1. Chris Johnson electrified the league with his outstanding running on the way to smashing the 2,000 yard rushing barrier in a single season. He joins the likes of Eric Dickerson, Jamal Lewis, Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis and O.J. Simpson in the annals of National Football League history with a total of 2,006 yards in the 2009 regular season.
2. The National Football League is once again home to a vintage group of Quarterbacks thanks to the presence of Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. Not since the late 80's/early 90's era of Marino, Elway, Young and Montana has the NFL been blessed with such quality passers.
3. The Cowboys, thanks in large part to the confidence of Jerry Jones, were happy to unveil the NFL's largest new stadium. Even those who have trouble liking the Cowboys will have to admit how outstanding the new facility is.
4. NFL owners were almost certainly put off from moving a team up to Toronto any time soon as the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets played out to a partly empty stadium. The NFL owners might do a lot worse than picking London to be home to the first franchise outside of the USA on this performance.
5. You tube was flooded with requests to see Devin Hestor following a tackle in the Eagles game of Week eleven in which his ass was exposed to the country. Not for the first time has the National Football League made the headlines for a little state of undress.
6. The Indianapolis Colts and Saints both began the regular season perfect with records of thirteen and 0 respectively. It marked the first point in time 2 teams had been able to obtain such records in the same season in NFL history. A dream contest in the Super Bowl in Miami florida resulted with the Saints winning their first ever Super Bowl trophy.
7. The National Football League had cause to look beyond Detroit for the award of league laughing stocks. Three predominantly useless teams were able to share that shameful crown. As you probably know I am of course talking about Cleveland, Oakland and Kansas City.
8. 09/10 was the year National Football League fans had to experience watching football without the throaty tones of the illustrious John Madden. The large man hung up his mic before the regular season got under way and football lost a major authority. Chris Collinsworth and Al Michaels, whilst terrific in their own way, will in no way quite fill the void.
9. Brett Favre proved a point to ageist critics far and wide by reserving one of the finest seasons of his career by leading the Minnesota Vikings to a Division Title. Pretty good going if you bear in mind the guy is more or less double the age of some rookie's.
10. 09/10 proved to be the season that reason was thrown out the window as two teams tried to compete with only one proper player on each of their teams. It must have been a lonely reality indeed for Joshua Cribbs and Steven Jackson at the Browns and Rams respectively.
Peter Falconer is the author of the New Orleans Saints blog, dedicated to all things New Orleans Saints. The site includes the latest Drew Brees highlights and Reggie Bush highlights videos and much more. He sounds off about Saints players, the roster, schedule and stories.
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