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Sorry didn't get to this earlier (work got in the way, imagine that)...
Usually he's on for 15 to 20 minutes, today was a much shorter segment (I'm guessing barely 10 minutes). After the interview, both hosts (Cris Carter and I forget who the other guy was today) said that Payton may be the most frank and open HC they know when it comes to discussing his team.
Nothing really earth-shattering in his comments, pretty much what you'd expect and not much different from his post-game comments yesterday:
SIRIUS - what's your initial take on yesterday's game?
SP - I haven't looked at all the tape yet, but too many mistakes to beat anyone.
SIRIUS - what is the difference in your team over the past month?
SP - turnovers, it's hard enough to win on any given Sunday, but turnovers negate anything good you do.
SIRIUS - Colston status?
SP - I don't think it's too bad, haven't heard the dreaded "high ankle sprain" used, will know more later today, hope to have him for Atlanta.
SIRIUS - something about the offense not being balanced
SP - I won't stand pat and just hope that things work out just because we've been moving the ball. We've got alot of things to discuss.
I've got alot of concerns about the back end of the defense. Too many blown coverages last week and this week. Receivers running 7 and 8 yards behind everyone. It's tough to swallow.
We've got to look at the red zone offense. Inside the 10 three times and coming away with only three points is very frustrating.
SIRIUS - Carter tried to make the point that in losing 3 of the last 4, the bright side is that they were all out of conference losses and that the Saints still control their destiny, just that they've lost the cushion built up the first 2 months of the season.
Payton sort of agreed, but "we are what we are, a 6-4 team". We are capable of winning all 6 of our remaining games, but if we don't clean things up, we can lose all 6. There's alot of football left, alot of football left. But it is unsettling, it is concerning. It's the first time we've lost 2 in a row.
SIRIUS - silver lining in Seattle, Green Bay, St Louis, and Atlanta all losing this week.
SP - We need to take care of things in house before looking at other teams.
SIRIUS - Cris Carter predicts that the New Year's Eve game will be for the division.
SP - Hopefully we can recognize the opportunity is there, and that we can get into position to do so. But right now, the number I see is minus 3. It's a number that's hard to overcome, and we're not going to win very many games unless we correct that.
As always, if anyone else listened, feel free to add or correct any mistakes I may have made.
Usually he's on for 15 to 20 minutes, today was a much shorter segment (I'm guessing barely 10 minutes). After the interview, both hosts (Cris Carter and I forget who the other guy was today) said that Payton may be the most frank and open HC they know when it comes to discussing his team.
Nothing really earth-shattering in his comments, pretty much what you'd expect and not much different from his post-game comments yesterday:
SIRIUS - what's your initial take on yesterday's game?
SP - I haven't looked at all the tape yet, but too many mistakes to beat anyone.
SIRIUS - what is the difference in your team over the past month?
SP - turnovers, it's hard enough to win on any given Sunday, but turnovers negate anything good you do.
SIRIUS - Colston status?
SP - I don't think it's too bad, haven't heard the dreaded "high ankle sprain" used, will know more later today, hope to have him for Atlanta.
SIRIUS - something about the offense not being balanced
SP - I won't stand pat and just hope that things work out just because we've been moving the ball. We've got alot of things to discuss.
I've got alot of concerns about the back end of the defense. Too many blown coverages last week and this week. Receivers running 7 and 8 yards behind everyone. It's tough to swallow.
We've got to look at the red zone offense. Inside the 10 three times and coming away with only three points is very frustrating.
SIRIUS - Carter tried to make the point that in losing 3 of the last 4, the bright side is that they were all out of conference losses and that the Saints still control their destiny, just that they've lost the cushion built up the first 2 months of the season.
Payton sort of agreed, but "we are what we are, a 6-4 team". We are capable of winning all 6 of our remaining games, but if we don't clean things up, we can lose all 6. There's alot of football left, alot of football left. But it is unsettling, it is concerning. It's the first time we've lost 2 in a row.
SIRIUS - silver lining in Seattle, Green Bay, St Louis, and Atlanta all losing this week.
SP - We need to take care of things in house before looking at other teams.
SIRIUS - Cris Carter predicts that the New Year's Eve game will be for the division.
SP - Hopefully we can recognize the opportunity is there, and that we can get into position to do so. But right now, the number I see is minus 3. It's a number that's hard to overcome, and we're not going to win very many games unless we correct that.
As always, if anyone else listened, feel free to add or correct any mistakes I may have made.