Bobby Hebert's gamble in 1990 paid off big for NFL's players

Sackhappysaint said

We'll never know now. But our defense that year, a lot less would have been needed from him to make a SB run. That was our best shot to make it under the Jim Mora era.

That was really the year Wayne Martin came into his own, and having such a disruptive lineman backed up by the dome patrol was scary.

That was a really fun defense to watch.

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Indeed they were. Offenses would struggle to gain anything. I would be surprised whenever a running play gained positive yards. And anytime an opposng QB dropped back, I was expecting Swilling or Rickey to get there.

The pass defense was meh if a quarterback had time, but they rarely did. That defense was fun. Fans would go nuts. And they were always on the field, but still held it down.