The Saints throttled the Packers after two weeks of living out of hotels. Their success started by asking, 'How dare we feel sorry ourselves?'
On Aug. 27, as Cameron Jordan reported with the rest of his teammates to a hotel in downtown New Orleans, a shroud of uncertainty hovered over the New Orleans Saints. None of them knew what time they would depart the next day, where they were going or how long they would be gone. They did not know what condition their houses would be in when they got back or what would happen to a city that had become home. They did not know where they would play their next game.
The Cowboys agreed to let the Saints use their facility. Jay Romig is listed as the Saints’ administrative director, but the team’s owners call him their “vice president of everything.” He booked rooms at the Omni Dallas, the one hotel with rooms that could house family members and had ballrooms where the team could meet. The Saints chartered a separate plane for families, allowing them to come along.
“You do get, I think, a little bit more focused when something like this happens as opposed to less,” Payton said.The Saints could not stay in the Cowboys’ facility indefinitely. On the evening of Aug. 30, Payton called TCU Coach Gary Patterson, a close friend. He asked whether the Saints could share the Horned Frogs’ facilities in Fort Worth. The coaches compared practice schedules and happily realized their days off, longest workdays and preferred practice times aligned without conflict.
“I watch video, and I see the destruction in my hometown,” Sinquefield said. “You feel so helpless, like you want to do something. And then you get the call from the Saints: Can you help us? That’s my one small contribution to hopefully helping. If things go well here and the Saints play well, maybe myself and our team at TCU played some minute role in giving them a chance to be successful.”On Sept.
The Saints faced another obstacle this week. Several offensive coaches, a nutritionist and a practice squad player, all of them vaccinated, tested positive for the coronavirus. Payton conducted an offensive meeting with just three assistants: Zach Strief, Ronald Curry and Pete Carmichael. He told them, “It’s like ‘Ted Lasso.’ ”
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