I'd be lying if I told you I was still bothered by watching Mike Evans "protect his (shit stirring) quarterback" by delivering a blind-sided cheap shot to the rookie cornerback who - at that point - had already done everything short of flipping his pockets inside out in stealing his lunch money. In fact, by the time that Marshon Lattimore peeled himself off the turf only to make sure that yet another Mike Evans target got sent to it, I was already on to seeing whether or not the Saints' following opponent would provide the favorite for Defensive Rookie Of The Year with an actual challenge. I just didn't have it in me to hold a grudge when the person who delivered his bullying from behind an opponent's back was the same guy who got punked by a 21 year old during nearly every one of their face-to-face confrontations both before and after said scrummage. That, however, doesn't make me love this disingenuous pushing match any less. The fact that Sean Payton was ready to skip the forced pleasantries and run the Oklahoma drill against someone who somehow still has a job coaching divisional rival over something that happened two months ago in a blow out victory is proof positive that his memory is as long as it's ever been. Equating that to potential postseason success is quite obviously a stretch, but - entering a playoff bracket that features 4 of the 5 teams he's lost to - I'll be damned if I'm not excited to see how Sean Payton's internalized frustrations continue to manifest themselves. Much like conservative play calling, polished professionalism has never exactly been one of his defining characteristics. Something tells me the continued absence of both of those things bodes well for a Saints' team whose head coach has been getting visibly pissed off far too often for him to argue that he doesn't have something to prove. An animated Sean Payton is an engaged Sean Payton, and an engaged Sean Payton has had a hell of a lot more success than the one that looked lifeless in repeatedly running into the 7-9 hurdle. He pretty clearly took names, so all that's left is to kick some ass.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Categories
All
Archives
January 2020
|