The Saints and their fans awoke Monday to the realization that the once lovable losers from New Orleans were Super Bowl champions for the first time in the club's 43-year history after Sunday's 31-17 triumph over the Indianapolis Colts.
"I'm not sure if it's completely sunk in yet," Brees said at Monday morning's news conference at the convention center in Fort Lauderdale. "It seems like as the minutes go by, it slowly does.
"Our victory last night was the culmination of four years of hard work, fighting through a lot of adversity, ups and downs and more importantly than that, representing a city that has been through so much," he added.
"Along the way, people have asked me so many times, 'Do you look at it as a burden or extra pressure? Do you feel like you're carrying the weight of the city on your teams' shoulders.' I said, 'No, not at all. We look at it as a responsibility. Our city, our fans, gave us strength and we owe this to them. That's made all the difference. . . . there's no people that you would want to win for more than the city of New Orleans. So it's an honor."
