Caldwell seemed to indicate that there would be consideration of Sam Giguere's role with the team, considering his great special teams returns against Buffalo.  I think he looked great and would love if he could do that in the playoffs.  So, do you guys think he can do that again?  Will he get the chance?  Anyone know anything about this guy?  All I know is that he was a great, fast wide receiver during his college days (in Quebec) and Polian snapped him up after he had already signed to play in the CFL. 

So, there's talk about rules to force teams to play their starters.  Goodell is saying that they can't do that, but they can reward teams for playing starters.  But, how long must they play?  What about an injury?  What about the million ways to screw with such a rule?  We already see teams faking injuries to slow the Colts down, along with other types of "cheating" where rules can't really be enforced (as opposed to the blatant Belichik-type of cheating.)

 
The key, in my humble opinion is to reward teams for winning, not necessarily for line-up decisions, even when they have everything clinched for the playoffs.  While we're at it, why not fix the broken overtime rules?  Two birds, one stone.

Here's how we could do both, in one fell swoop:

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Congrats, Saints fans.  Your team hammered the Patriots and has proven themselves to be the team to beat, at least in the NFC.  It was a long time coming and I have some advice on how to conduct yourselves as fans of a Superbowl caliber team:

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