METAIRIE, La. -- Sean Payton dropped by the New Orleans Saints’ new locker room to check it out on Sunday night, three days before players reported to training camp.
Payton figured it was around 9:30 or 10 p.m. So naturally the room was dark and empty -- until he suddenly saw defensive end Hau’oli Kikaha, having just wrapped up a workout.
“I was like, ‘What are you doing here Sunday night at 9:30?’” Payton said of the third-year pro, who is coming back from a torn ACL that sidelined him for the entire 2016 season.