By The Times-Picayune
January 29, 2010, 8:49PM
New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton said the national media is making too much out of the “remember me” comments defensive coordinator Gregg Williams made to a Nashville radio station about how the Saints want to hit Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.
Williams, whose defense has battered Kurt Warner and Brett Favre in the playoffs, told the radio station that the Saints plan to rattle Manning by hitting him at every opportunity with the hope of knocking the league MVP out of the game.
“This guy’s got a great clock in his head,” Williams told 104.5 The Zone. “The big thing is that he throws the ball so early that we’re going to have to do a good job of finding ways to get to him, and when we do get to him we’re going to have to make sure he gets a couple ‘remember me’ shots when we get there.”
Payton said the comments were no big deal.
“I think both defensive lines want to get to the quarterback,” Payton said. “That starts in training camp. So yeah, I think much is made of that. Obviously we want to have a good pass rush and get pressure on the quarterback. I think that’s a great example of Super Bowl week.”
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Back-pedaling seems appropriate. Since Peyton will throw for 340+
He shouldn’t have said it. I thought that Payton was a classier coach than that and would have at least put some sort of a retraction in. My expectations of him diminished as well as the coaching staff he represents. I hope no player gets any career threatening injuries and and if push comes to shove, may whatever is dished out comes back tenfold.