By the start of 2000, the Saints were the only team in the NFL with 0 playoff wins. The division rival Panthers had only been a team since 1995 and had gotten a playoff win before the Saints. The Falcons had just made the Super Bowl in 1998. What was it like being a fan at this time? Were the Saints unanimously seen as the worst franchise in the league?
You couldn’t give tickets away. Back when textbooks had to be wrapped the schwegmans used to give brown paper bags with fleur de lis on them away, it was hell if you wrapped your books with that in elementary school.