Sean Payton has been around the block enough to understand what the NFL preseason is supposed to mean to a team. These are opportunities for tune-ups to show sharpness at the moment and work out any potential kinks before the regular season. They are glorified and televised dress rehearsals for the real show, nothing more.
Evidently, they are also paths head coaching veterans use to make outdated references no one under the age of 60 would remotely understand.
