“I’m not really going to make comparisons tonight, it doesn’t really matter who was at quarterback, when you have six turnovers, right? At the same time, I said to these guys, there is going to be some things we like on the film. Like I thought we played with some energy, and there is a handful of things that we are going to like. But it is just going to be overshadowed though with those early mistakes. Despite how you play in the kicking game, the passing game, the defensive game, those mistakes will overshadow all of it.”
That’s how Saints head coach Sean Payton responded after his team’s 17-14 preseason loss to the Ravens last Saturday, when asked to assess the performances of Taysom Hill and Jameis Winston in their battle to take the starting job in the post-Drew Brees era.