1. One of the first goals for any playoff aspirant team is to win its division title. The Saints, despite their 2-4 record, are in the fight for the NFC South. Atlanta (4-3) leads the division and Tampa Bay (3-3) is in second place, with Carolina (1-5) bringing up the rear. It’s a fact that Payton found worth mentioning to his team Monday morning. “Just coming out of the team meeting, before we even got started on the things that we need to clean up from the game we just played – once in a while, ‘Hey, this is where the division is at, here it is, just understand it,’ ” he said.
John DeShazier: Key takeaways from Coach Sean Payton's Monday teleconference
