Ex-Saints instruct Sean Payton's select to win NFC South? Of path,

Ex-Saints instruct Sean Payton's select to win NFC South? Of path, it's now not Tom Brady's team. HARRISON, Idaho — No, Sean Payton hasn’t

absolutely jumped ship. Ask the previous New Orleans Saints coach to expect the winner of the NFC South and Payton didn’t

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hesitate to offer Tom Brady & Co. With some bulletin-board material to kick off the season. Payton sees the Saints – and now not the broadly-

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preferred Tampa Bay Buccaneers – seizing the department title. “And right here’s why: We finished final 12 months at nine-eight,

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with 50-something players that ignored games due to harm,” Payton instructed USA TODAY Sports all through a huge-ranging interview. “It’s

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smooth to see two greater wins there. That places you at eleven (wins). And then conversely, it appears Tampa has had a few injuries. I assume

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the early agenda favors New Orleans, the way it units up. “Atlanta’s in transition. Carolina’s in transition,” Payton brought, relating to the

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alternative NFC South groups. “No disrespect to those groups however I feel find it irresistible’s a -team race in that division. Will it's near?

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I’m certain it'll be. But the training personnel is intact (sans Payton) with the equal coordinators. There’s a variety of continuity. And that

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