Saints Move to 3-0 With Emotional Return to Superdome

I mean did the Falcons ever have a chance? With Monday Night Football making it's way to New Orleans Monday night, the Superdome got it's first taste of football since December 2004 due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The people of Louisiana and Mississippi had been waiting for this game for a long time, and it showed just from the sheer electricity from start to finish. After a emotionally stimulating national anthem, the Saints ran onto the field to one of the loudest ovations I have ever heard at a regular season sporting event ANYWHERE. It was like a Super Bowl. Then on the Falcons first possession, Steve Gleason set the tone with a blocked punt that was recovered in the endzone by Curtis DeLoatch for a Saints TD. Pandemonium followed and it was just getting started. After holding the Falcons to a field goal, the Saints pulled off a little trickeration running a double reverse using Reggie Bush as a decoy and then finishing with a great block by Drew Brees and a former LSU Tiger Devery Henderson touchdown. The half was closed out by an impressive 51 yard field goal by Saints' kicker John Carney. The second half featured just two field goals, but was a continuation of the defensive domination of the Saints which saw the Falcons' NFL leading rushing attack held to just 112 yard on the ground. The Saints also blocked a field goal attempt along with adding to a sack total of Michael Vick which saw him thrown to the ground 5 times. The Saints front 7 kept pressure on Vick all night with Scott Fujita shadowing Vick most of the night, only allowing him to get free once. The secondary also played suprisingly well with Fred Thomas breaking up every pass that came his way, with the Falcons' lone long completion coming in the first half because Mike McKenzie can't cover me. I think this gave the Saints the opportunity to show the whole country on a national stage that this is a new team that has made vast improvements and is a team that is serious about winning and serious about winning championships, yes I said it, CHAMPIONSHIPS. I haven't seen a Saints team play with this much enthusiasm, energy, and heart since the Dome Patrol of 1991, and I must say, I am very excited about some Saints football. However, the road doesn't get easier. The Saints travel to Carolina to face the Panthers next week. Then, three home games that will begin their gauntlet run through the NFC.