Coach Sean Payton knew emotions were raw in the Saints’ dressing room after Sunday’s controversial loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

Sean Payton took the ultimate bottom-line approach in providing motivation to his New Orleans Saints players last Monday, as they began preparing for Sunday’s divisional-round playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Cam Jordan can’t help but marvel at what he has the pleasure of watching in each practice with the New Orleans Saints. And as a defensive end, he takes even greater pleasure in the fact the quarterback on the other side of the ball, Drew Brees, is his teammate.

Zach Strief doesn’t know Dez Bryant, but he does know his former team, the New Orleans Saints. Based on that, Strief, who spent 12 seasons as an offensive tackle for the Saints, believes the team’s signing of Bryant to bolster their receiving corps makes sense.