After one Popeyes-related playoff victory, the New Orleans Saints got ready to take on the Seahawks with more fried chicken. This time, the chain sent the team their fix -- in an armored truck.
As enormous fans of Popeyes, we've been covering the Saints' ongoing fried chicken-fueled playoff run. After eating Popeyes on the road during the 2009 season, when they won the Super Bowl -- and consequently losing three road playoff games in which they were not given Popeyes -- the Saints have Louisiana's premier fast foodstuff on their side again. This is last week in the locker room in Philly:
The entire #Saints locker room is eating Popeyes . @Fox8Nolapic.twitter.com/9uB9BsjFWf
— Garland Gillen (@garlandgillen) January 3, 2014
And this time around, they got the stuff delivered straight to the airport: Popeyes Chicken at the airport
#WhoDat#Saints#BeatTheSeahawkspic.twitter.com/XdtJ1fFtPH
— Thomas Morstead (@thomasmorstead) January 9, 2014
Sean Payton tweeted too: "WHO DAT" pic.twitter.com/rvTePvpZeH
— Sean Payton (@SeanPayton) January 9, 2014
TMZ -- yes, we're sorry, but, TMZ -- provides the details:Now, the President of Popeyes Chicken tells TMZ Sports ... the company is putting the entire weight of the Louisiana-based organization behind the Saints and have provided them with 375 pieces of chicken to hold the guys over during the flight from N.O. to Seattle. "As a direct result [of Popeyes chicken], they won their first playoff road game," the President tells us ... adding, "They have a 100% win rate in the playoffs when they eat Popeyes." We're told the guys will be getting 125 three-piece meals (90 spicy meals, 35 mild) which include mashed potatoes and cajun gravy, red beans and rice, and biscuits.They sent it in an ARMORED TRUCK:
You can never be too prepared with the team's special goods. Let's keep the spice going! #BringTheChicken#WhoDatpic.twitter.com/NpS6b3LrCs
— Popeyes Chicken (@PopeyesChicken) January 9, 2014
First of all, what are they thinking sending ANY mild meals? Mild doens't win championships. However, we'll stand by the exact same thing we wrote last week.
I'm not a betting man -- just a man who is passionate about his fried chicken, and thinks Popeyes is so much better than KFC that I'm not sure how KFC manages to remain in business. But if I was a betting man, I'd put some money on the Saints, because Popeyes = victory. Always.It worked once!