Disclaimer: The following is the third part of a five part series in which I will reveal my 5 most hated National Football League Teams coming into the 2010 season. It changes from year to year as teams get undeserved hype and other things, so here's goes nothing.
Hopefully you were expecting me to hate a NFL team because of sour grapes in this series. Well, ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. The New Orleans Saints.
You gotta admit, the Saints were truly a feel good story last year. Five years ago, the city was hit by Hurricane Katrina. We all know what happened, and because I'm not good at politics, I'm not going to get into anything about how help was delayed, there was a terrible recovery plan in place, etc.
Then last year, the Saints came alive. People were dancing in the streets. Saints fans came out of the wood work. This was the city's final source of pride, and they took it all the way to the Super Bowl...too bad it was a ring they didn't deserve.
Oh yeah, the Saints Super Bowl Championship was a gift from the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings outplayed the Saints in every aspect of the NFC Championship game...except for the turnover battle. The Vikings forgot to hold onto the football, so they didn't deserve to win, but a year later, it still hurts.
When the Saints won the Super Bowl, I was actually somewhat happy for them...then came the absolute ass kissing that came from every major media outlet in the United States.
Everywhere you turned in the offseason, you heard about how great the Saints are. Well, it's time to show you why the Saints are going to have a serious hangover this season.
First of all, I feel that many of the Saints players are overrated. There are some great players on the Saints, like Drew Brees, Marques Colston, Pierre Thomas, but the one name that I can't stand is Reggie Bush.
Bush was supposed to be the next Barry Sanders, so far he's done nothing but underachieve and get hurt. Tell me, when Bush got drafted in 2006, did you imagine that the Saints would probably be giving the first and second down carries to someone else like they will be with Thomas this season? That's what I thought.
Sure, he's got sole possession of Kim Kardashian's ass, but I personally hate TMZ and could care less. Reggie Bush sucks.
Then there's the Saints defense, which is devoid of recognizable talent sans Darren Sharper. Instead of the no-name defense, they should call them the Cheap Shot defense.
Oh yeah, there seriously should have been two or three fights in the NFC Championship game. There also should have been two or three more late hit penalties for hits on Brett Favre. Gregg Williams has continued this by saying that the Saints were going to target Favre's ankle in the September 9th opener against the Vikings. Also with comments like "X marks the spot", it's no wonder that Visthante Shiancoe posted a picture of Bin Laden with a #42 photo shopped on his white...gown? Is that what they call that I guess? Sorry, I just don't know.
But, all will be well in the Saints world. Because the Madden Curse is coming to New Orleans, baby! That's right, Drew Brees was selected as the cover boy for Madden 2011. Don't believe in curses? Well, take a look...
I'm pretty sure that it's destiny that Brees will be going off on a stretcher at some point this season, and if Brees goes down, so do the Saints.
Look, I won't be completely stupid here, if the Vikings had destroyed Brees' ankle in that game and won the Super Bowl, I would have taken it. You have to take Super Bowl victories when they come no matter the circumstances. Besides, how many do the Vikings have right now? That's what I thought.
But karma will catch up to the Saints this season if Mr. John Madden and his legion of XBox 360 junkies have anything to say about it.
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