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Sean Payton May Be the Best Quarterback Whisperer of His Era

The news that Taysom Hill was starting at quarterback this week was met by the conspiracy theorist in all of us. With Jameis Winston on the sideline this had to be a rouse; perhaps as a way to keep the former No. 1 pick from receiving the kind of salary bump that Teddy Bridgewater received in a similar supporting role a year ago, thus making him unaffordable once Drew Brees decides to retire (a hat tip to capologist Jason Fitzgerald, who got me baited and hooked on this one).

Hill seemed so comfortably entrenched–and limited to–the role of a multi-tooled gimmick player who needn’t drop back more than a handful of times in a game.