Heath Evans... Saints seek balance with diverse, Adrian Peterson-led backfield

Cougar 1 said
The 09 team also had a ball hawking D that had 26 ints and 30+ takeaways overall. That D also scored 5 TDs, including the SB winning Tracy Porter TD. Meanwhile, the 2011 defense produced only 9 ints.

It's often said the best defense is a good offense. As good as it was, the 09 offense had a lil help from dat D!

I think people are missing that point. We had 39 takeaways in '09. Sharper himself had 9 INT's..our D that year gave our offense the ball back a lot.

We jumped on teams early and ran it on them to close out the game. That's where the "Balance" came from.