By Brian Allee Walsh - Special to the Sun Herald
After the way the past two seasons have ended for the New Orleans Saints, it’s apparent they need to tweak the final act in their Super Bowl play.
It’s one thing to bring the curtain down. It’s quite another to have it come crashing down on them.
A home robbery by officials in broad daylight against the LA Rams for the NFC championship in January and an improbable walk-off loss at Minnesota in the divisional round a year earlier strongly suggest the Saints are on the cusp of greatness.
In both losses, the Saints could have slammed the door shut, survived and advanced. But they left cracks open and eventually suffered the consequences, leaving many wondering if they can win a second league title before future Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees retires.
I could make the case that the Black and Gold should be going for a 3-peat but they got in their own way.
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