Less than a week after an NFL Network report terming the New Orleans Saints’ interest in free agent quarterback Johnny Manziel as “real,” Saints head coach Sean Payton told reporters on Wednesday morning that his recent meeting with Manziel was nothing more than that.
Payton and Manziel had breakfast in Houston during Super Bowl week, and that it was simply an opportunity for Payton to get to know Manziel.
According to Mike Triplett, who covers the Saints for ESPN, Payton said the NFL Network report implying that New Orleans was interested in signing Manziel was “false.