I think Saints fans and Patriot fans are united with their dislike of Goodell. Both these teams reputations have being tarnished and for what? Both these teams have been punished for doing something that was part of the culture of the NFL. Stealing signals has always been part of the gamesmanship of the game. I don't know about bounties, but a lot of teams have done similar things in the past. The Patriots themselves used to take money collected in fines for showing up late at meetings, and giving it to a defensive player who made a big play. Samual got it one week for getting a gamewinning int. It doesn't rise up to the level of injuring am opposing player, but now that can no longer be done. When I see the slap on the wrist the Jets got for a coach tripping a player during a game and all the denials afterward by Rex, I question the commissioner for not coming down harder on that. That falls right into player safety concerns and Goodell bascally did nothing. Goodell wanted to change the culture of the NFL, but so far it is not for the better.
That said, I don't think the Saints will go undefeated. Their division is just too tough. Atlanta will be tough this year and both Carolina and Tampa Bay are on their way up. I don't think they will win the division, but with Brees and that offense I think they wil be a wild card team.
