The New Orleans Saints’ season opener is still a few weeks away, but the team isn’t wasting time preparing for their big rivalry game with the Atlanta Falcons. And they’re embracing the spirit of the long-running series like only they can: raw pettiness.
As noted by our own Ross Jackson, the Saints have been practicing at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center with a unique scoreboard displaying a margin of 28-3. That, of course, is in reference to the Falcons’ Super Bowl LI loss to the New England Patriots in which Atlanta took a 28-3 lead late in the third quarter only to lose in overtime. Any opportunity to remind New Orleans’ rivals of that egg on their face shouldn’t be missed.
