Rob Ryan’s Defense Is Key for Saints to Become a Contender Again

June 6, 2015   ·   Cian Fahey   ·   Jump to comments


A 7-9 record wasn't supposed to be the result.
An aggressive offseason strategy was supposed to send Sean Payton's New Orleans Saints team back to the playoffs in the NFC. Instead, they couldn't come out of the worst division in football, suffering their second seven-win season over the span of just three years.
Payton is a Super Bowl-winning head coach who has been in charge of the franchise since 2006. He has never been the kind of head coach who hides behind flimsy excuses.
Instead, he is a forward-looking coach who doesn't entertain the idea of shifting blame onto specific individuals. That is exactly how he handled the disappointment of 2014 during his final press conference. Payton spoke generally about areas in which they need to improve.
In retrospect, the most significant thing that Payton said during that press conference was related to self-evaluation:
Listen, every element of the program, I think it is important that we do that.  I think ...

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