Saints Can Work Forward To Next Super Bowl

With their season at an end, the NewOrleans Saints can now start working toward next year's Super Bowl. Mike Triplett, of the Times-Picayune, has the story, below.

Courtesy---Mike Triplett/Times-Picayune

The New Orleans Saints didn't get back to the Super Bowl 2011, but they did get "closure."

And some would suggest that's a valuable consolation prize.

"That whole feeling of being a champion lasts until the next season is over," said former New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi, whose team burst onto the scene in 2001 with a surprise Super Bowl run, then missed the playoffs the next year before resuming its dynasty.

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