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Saints’ Sean Payton falls among strongest play-callers in NFL based on ESPN analysis

Sean Payton has been calling plays for the Saints for a long time, so New Orleans fans are used to his style. It’s a West Coast Offense with a bit of a wrinkle, that involves heavily involving running backs in the screen game.

However, while that style used to be volume-based, Payton has moved away from pass-heavy offenses in recent years. While Drew Brees can still hit eight different receivers in any given way, Payton has had him under center and handing the ball off more often, rather than in the shotgun and swinging it out to a running back.