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Saints' Payton: Decision to go for TD instead of running was 'not debatable'

METAIRIE, La. -- Not only did Sean Payton stand by his decision to go for a touchdown in the final two minutes of the New Orleans Saints' season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Rams instead of running down the clock and settling for a field goal, he said Wednesday that it was "not debatable."

You might have missed it in the wake of the infamous "no-call." But Payton's playcalling in the final minutes of regulation was probably the second-most hotly debated topic in the wake of the Saints' 26-23 overtime loss to the Rams in the NFC Championship Game.