Ahhh... to have this defense again...

Man, those dudes just mangled offenses. And notice the solid relationship amongst that unit on the field. They seemed to all be on the same page, all the time.
Some of those RBs looked like, "Awww crap, I ain't gettin' hit. Here's the ball!" The problem with that is they still hit you hard, even after you fumbled or threw an INT. Boy, to have that again, the times when you were allowed to just go out there and play. Now it's "no touching the QB or WR", or "you looked at him too rough - personal foul".

That was awesome. And remember, that was Marcus Allen gettin busted up in a bunch of those highlights.

As for the "unit", that was before free agency and some of those guys played together for 6 and 7 years.

I do wish we could educate today's defense on what it was like being a Saint back then. I'll bet not one of the guys playing for us today were big Saints fans back in the late 80's. They have no idea what the defense was like.