The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans that compete in the National Football League as a member of the National Football Conference South division. Since 1975 the team has played home games at the Caesars Superdome, after using Tulane Stadium for its first eight seasons. Founded by John W. Mecom Jr., David Dixon and the city of New Orleans on November 1, 1966, the Saints joined the league as an expansion team in 1967. They were among its least successful franchises for their first several decades, going 20 consecutive seasons without a winning record, and earned their first winning record and postseason berth in 1987.
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selected by the New Orleans Saints second overall
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A member of the New Orleans Saints for most of his career, he is second all-time in career passing yards, career touchdown passes, and career pass completions, and third in career completion percentage.
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