I credit a decision
Sean Payton made on Jan. 13, sitting by the firepit in his backyard in Louisiana with a cold beer in his hand. At the time, he really wanted to hire
Gregg Williams as his defensive coordinator; Williams had a history of making chicken salad out of chicken feathers, and Payton knew his talent on defense was decent but limited, particularly in pressure packages. Payton knew where the Saints' offer was -- a little over one million (I can't be sure precisely what it was) -- but he also knew Williams was on the way to Green Bay after a great visit with the Saints, and he knew the Packers would offer him more than New Orleans did.
"So I had a couple of beers in me,'' Payton told me over the weekend, "and I start thinking, 'I make enough money. We really need this guy. I'm going to offer some of my own money to try to make this happen.' So the next day, I walk into [general manager]
Mickey Loomis' office and say, 'Mickey, take $250,000 of my salary, add it onto our offer for Gregg and let's get this thing done right now.' Mickey called [owner]
Tom Benson, they discussed it, and they agreed. So we upped the offer.''
One other thing: Payton knew it was important to Williams that he work with his son,
Blake, an aspiring football coach who prepped at Princeton, and so the Saints brought him in as an offensive assistant working with the line. Williams saw the welcome mat. He took the three-year coaching offer, and the match has been perfect. "It's the perfect place for me,'' Williams said. "You're allowed to coach the way you coach here, and the only way I know how to coach is to get after the offense every day in practice. I know we give
Drew [
Brees] fits, and I hope that makes him better, because I know it makes us better, going against him every day.''
So what have the Saints got for their money? Last year, New Orleans was 26th in the league in scoring defense. This year, it's seventh.
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Isolalego
erchè ancora non si sono stufati e vogliono credere che sia lui il giocatore giusto...ma la pazienza è finita...tifosi e società han capito che si deve voltare pagine...come vi avevo preannunciato settimana prossima con la nostra schedule andremo 1-6 e allora li si che verranno provati i backup fino a fine stagione e poi l'anno prossimo si ripartira con uno tra mccoy e bradford...
vai che se ce l'ho fatta io a metterle...
