I’m all for some good trash talking, but Sean Payton needs to improve his tactics.
For the second time in two months, the New Orleans Saints’ head coach was caught taunting the opposition. And for the second time in as many months, it backfired.
The most recent example came on Sunday when the Saints led the Vikings 24–23 with about 10 seconds left in the game. Victory was in the Saints’ grasp, the team surely headed to their first NFC title game since 2009. That’s when Payton turned his back to the field to face the Vikings crowd and led a mock Skol chant, lifting both arms and clapping above his head with his playsheet and headphones in his left hand.