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New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton:

“It was a really hard fought team win for us. We did a lot of things well. Certainly, it wasn’t a perfect game, but I thought we played with very good energy. We had a good week of practice and I thought we played a good team also. We have a lot of respect for those guys and what they were able to accomplish early in the season. We knew we were going to have to play one of our better games. We are dealing with a short week now and we’ll get back to playing another good team.”

On Darren Sproles’ play:

“He (Sproles) is a viable part of what we do so it was nothing elaborate. What happens is that it becomes difficult to put help over Jimmy (Graham) or safety help over someone else without possibly isolating your backs on a linebacker or a safety. Drew (Brees) made a really good play down on the left side in the left corner (of the) end zone. He (Sproles) was third in the read and he really did a good job of settling in that flat area and Drew gave him a really good ball and the timing was good. He is a real smart player and when he ends up open in zones or doing the right thing in man, it is not really a surprise.”

On how dialed in Drew Brees was tonight:

“He is at a really sharp level. He did a good job with his progressions, protected the football well and he was outstanding.”

On making adjustments at halftime:

“Halftime is about 7 1/2 minutes so you’re in here (locker room) and guys are getting something to drink, going to the bathroom and we talk amongst the coaches on a few things we want to hit on. There may be a couple of important things, maybe not. We go through defense, offense and the kicking game and quickly we are back on the field. There were a few things we had seen in the first half that we wanted to pay attention to in the second half. We got a stop defensively and it was important for us to build on that lead.”

On passing a lot in the first half:

“We just thought that was the best way for us to move the football.”

Read more: Quotes from Sean Payton, Graham and Brees post-game press conference

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