Marcus Murphy has Sean Payton’s attention.
Early in Sunday’s postgame news conference, a reporter asked the Saints coach about fellow back Edwin Baker, whose 45-yard touchdown run gave New Orleans its only touchdown in a 27-13 loss to Houston on Sunday.
Payton, who had just finished praising Murphy in the locker room, had the seventh-round pick from Missouri on his brain, and he opened his answer by talking about Murphy instead of Baker, a faux pas he realized almost instantly.
But his answer revealed how pleased the Saints are with the final pick of their 2015 draft haul.