“We will have a meeting with Mickey and we will kind of address each position area, defensively and offensively, and go from there,” said Payton, who was hired Jan. 18. “Some decisions are of more urgency than others.

Payton declined to talk specifically about any positions, but said a lot of what they saw was common among teams that have losing records.

“There are positions obviously when you get a chance to watch the film that play better than other positions,” he said. “Some of the things that you see, that are pretty common with teams that have losing records, are turnovers, penalties, and all of the things that prevent you from winning.

“There are some areas that will need to improve and there are some areas that we’ll address certainly in this offseason via free agency or the draft, and we will move forward,” Payton added. “There are some core players in place that I think you can build a team around, and those are the players we are identifying right now.”

“Free agency is coming up and our ability to target our own free agents and free agents from other teams in a timely fashion, where we are not at a disadvantage, is important.”

Certainly our scouts and whole (scouting) department, especially the college side of it, have been in the process and going through it in their meetings.”