear for fans and for collector's items for those who prefer collections of Saints memorabilia. Commemoration of various events in the history of the Saints and changes in uniform colors and styles become part of a complete collection. Other items include logo hats, footballs, mugs, pennants, posters and other items related to the team and to specific players on the team.

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New Orleans Saints Player Rankings Week 7

Now that the heat of battle has died down and we've all caught our breath after the heart attack inducing tension of the Saints Dolphins clash I want to take a look at what we've learned about the team this week.

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1 - Sean Peyton is a gutsy leader. This we have known for a long time but it's worth reflecting on one game changer in particular from this past week.

What I love about Coach Peyton is that even when the chips are down, and without the luxury of being in the driving seat with points on the board, he still went with his gut and took his Quarterbacks word as gospel at the close of the 1st half. A lot of coaches would have taken the 3 points and come off the field as quickly as possible to speak with his team en masse. Peyton decided to put all his trust in his main field lieutenant and was rewarded when Drew Brees converted with a Quarterback sneak.

2 - Drew Brees is a practitioner of perfection. Watching Brees beat himself up on the sidelines in the first half was tough to see. Here is a man who studies the game like no other. He puts in the hours at the training facility, in the film room and probably at home too. He works toward and expects perfection from himself and those around him so when the game plan was collapsing you knew damn well he was going to work the situation harder than anyone.

And sure enough when the camera panned to him time and again in that first half he was studying those aerial shots intently looking for the dinks in the Dolphin defense that he could exploit. This is a man that never says die, is born to win and will stay cool when all around him are loosing their heads. The second half revival was testament to the fortitude of his character and leadership qualities.

3 - The Saints Defense is for real. They genuinely make us title contenders. The early points put up by the Dolphins and the speed with which the Saints Offense kept returning possession placed a massive strain on this unit. They were under pressure to keep the game within reach and give the Saint Offense time to regroup and work a fix. This they did and then some.

Key to the unit was the play of both Jonathan Vilma and Darren Sharper. At times in the first half they looked like the only two who had turned up with their game heads on. Vilma in particular pursued the ball with conviction and plugged up the holes on a number of 3rd downs to stop promising Dolphin drives. He led the defense by example and was key to the end result.

Meanwhile, in the Saints secondary, Darren Sharper was patrolling with intent and when his moment came he made a decisive interception which he returned for a touchdown to shift the games momentum early in the second half. The confidence number 42 instills in the secondary unit is clear to see and against the Dolphins they added another 14 points to their season tally.

For these reasons I hereby name Darren Sharper and Jonathan Vilma my Super Saints of the Week.

Peter Falconer is the author of the New Orleans Saints NFL blog, dedicated to all things that come football New Orleans Saints style. He sounds off about Saints players, the roster, schedule and stories all from the inside of my New Orleans Saints helmet.