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Now the Saints are back to 4-4 and somehow sitting alone in first place in the NFC South. And even at 4-4, they feel much better about their resilience after having weathered the storm.

Guard Ben Grubbs said a start like that is going to "make you or break you."

Asked what he was feeling after the emotional Thursday night win, Grubbs said, "I felt togetherness."

"When you go through something as tough as losing on walk-off field goals and then losing on the last possession of the game in Detroit, that does something to you," Grubbs said. "It can have a positive effect on you or a negative effect on you. One thing that Coach Payton has done is a great job with was just continuing to encourage us and tell us we're really close, we are a good team, we just have to correct the mistakes that we have."

The message now is to keep that same sense of urgency. Once again, Payton's postgame message was clear, because several players were repeating it throughout the locker room:

"I said this to them: Having been now where we've been and knowing how difficult that is, you refuse to go back," Payton said. "Hopefully you're becoming more resilient and a little bit more tougher, both mentally and physically."


After grueling start, New Orleans Saints believe it's their turn now - ESPN

saintsfan1976

Love this from Payton at the end:

Complaint department: Speaking of that abbreviated turnaround between their Sunday night game and Thursday night road game, Payton had a great line Friday when asked if he plans to address it with the league in the offseason.

"I'm sure they will look at it," Payton said. "But in regards to that suggestion box, I think that's on the third floor of a two-story building."

jeanpierre

Memo from the Commissioner pending...LOL

arsaint

He will probably get fined for speaking out. Screw Roger the Imbecile


Surprising that the team hasn't already been fined for not doing interviews with the NFLN after games...

captainshawn

It' coming soon...

hagan714

roger is a sensitive sod truth be told.
thats why he moved the draft to another city. he is hoping the move will reduce the boos he hears whenever he takes to the stage.
so you know this one has him huddled in the corner crying and mumbling to himself as he bangs hid head against the wall.
loves me like Tagliabue
loves me like Tagliabue
loves me like Tagliabue
boo hoo boo hoo

what a putz

Audiotom

damn

poor Gannon, Sapp, Irvin and Sanders have their panties in a twist

I like the teams style

ignore the loosers

WHODATINCA

This team is ready. Let's go.

RailBoss

It's the teams that got hot midseason to the end that are most dangerous.
The NY Football Giants wrote the book on it.