Sean Payton Is Calling the Shots (and Plays) and More Main Characters for Week 5

GilAnd you're saying both of you're saying everyone's been joking, like, when's he going to take this back? And sure enough, it happens right when they're going to take on a known four chargers team when they've had a tough schedule. I mean, we've talked about this a couple of times. They played the chiefs, the Jags, the Rams, the 49ers.

GilI mean, they're two and two. They're not terrible, but they're not what you'd expect. And to your point of the stats, you know, last year, their offense was top 10, top 15 in a lot of these categories and yards per game, points per game. And now, you know, that yards per game, they're 28th and passing yards, they're 20th.

GilSo they're towards the bottom 29th and rushing yard for games. We've talked about how, you know, J.K. Dobbins hasn't lived up to what they thought he was going to be this season so far. So there are disappointments. The play calling because of the inexperience of Webb, I think someone or some of us would think it's going to be on him, but they have been underperforming and they've been playing against superior opponents so far.

GilSo this Chargers game seems like a get right game for them and they'll kind of figure things out and then it'll look like, oh, look, Sean made the right decision when really timing wise, he made the most opportune decision, I think here potentially.

PelisseroBy the way, D 'Amico Ryans takes over defensive play calling against the Titans.

PelisseroThat's another 0 -14 this week. That one to me, in fairness to everybody involved. It's one of those chains for the sake of change. And I get it. You're 0 -4.

PelisseroWhat buttons can you push in Houston? You're not going to fire the offensive coordinator, Nick Cayley, because the offense is pretty good. You're not going to bench C.J. Stroud because Stroud's been playing pretty good. D 'Amico Ryans is not going to fire himself. He's not going to fire Matt Burke, who's a really smart coach.