The Super Saint…

Drew Brees and the city of New Orleans

New Orleans, a city that never sleeps and always has a party, just four years ago was rocked with tragedy. For a city that is known for never resting and never slowing down, a massive hurricane rocked this city and whole state. Hurricane Katrina came and leveled New Orleans like nothing before it and possibly nothing after, it was massive, it was deadly and it left the city looking for answers and finding none. With most of the city under water and the Superdome ripped up, not many had hope that New Orleans would return to its rare form. When people believe it can be a powerful thing, when people have a desire it can change the outcome, when people have a passion for something it can shape the dynamic; and the people of New Orleans have all that and more. New Orleans is battling back because the people are strong and the passion is stronger, no where has this been more evident than on the football field. Not only do the people have a passion but the players have a passion for their city.

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In no one is this more evident than in the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints Drew Brees. Brees is more than a football player, he is more than a quarterback, he is the face of the Saints; no he is the face of a city. Everywhere Brees walks in New Orleans he has a following, a crowd and he embraces it. In a day and age where high profile athletes want their privacy, Brees is a standout visiting hospitals, community events and charities. I know that there are other players that do these things, but Brees doesn’t look at these things as the price he has to pay, he looks at them as giving back, giving back to a city that lost so much and needs so much more. On February 7 th 2010 the New Orleans Saints brought a World Championship to the city, who would have thought it four years ago? In a time where there was talk of the team moving, in a time where football was the last thing on the minds of many, football became a refuge, it brought a city and a team closer together and it brought THEM a Super Bowl championship. I don’t know if the Saints will win more titles and I don’t know if the city will ever completely rebound from the tragedy, but what I do know is that for one year, this year the Saints and the city of New Orleans are champions and that is something that no one (not even a hurricane) can take away.

By: Sam Adams
Pro Football Fans Staff Writer