If you haven’t read Rick Cleveland’s take on the NFL’s punishment of the New Orleans Saints for the Bounty scandal, do. The NFL took out fire ants with napalm.
But the bomb has been dropped. The damage has been done. The Saints organization now has to take their medicine and recover from it. They have two choices: To lie down in a pool of pity or fight back.
It’s hard to get kicked in the gut — even if you deserved it. The Saints have shown they have what it takes when they won the Super Bowl. Now we’ll find out if they are truly champions. Do they have the heart to overcome this? Do they have what it takes to get up off the ground and win?
They have a couple of aces in the hole. First, Drew Brees has already shown that he is capable of mounting a comeback despite seemingly insurmountable odds. His leadership will be key (if the Saints will ever get him signed, of course.). And second, they are from a city that’s recovering from a blow far crueler than anything Roger Goodell and the NFL can throw at it.
The Saints came marching in. Now we’ll see if they have the intestinal fortitude to come marching back.
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