Because I remember Decembers in the 70s

Bill said

... and it's a far cry from what we were treated to during the Payton/Brees era. But we had to see this coming. I mean, nothing good lasts forever. Perhaps we failed to prepare ourselves properly for this inevitable downturn.

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Actually, having experienced what the Saints were since 1968, quite often during the Brees-Payton run (often during Crunk while laying a 40 burger on some hapless opponent in the Dome), I would tell my brother-in-law that we needed to soak it in because it was going to be painful when they were gone.

It doesn't really make it easier now, but I sure did appreciate those great moments as they were happening.