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re: If Benson would have moved the Saints to San Antonio permanently...
Posted on 5/24/14 at 7:48 pm to Peazey
Posted on 5/24/14 at 7:48 pm to Peazey
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Games weren't regularly selling out until the Saints drafted Reggie
Reggie was not the reason. State-pride post-Katrina plus Brees' arrival had more to do with that.
Posted on 5/26/14 at 2:14 am to JabarkusRussell
quote:late post, just back from the beach; but nope. That's hindsight speaking.
Games weren't regularly selling out until the Saints drafted Reggie
Reggie was not the reason. State-pride post-Katrina plus Brees' arrival had more to do with that.
Reggie Bush was the imminent savior of the Saints, the next Barry Sanders, only better. People saw the fact that he wasn't picked #1 overall as a sign of NFL conspiracy to help New Orleans. Hell, I had a subscription to The Sporting News then, and they had an official 2 page section devoted to Reggie for each game of his rookie season, regardless of any other NFL feature they might publish.
Brees was seen as a serviceable QB, but a lot of people wanted Culpepper or a rookie.
Needless to say, public perception was wrong on both counts.
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