Is Sean Payton disappointed with how the New Orleans Saints’ quarterback competition is going so far? That could be the case.
Payton spoke with ESPN’s Lisa Salters before his team’s “Monday Night Football” game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Salters reported that Payton told her he was expecting the competition for the starting quarterback job to be further along at this point.
Payton said that the Saints are trying to give both Taysom Hill and Jameis Winston enough opportunities to have a fair shot at the starting job.
“I didn’t expect to be that much farther along. Training camp’s only three weeks in now, and you don’t have a lot in the offseason. But I think we’re still going at it hard and making sure both of these guys are getting all the right opportunities. So [tonight is] another opportunity for us to look at them,” Payton said.
It sounds as if Payton was hoping one of the players might have separated himself by this point, but that hadn’t happened yet. Perhaps Monday’s game changed things.
Winston went 9-for-10 for 123 yards and two touchdowns. Hill came in afterward and was not quite as sharp. There was some thinking that Payton might start with Hill this season, but that could change.
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