By John DeShazier, The Times-Picayune

February 06, 2010, 11:30AM

So much for no team ever reaching the Super Bowl after losing its final three regular-season games.

No, that dig doesn’t come courtesy of Sean Payton.

It’s mine, but, in fairness to the Saints’ coach, there are those (guilty as charged) who prominently mentioned that fact when New Orleans tumbled against Dallas, Tampa Bay and Carolina to end the regular season. And that opened the door for Payton to rebut the historical data with a new truth: The Saints lost their last three regular-season games but are the George S. Halas Memorial Trophy holders and NFC champions and will be playing against the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7 in Miami.

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