NEW ORLEANS -- Sean Payton is a dear friend of Doug Pederson's. In other words, you do not want to know how the coach of the New Orleans Saints treats his enemies.
Throwing a touchdown pass on fourth-and-6 while holding a 31-point lead? Blitzing a battered Carson Wentz in the final minutes while holding a 41-point lead?
In high school or college football, that kind of thing would inspire a community uprising complete with pitchforks and torches. In the pay-for-play world of the NFL, the fact Payton has a soon-to-be-40-year-old quarterback dominant enough to humiliate the defending champs with such a cold, bloodless approach is the far bigger story.