The New Orleans Saints host the Cleveland Browns in what may already be considered a “must win” for the Saints, psychologically speaking. The Saints are coming off a demoralizing 48-40 loss against Tampa, while the Browns are coming off an invigorating tie against Pittsburgh. Despite the outstanding output by the Saints offense, all the focus has obviously been on the atrocious defensive performance. To recover from that performance, the Saints are going to need to lean on something more than what they had last Sunday. They’ll find that inspiration from the power of pettiness.
Pettiness, yes, Sean Payton’s Saints are their most dangerous when they have something to be petty about.