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By Brian Allee Walsh - Special to the Sun Herald

Did New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton merely misspeak Tuesday on ESPN’s “Get Up’‘ when he proclaimed the 2020 season would be quarterback Drew Brees’ swan song?

Or, did Payton speak the truth and accidentally let the cat out of the bag?

When asked to clarify himself a day later to local reporters, Payton laughed it off, calling himself a “big dummy’‘ and walking back from his original claim, saying nothing has changed with Brees’ career plans.

“I honestly don’t know if it’s his last year,’‘ Payton explained. “I think the thing he’s done, and we’ve all done, is taken it year-by-year.’‘

OK, no harm, no foul.

Payton can be excused since he’s barely a week removed from being declared coronavirus-free.

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By Jacob Hancock | Sporting News

Most cities would do anything to host a Super Bowl, but it turns out there's one thing New Orleans won't give up, no matter what, to have the honor: Mardi Gras.

The city has been chosen to host the 2024 game, but that arrangement has come into question with the recent ratification of a new collective bargaining agreement, which includes a 17-game regular season beginning as soon as 2021.

The final game of the NFL season is normally played on the first Sunday in February, which in 2024 will be Feb. 4. The additional week in the regular-season schedule might mean that the 2024 game is pushed back to Feb. 11. The problem? That's the final weekend of the Mardi Gras celebration, with the official holiday taking place Tuesday, Feb. 13.

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By Jarrett Bell / USA TODAY

Drafting from a brewery?

The New Orleans Saints’ decision to relocate their draft war room to a brewery owned by team owner Gayle Benson surely raised some eyebrows in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, but Saints coach Sean Payton – recently recovered after contracting the COVID-19 virus – staunchly defends the arrangement as a solid option.

The war room, which the team began using on Wednesday for draft meetings, is situated in upstairs office space at the Dixie Brewery, located in a remote area of New Orleans.

“We might have the safest setup in the league for these meetings,” Payton texted to USA TODAY Sports on Thursday. “Remote location. Nobody here!”

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