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ATLANTA -- So this is the look of friendly hatred in pro football. It often is goofy. It is a slew of New Orleans Saints players embarrassing themselves by returning to the visiting turf of the Georgia Dome on Monday night for a group picture after surviving the Atlanta Falcons down the stretch.
Memo to the Saints: this is the NFL, not Pop Warner League.
To be fair, linebacker Jonathan Vilma insisted after the Saints' 17-14 victory over their biggest rivals that this wasn't unusual.
He said it only was about memories.
Uh-huh.
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"It's memories, and we clinched a playoff berth, and especially in the NFL, you know how hard it is to get to the playoffs," Vilma said, easing into a smile from a straight face.
He added that the Saints also did their little portrait thing when they won in Dallas on Thanksgiving Night, and he said they did the same last season after every playoff game along the way to their world championship.
As for Monday night's photo session, Vilma sighed, thinking of the victory over the Falcons and saying, "It's definitely a daunting task, especially being Super Bowl champions and everybody taking their best shot at us. It was our 11th victory, on the road, against the best team in the NFC right now. It's huge. We wanted to take a picture and keep the memories."
Uh-huh.
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