My heart pumped through my chest as I took a knee and said the Lord’s prayer on a 4th and 2 that would risk it all on Sunday. The Who Dat Nation sat on pins and needles while the Saints somehow pulled of another win. Your nerves get rattled and your blood pressure raises from start to end.
The Saints have put everything on the table……we have played like champs but we have also shown weaknesses. We have been beaten by bad teams and put a W in the column against good teams. They have had to battle injuries, penalties, tough breaks, and a division rival that just won’t lay down.
The term “any given Sunday” holds true in football. You never know what will happen. While there is no mathematical equation to winning it all, there is a semi-secret formula: Finish Strong + Luck = Success. It’s no coincidence that the formula to the Saints’ success is also their motto. We have to be more efficient in the red zone, we have to finish the season strong to go 13 – 3, and we must remember the mantra: Win or Go Home.
If you aren’t from New Orleans, you will never understand. The Saints are not just a football team to us. They are not just a bunch of guys who we root for or jersey’s we wear. They are our Saints, our boys, and our hopes and dreams rest on their shoulders. The NFL tries to explain it by painting a post Katrina utopia, the media uses the phrase “the city that care forgot”, and the bandwagon fans love to ride our coat tails. But to be a true Saints fan, you must sit on the edge of your chair biting your nails, you must have an arsenal of cuss words ready to shoot off, you must cry when the unbelievable happens, but most of all you must have faith.
That’s why when everyone doubts us…..we still say Bless You Boys. When the analyst don’t pick up……we shout Who Dat ever harder, and our pride has turned from asking Who Dat to answering We Dat. Now that we've had a taste of victory we won’t go down without a fight. You can laugh at us all you want to put please believe…We Dat Team To Beat!
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