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How Sean Payton’s out-of-the-blue phone call convinced Chris Banjo to give coaching a chance: “Am I in trouble?”

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Chris Banjo doesn’t remember the exact date in February, but he knows his phone rang at 9:41 p.m. on a Saturday.

On a double date with his wife, best friend and best friend’s wife, Banjo may well have ignored the incoming call but for the name that popped up.

Sean Payton.

“This will kind of tell you a bit about Sean himself,” Banjo told The Post. “We’ve texted a bit here and there over the years, but the fact that I got a call from him, the first thing that went through my mind is, ‘Damn, am I in trouble?