The Saints will miss Benjamin Watson next season. Not just on the field, but in the locker room and the community. He looks the part of a football player and is a role model that kids and adults can look up to. The 38-year-old tight end announced that he was hanging up his cleats after this season and sadly the Black & Gold's year was cut short thanks in large part to the now infamous "no-call in Nola" at the end of the NFC championship.
While its clear to everyone who watches the play (except the fefs) that there was pass interference and helmet-to-helmet contact on WR Tommylee Lewis, the NFL commissioner remains silent. Roger Goodell's disappearance during this fiasco has been maddening to Saints fans and players who would like some closure on the issue. Watson had enough of Goodell's silence and decided to send him a message. It reads: