The indirect role the hottest player in football, Joe Namath, played in the decisions affecting the NFL to help New Orleans acquire a team. This is Mike Detillier's fifth part in the series on "How New Orleans got an NFL Team."
In Mike Detillier's Part 4 of "How New Orleans got an NFL Team", he shares more intimate conversations with Dave Dixon, the architect behind the arrival of the Saints and Superdome.
With not being able to land the Dallas Texans/now the Kansas City Chiefs, Dave Dixon and the [search] committee to bring professional football to New Orleans started to lay the groundwork on getting preseason games played in Tulane Stadium.
Mike Detillier spotlights the talents of the University of Kentucky's Lynn Bowden, Jr as a possible fit for the New Orleans Saints in the 2020 NFL Draft.
Mike Detillier shares rare stories on the New Orleans Saints legendary Kicker, Tom Dempsey. Also, a Dempsey backstory from former New Orleans journalists Pete Finney and Buddy Diliberto.
NFL Draft expert, Mike Detillier, evaluates the New Orleans Saints need for a wide receiver in the 2020 NFL Draft. Mike believes this class of wide receivers and their depth gives the Saints options in the first-round.