The thing that impresses me about Payton and his staff...

The Saints did something today that I have never seen any Saints team do, including the great Dome Patrol teams. And that is shrug off a bad loss and the next week dominate a team that they "should" beat. On the road against a division team, no less. Obviously, they have won games after a bad loss before, but this game was a real statement. This game said "we don't care who's hurt, who's not playing, or what happened last week. We're good, we're the division leader, and we're damn sure better than you!!" That's what winners do. When I think of the great teams of the past, the 49ers, the Cowboys, the Steelers, that's how they responded to a loss. The reason so many of us on this board freaked out after last weeks game is that we've never seen a Saints team that didn't start doubting itself after a bad loss. If the players do, what are the fans supposed to do? I don't know how far this team will go this year, but it really doesn't matter. They've proven to me that they are winners and I'm just going to enjoy watching them, win or lose.