Did we sell our soul for SB XLIV?

Personnel changes and time diminishes the know how. Not many left from 2009, much less the build up that led to it.
But it’s still a (somewhat) recent championship.
And if you really wanna get technical, you’re only four years removed from the last Payton/Brees season, so you’re not looking too far back.

The franchise doesn’t have that permanent black cloud hanging over everyone like the franchise has had from its founding until 2006.