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10 Spot: Bad company
The Saints left a fraternity no NFL franchise wants to pledge
Originally Published: January 29, 2010
By
Adam Schefter | ESPN.com
With the New Orleans Saints competing in the Super Bowl for the first time, the NFL has its version of a "Final Four," a dubious honor for its membership.
Here are the only four of the existing 32 franchises never to have made it to a Super Bowl:
The Cleveland Browns. The Detroit Lions. The Houston Texans. The Jacksonville Jaguars.
Every other NFL team has advanced to the Super Bowl at least once, including New Orleans, the latest team to make its run ...
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SUPER BOWL XLIV

- SB Central | Playoffs | Odds | Blog
SUPER BOWL PREDICTIONS
- Wojciechowski: Reasons to pick the Colts
- Picks: Colts are the big favorites
- Sunday Countdown | Expert picks
- Celebs: Hulk Hogan to Malcolm Gladwell
HOT READ: Playing with pain
HALL OF FAME
- Rice, Smith, 5 others elected | Blog reaction
- Sando: Is Rice greatest ever?
- Watkins: Emmitt's journey started at home
- Friedrichs: Ranking Hall Of Fames
- Joyner: Four the Hall should call

- Joyner: Carter is next WR behind Rice

OUTSIDE THE LINES: CONCUSSIONS
- Garber: Carson continues crusade
- OTL: Carson
| Webster 
- Bell: Public concern | Prevention

- OTL: Index page
COMMENTARY/BLOGS
- Chadiha: Colts seek to cement legacy
- Yasinskas: Saints built to last
- Blog Network: Super Bowl Final Word
- Merrill: Saturday missing a foot?
- Garber: This one's for Archie
- Pasquarelli: Don't overlook the defenses
- Pasquarelli: Emulating Reggie Bush
- Yasinskas: Roots of Payton's coaching style
- Merrill: Redemption time for Benson, Irsay
- Clayton's 1st and Goal: In QBs' hands
- Seifert: Saints' Hargrove salvages life
- Yasinskas: Saints' Smith fulfilling potential
- FBO: Air show? Don't count on it

- FBO: Saints must blitz six to win

- Schefter: Manning's the NFL's Jordan
- Garber: Saints' most loyal band of believers
- Seifert: Saints' schemes suit Sharper
- Kuharsky: A fitting end for Mudd?
- Wojciechowski: Can Bush turn the corner?
- Reilly: Sticky situation for Mannings
- Hill: The courage in Tebow's ad
- Keown: Tebow should be careful
- FBO: How Brees can beat Colts' defense

- Merrill: 18 tales about Manning
SCOUTS INC. TALE OF TAPE
MORE SCOUTS INC.
- Horton: Stopping Manning, Brees

- Williamson: Five key matchups
- Horton: Freeney status looms large
- Horton: Colts active on defense
- Bush could be difference-maker
- Horton: Clark keeps Colts going
- Horton: Manning's snap decisions
- Scouts: Ranking the rosters 1-45 | 46-106

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