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By Christopher Dabe - NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
There will be no sense of revenge for the New Orleans Saints this week as they prepare for the Minnesota Vikings, Sean Payton said Monday (Oct. 22) during a morning teleconference with reporters.
The coach had spent his morning reviewing film from the Saints' comeback win against the Baltimore Ravens before shifting his focus to the Vikings. The prime-time game Sunday will be the first between the teams since the 61-yard touchdown by Stefon Diggs as time expired beat the Saints in a divisional playoff game last season.
When asked Monday, Payton quickly dismissed the notion of players seeking vengeance for the heartbreaking defeat, saying "the revenge factor might be one of the most over-,” Payton said before pausing.
“It wasn’t like there was bad blood when the game was over or anything like that,” the caoch said. "Two teams fought hard and made a play at the end that ended up costing us the game, but there were a lot of things that cost us the game, and so I think the focus will be on this year’s Vikings and this year’s Saints team rather than the fact that we just finished playing them last year.” ...
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