The Rams and Saints once had a great rivalry, playing against each other twice per season from 1970 until 2002 realignment, but still going back and forth with barn burners most of the time after that change. That includes one of the most memorable playoff games of recent NFL history, a 26-23 Rams OT win in the NFC Championship that featured two teams that won 13 games in the regular season and necessitated getting the better of Drew Brees, Sean Payton, and Michael Thomas.

But these Saints are not those Saints. New Orleans hasn’t been the same since Brees retired, a cautionary tale for any franchise that assumes they can withstand the aging/retirement of a great quarterback.

As long as we’re comparing Brees with Matthew Stafford, it is worth noting that L.A.‘s 37-year-old quarterback wou

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