"It happened quickly, but the 2011 season is already in the rearview mirror for the New Orleans Saints. And it has already been lumped together with the 2010 season.

Although the Saints were much better this year, setting a bushel of NFL records, winning more games and advancing one round further into the playoffs, both seasons were ultimately failures compared to the Saints' goal of returning to the Super Bowl.

"That's the only way you can look at it," receiver Lance Moore said after lumping the last two years together as a "disappointment. "We made it one week further, but that's not our ultimate goal.""