It was a jubilant room, full of players who claimed they knew during training camp that the team was special.
All teams believe they are special during training camp.
At 2-0, the Saints are one of the few entitled to continue to believe. Only once this decade have the Saints won their first two games. They are perennially inept, a team opponents like to schedule for homecoming. After their victory against the Panthers in the Louisiana Superdome, they are tied for the best record in the entire league. Receiver Sean Dawkins, a newcomer like Cota, is, like Cota, a locker room hero.