Why give up… why?

I’ve always wondered what the 2004 Saints would have done in the playoffs.

They were 4-8 and had a 1% chance of making the playoffs. In the next 4 weeks every team that we needed to lose lost.

Somehow the Saints ran the table to finish 8-8. Then it came down to the Jets vs Rams game. Jets kicker missed the game winning kick. Rams and Vikings in. Saints out.
what if the Saints had made the 2004 playoffs and won a playoff game. then 2005 and Katrina.

Benson and Loomis might have stuck with Haslett, so no Payton and likely no Brees.