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The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints play in the South Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Saints were founded in 1967 as an expansion team and played their home games at Tulane Stadium through the 1974 season. They went more than a decade before they managed to finish a season with a .500 record, two decades before having a winning season, and over four decades before reaching the Super Bowl. The team's first successful years were from 1987–1992, when the team made the playoffs four times and had winning records in the non-playoff seasons. In the 2000 season, the Saints defeated the then-defending Super Bowl champion St.
Run Ricky Run! Ricky Williams retires. How will you remember him?
8Feb2012SCOTT JACOBS One of the NFL’s most fascinating and bizarre characters hangs it up after an up, down, and upside down 11 year career. From all-everything at Texas, to the Saints breaking the bank for him in 1999 to Miami, Australia, Toronto,...
- Mentions: Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins
Packers Favored To Win 2013 Super Bowl
By: Total Packers
7Feb2012The Green Bay Packers have already been installed as favorites to win the 2013 Super Bowl. Here are the odds, who else Vegas likes and who they don't. Think: Minnesota Vikings.
49ers still get no respect
By: Instant 49ers
7Feb2012Despite beating the Super Bowl champion New York Giants in Week 10 and coming a few plays short of beating them again in the NFC championship game, the Niners only have a one-in-ten shot at winning next season’s Super Bowl … Continue reading...
- Mentions: Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, New York Giants
Packers Draft 28th: A Look At Recent History
By: Total Packers
7Feb2012The Green Bay Packers will have the No. 28 pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Here's a look at the last five players selected at No. 28, their stats and how they panned out.
- Mentions: Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Joe Staley, Lawrence Jackson
NFL power pendulum swings back to the NFC
By: Instant 49ers
6Feb2012It’s the morning after Super Bowl XLVI, I just woke up and I have two points to make. Here’s the first: The NFL is an NFC-dominated league once again. They’ve won three Super Bowls in a row. Three years ago … Continue reading →...
Carolina Panthers Could Learn from New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints
By: Cat Crave
6Feb2012Aug 11, 2011; Foxborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) and head coach Bill Belichick talk with quarterback Ryan Mallett (15) during the third quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit:...
- Mentions: Carolina Panthers, Marques Colston, New England Patriots
Aaron Rodgers Is NFL MVP
By: Total Packers
4Feb2012Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the NFL's MVP. We pretty much knew that would be the case, but we didn't know how much he'd win the award by. Let's say it was a large margin.
- Mentions: Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Green Bay Packers
The Fifth Down: The Giants History Countdown: Linebackers
By: NY Times
2Feb2012Ranking the Giants' linebackers for the 1934, 1938, 1956, 1986, 1990, and 2007 N.F.L. Championship teams.
NFL Confidential: Maurice Jones-Drew loses out on league rushing award
By: Ultimate Jaguars
1Feb2012INDIANAPOLIS — Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew won the league’s rushing title, but he lost the FedEx Ground Player of the Year to LeSean McCoy of the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday. Since it was a fan vote, Jones-Drew might have been at...
- Mentions: Aaron Rodgers, Baltimore Ravens, Drew Brees, Jacksonville Jaguars, LeSean McCoy, Matt Ryan
Former Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio considered sitting out 2012 season
By: Ultimate Jaguars
30Jan2012ENGLEWOOD, Colo. | The links and lakes were appealing to Jack Del Rio, just not as enticing as the green grass and white lines of the football field where he’s spent most of his life. So, after briefly contemplating sitting out the 2012 season, Del...
The Fifth Down: Peyton Manning and Super Bowl XLVI: Answers to Readers’ Questions
By: NY Times
27Jan2012Judy Battista, who covers the N.F.L. for The Times, answered questions from readers about Manning’s future and the Super Bowl matchup between the Giants and the Patriots.
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