Payton to Saints: If you fight during practice, pack your bags

But he nearly immediately found a role on the Patriots, where he’s been a mainstay since 2009.

In 2012, it was the Saints and “Bountygate”. Players the league identified as ringleaders of the “bounty” pool had various suspensions overturned on appeals brought by the NFL Players Association. “We are friends”, Brees said. Neither Brady nor NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was required to attend in New York, and no settlement was reached.

Both of the team’s future Hall of Fame QB’s had some good and bad moments, with one highlight play coming on former Saints and current Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich’s sack of Saints QB Drew Brees; which also was in the Red Zone portion.

With Brady facing a 4-game suspension in the Deflategate controversy, Brees was asked if he could relate to what the Patriots may be going through after the Saints dealt with the bounty scandal.

They were added to a growing list of at least a dozen players who missed practice time last week or will miss some time this week.

“That’s unfortunate when you see it happen with other teams”, Payton said. I think all those learning experiences are valuable, individually and for different units on the team, how to handle different problems and obviously things that we’ll be facing over the course of the year, and that’s really what it’s about.

“Shoot, everything from how he acquires personnel”, said Payton.

“You do get used to the same (defensive backs), going against them in one-on-ones and team periods and stuff like that”.

“I think a lot of training camps have changed from what they were, but football is football”. You know how Bill Belichick will go for it on fourth down where most other coaches pee their trousers and punt? “It felt good”, Solder said.

Sometimes at cooler-weather practices, Payton even wears hooded sweat shirts with the sleeves cut short, a look for which Belichick is known.

Saints work against Patriots without top 3 corners and do well.

“For me, it would be wasted energy, ” Payton said. Both teams escaped without any fights or injuries, so by that measure it was a successful session.

Dont’a Hightower is back and looks to be picking up where he left off.

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Some players thrived in the heat, as veteran cornerback Tarell Brown had a pair of interceptions during 11-on-11 drills — all while wearing long sleeves. What’s more important would be to go out there and do the things that we’ve worked on, that we should know how to do, that we have a good foundation on and see how we’re doing. Starting cornerbacks Brandon Browner and Keenan Lewis both sat out, as did starting safeties Jairus Byrd and Kenny Vaccaro and primary nickel back Delvin Breaux.