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• Sean Payton’s mood the other night grabbed headlines—he told the media he didn’t feel much like talking quarterbacks after a six-turnover meltdown in the Saints’ preseason opener against Baltimore. But really, his reaction should say a lot to everyone who’s following the competition. I talked with Payton a few times about the Jameis Winston/Taysom Hill dynamic over the course of the offseason, and I can remember his reticence to put non-negotiables on what he’d need from his quarterback, because “what if neither of them have that?