Jim Mora was following Bum Phillips
In those days, they were always the measuring stick. Gave you sort of an inferiority complex.
I think they'd be blown away
After three games ... you get the feeling the Saints belong among the best. They've certainly got the quarterback, it looks like the running game will be fine, and the defense is attacking, getting better and better.
It was not nice having to play Joe Montana and those guys twice a year
Then we play the Vikings in the playoffs and get whacked 44-10 in the Superdome ... They were so much better than we were. For me, the playoffs were bad memories.