Payton knows when to hold and when to fold (1 Viewer)

[Dan in Lafayette]

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For Sean Payton to be the coach of the year, all he has to do is keep it up.

No coach has done as much with so little as the first-year leader of the Saints. As one general manager put it as an understatement, "I think they have overachieved."

And how have the Saints overachieved? By following Payton's lead. What he has done better than anyone is know when to take chances -- and when not to.

Among the things Payton has chosen to gamble on: Full Story - The Sporting News