Both times, however, the Saints' normally prolific offense could not get a first down, and the Patriots had enough timeouts left to get a third chance.
"The overall mood and spirits were good," Payton said of his players as many of them prepared to take the rest of the week off after some conditioning,Wholesale Jerseys, lifting and film review on Monday. "Obviously, it's a tough loss. And when you do it long enough, they understand that there's going to be some games like that where you're wrestling over one specific play or one sequence of plays."