The Saints were super

Another football season is finished and the New Orleans Saints victory over the Indianapolis Colts proves that a team that finishes weak in the final part of the regular season can still play well in the playoffs and ultimately win the superbowl. Head Coach Sean Payton showed more guts than any other coach in recent memory by calling for an onside kick at the start of the 2nd half. Had it not worked every sports journalist and blogger (like me) would be saying that Payton was brain dead for trying it but that is why there are true football men who don't just write about football but live it every day of their lives. Quarterback Drew Brees was near perfect in his execution of the Saints offense and deserved to win the MVP award, while the Saints defense confused Colts Quarterback Peyton Manning enough to create an interception that would seal their victory.
As usual the sports media was its usual self in propping up an athlete only to tear him down when he fell short of expectations. The victim of this was of course Peyton Manning this year. First the media was saying prior to the game that if the Colts win he could be ranked among the greatest quarterbacks of all time. After the game they said that Manning's legacy will be impacted and that Manning is overrated since he is 9 and 9 in the playoffs. I wish someone would remind the media of an obvious fact about football. It is a team sport! Peyton Manning did not lose the superbowl, the Indianapolis Colts did. The great quarterbacks like Joe Montana, John Elway, Terry Bradshaw and Tom Brady did not win their superbowls single handedly either. They were part of great teams that won superbowls. Manning's interception to Tracy Porter late in the 4th quarter was costly but why can't we credit Porter's ability to read the play and jump in front of Wide Receiver Reggie Wayne to make the interception. Furthermore Manning was powerless to do anything in the second quarter since the Saints offense controlled the ball for almost all of the quarter and is not part of the Colts special teams which was caught off guard on the onsides kick that started the 2nd half.
To the city of New Orleans, whether people want to say the Saints won the game or the Colts lost it is completely irrelevant. The Lombardy trophy has made its way to New Orleans for the first time in its franchise history and a city that was nearly destroyed in 2005 after hurricane Katrina has had its spirits raised as high as they've ever been. I'm sure the partying on Bourbon Street will be going on for a long time.
Congratulations Saints fans, you and your team deserved this victory.