I disagree- That team was almost purely reliant on talent and when things broke down, the lack of character, leadership and coaching showed... This team is the exact opposite- there's talent, sure, but mostly it's team cohesiveness, espirit de corps and coaching that has accomplished what most thought was impossible, and will help us rebound from losses like this week's....... One similarity I do see, however, that no one has brought up is the similarity between Drew Brees and Jeff Blake in 2000. No one seems to remember that Blake was just as highly-prized (if not more so) as a free agent acquisition as Brees, and he was having a Pro Bowl year until he broke his leg in about week 10- he never played for the Saints again, but was having every bit as good a year as Brees........