"To be the second Saint in the Hall of Fame, I know the city is going to be so proud, and I'm proud to represent them."

"We have short memories," Loomis said. "There's been lots of times where you've had core players that are unrestricted free agents, that happens, and occasionally you lose some that you don't want to lose. It's part of the business and we just have to move on when that happens. I don't like when it happens, and we'll do everything we can not to let that happen but you've got one pie and we've got to divide it up amongst a lot of good players and people who've had success in our building. And hopefully we can do that. I think the fact that Drew Brees is a part of this free agent class makes it seem a little more daunting than it would be ordinarily. But, look, less than 8 months ago we had 26 unrestricted free agents a week, a week and a half before practice began. I don't know that it gets any more daunting than that. There were some good players in that group - Roman Harper and Dave Thomas, I mean there were some good, solid players. Real good players in that group and guys that meant a lot to our team just as the guys in this class mean a lot to our team. I think the key thing here that hopefully gives them some comfort and it certainly gives us some comfort is that I think to a man they'd all say they'd like to be back with the Saints and I think we would say to a man we would like to have them back. Once you have that as a starting point, it gives us a chance to get them signed and we'll see what happens."

"I don't think that there's any additional pressure," he said. "This is a player we value a lot, more than any other player in the history of our team. I don't know that pressure is the right word. We want to get him signed. We made an effort with Drew prior to last season, even at the beginning of last season. I understand his desire to table that until after the season and hopefully we can get going right away and get that buttoned up. It has got to be the right deal for him and obviously the club as well. That'll come eventually."

"Let's go win a Super Bowl."
-- Steve Spagnuolo's first words to New Orleans coach Sean Payton, before "Hello'' or "Hi Sean, this is Steve,'' when Spagnuolo called Payton Thursday afternoon to tell him he was taking the Saints defensive coordinator position.

Got to like this.

"They’re not Houdini out there. They can’t run one way and go the other."

This prevents the cheapie overtime loss, with one team running the kickoff back to the 30, then gaining 30 yards or so and kicking a field goal to win.

who cares what saints fans think?

Half of them jumped on the bandwagon after they got good

The other half was part of the crowd that managed to drown in a hurricane that had been heading their way for a week. Morons.

by Thorpac on Jan 7, 2012 9:44 PM CST up reply actions

"I have guys that couldn't catch a cold butt naked in a rain storm right now."

"One of the things that we do that guys who are 6-5 end up being 5-5 when they get flipped over on their head. They didn’t say that the rules says that the ground couldn’t hurt their head. So we’ve got to find ways to make the ground be a part of it."

A VERY special guest on today's @690sptshangover at 11:25 a.m. I'll give you #Saints peeps a hint: his name rhymes with Crisco. Party time!!