Drew Brees was a known commodity in San Diego a few years before landing in New Orleans, but he had never quite aired it out this good. This wasn’t even the same Saints team as a year ago that was the doormat to the rest of the league. This team would ride a meteoric rise to power all the way to the NFC Championship game in one of the most drastic team turnarounds in NFL history.
Against the Cowboys, the Saints found themselves on their second prime-time game of the year on Sunday Night Football, their first being the Superdome’s reopening on Monday Night Football against the Atlanta Falcons, a game you may remember.