Table of Contents
Foreword Steve Gleason ix
Prologue xvii
1 Finding the Pilot 1
2 Aligning in New Orleans 9
3 Destined to Be a Saint 17
4 The Parcells Effect 25
5 Child of Destiny 31
6 Alike Yet Different 39
7 The Sean Payton Offense 49
8 The Winchester Mystery House 59
9 Blitzing the Defense 71
10 The Grind: Putting Together the Plan 81
11 Finding the Golden Nugget 95
12 Calling the Shots 113
13 The Supercomputer 125
14 Maxing Out 135
15 Fighting the Stereotype 153
16 Trust and Confidence 161
17 "Who Throws That Ball?" 167
18 Two Minutes to Paradise 177
19 Driven to Compete 185
20 The Fire and Fury of Sunday Sean 193
21 Don't Eat the Cheese 203
22 The Near Divorce 213
23 The Saint Patrick's Day That Almost Was 231
24 In NOLA to Stay 237
25 40 Is the New 30 243
26 A Tree Grows in Baton Rouge 255
27 The Payton-Brees Legacy 263
Acknowledgments 277