Are we really in the NFL? Saints recall nomadic 2005 season after Hurricane Katrina
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Superdome the lifeboat of New Orleans (6:20)
Originally aired in 2016, Superdome GM Doug Thornton and his team recalled the precarious conditions they faced to keep the building running during and after the storm. (6:20)
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METAIRIE, La. Long before 2020 forced the sports world to deal with so many unprecedented wrinkles, there was the plight of the 2005 New Orleans Saints. We were literally the Bad News Bears of the NFL, wide receiver Lance Moore said of a vagabond team that had to evacuate New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina and then spend the year bouncing around various practice locations in San Antonio while playing home games in three different cities.