All of The Big Easy is happy now that Sean Payton is back. Here are a couple of quotes from his presser earlier.
“There was no way I was going to another team,” Payton said. He called his contract snafu and holdout a “minor technicality” that took time to work through.
Payton made it clear that he’s not happy with the Saints’ defense. Their problems “keep him up at night.” Payton said that the team will start meetings with the defensive staff immediately and it did not sound like it would be a comfortable experience for defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo.
There has been no conversation with the NFL about getting the Saints’ second round pick back that was lost in the bounty scandal.
The most important one I think is the defensive comment. In the Sean Payton era, that Saints defense was never a top 10 defense (even in their Super Bowl year) but to be a league history worst in my opinion puts Steve Spagnuolo on thin ice. With the Salary Cap hell the Saints can be in and a 2nd round pick still lost from the bounty fiasco, the Saints won’t have a lot of chips to bargain with. But with SP back the Saints will be a contender again in the NFC South.
For more tidbits from Sean Payton’s presser click here
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