'His mind is different': Why Saints anticipate seeing weekly wrinkles, game plan Sean Payton comes up with (1 Viewer)

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By Nick Underhill | The Advocate


Teddy Bridgewater looks forward to Wednesdays.

If everything goes right for the Saints, the backup quarterback won’t ever get a chance to execute any of the things laid out in the game plan for the next upcoming Sunday, but he still gets excited to thumb through whatever Sean Payton and the rest New Orleans coaches have laid out for that week’s opponent.

“You never know what to expect,” Bridgewater said. “It just shows why this offense has had so much success over the years. Coach does a great job of each week of finding different ways for us to win, whether it’s having two quarterbacks on the field or whatever it takes. You get a glimpse of the game plan, and it’s like, man, these guys really spend time and find unique ways to help this team win.”

Unique, definitely. Perhaps even unprecedented at times. The latter was indeed the case when the Saints decided to use a play that put three quarterbacks on the field against the Minnesota Vikings last week. There is a genuine possibility it was the first time that has ever happened in the NFL.

So, understandably, seeing the personnel grouping, which was called “Bridgewater 11,” take the field was staggering. It was the same feeling the players had when they first heard about the play last Wednesday. But Payton laid it all out, as he always does, and after the initial shock, it was easy to see his vision. ...

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