“That was a special time. That was a special team. It was a special season.” – Greg McMahon
There’s the saying, “Life imitates art,” but oftentimes, the variation on that is, “Life imitates sports.” Perhaps no one but the city of New Orleans and the Saints knows best the feeling of football transcending past the paint-streaked turf and 60-minute game clock.
There are two famous Saints plays, both by special teams, and each represented a lot to the city of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The first, a moment that symbolized the rebirth of a city when it seemed unfathomable.