If I am being totally honest, that Reggie Miller-esque expression didn't register as an insult to me in the moment. Perhaps it's because I was too wrapped up in the game, or maybe I just thought the Sean Payton had more important things to worry about than reminding an opponent that he was heavily complicit (see below) in the most infamously blown lead in the history of football during the second half of a one score contest against a division rival...
Whatever the case may be, I initially thought it was just part of some sort of audible or something. Looking back on it, that seems like a fairly stupid conclusion considering that he made it a point to remove his headset before engaging in barking that didn't particularly look like it contained too many orders. It could have been in reference to a missed holding call as there were no shortage of officiating blunders, but the presumed target didn't seem to think so when he offered this response...
Now, I could get semantic and say that Devonta Freeman just gave Sean Payton a compliment by matter of factly stating that he "knows nothing about choking", but I'd rather question what the fuck their upbringings have to with what was potentially just harmless, on-field trash talk. I have no doubts that Sean Payton and Devonta Freeman aren't from the same neighborhood, but - unless their high school curriculums had differing definitions for the term 'collapse' - I can't quite put my finger on the contextual relevance here. Probably not going out on too far of a limb in assuming that the latter had to overcome far more problematic circumstances to get where he is than the former, but now that they are both a part of an NFL sideline? All is fair in mocking each other's most laughable failures as a professional, if that is - indeed - what happened. That's why I AINT going to bring the fact that the now deleted (shocker) tweet was about as original and clever as a '28-3' reference. Because Sean Payton's sign language backfired when his sideline outburst put the finishing touches on a Saints' loss, I AINT even going to mention that the extra effort of an offensive lineman saved Devonta Freeman from proving it prophetic when he nearly fumbled away the victory just seconds prior. Hell, I AINT even going to say that the Falcons running back knows more about choking than the Saints head coach, even though he somehow managed to prove just that despite getting the win. I don't know who that gesture was directed towards, but it AINT not telling that Devonta Freeman assumed it was him.
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