 For 57 hours until kickoff for the 2022 NFL season, huge guests on her show to break it all down for the first time ever. It is up in Adams people, let's go. Next 2022, it has been 115 days since I've been on morning television talking sports. I have to tell you, it feels so good to be back. It feels amazing to be in this building with Fanduil partnering on something new on the future. And I'm going to be here every morning talking sports headlines with the most passionate fans in the world. That's you guys, thank you for joining. You guys to be part of the show. At up in Adams show on Twitter. We got a lot to get to because we are sitting here two days away from kickoff. We've got Rams and bills to talk about Baker facing the Browns, that drama. Trey Lantz, question mark. Brady's playing at 45, Aaron Rodgers and all of that. Where shall we begin? I know exactly where I want to with this very special guest joining us to help break it all down. Now I'm going to miss the headset. I'm not going to lie. And the visors, maybe those that appear on Fox on NFL Sunday. 16 years, of course, head coach, leader of the Saints. You made history in New Orleans and you're doing it today as my very first guest Super Bowl champion and new addition to Fox NFL. Sean Payton, good morning. Good morning, Kay. Thank you, man. I'm honored first off to be appearing on your first show. So congratulations to you. And I know we'll tune in. I'll have a lot of time now to watch it. So looking forward to talking football. Well, you won't have that much time because you're a TV star now. I don't know where you are. What's behind you? It looks beautiful, but you have this new adventure you're starting. So congratulations to you. Fox NFL kickoff, 11 a.m. Are you ready, nervous? I'm excited. The first opportunity was a week and a half ago for a preseason game in Baltimore or in Phoenix with Baltimore. And we did a pregame and a halftime piece and there's such a good group of guys and girls that work there. I feel like I've always been in the NFC and so we've always been covered by Fox and so many of those people I've interviewed with and spent time with production meetings and it really was a good fit. I love it. And I saw you, you love Isaiah likely on that Ravensteam. I watched your debut. He went off. Well, maybe we'll talk about Lamar here in a minute because there's so many exciting storylines and question marks. You're going to be in LA for Fox. Kickoff is in LA as the Buffalo Bills will invade Los Angeles to take on the Super Bowl defending champions. Coach, you are an offensive mastermind. I'm so grateful that you're on the show and you also faced the Bills last year on Thanksgiving. There's a lot of going up against you in that game, but you saw Alan up close and personal. So what makes him so special? Well, his physicality. He's one of those guys, you know, you're kind of reminded of a young Ben Rothesberger relative to trying to sack him. He's difficult. You know, there's a run element to his game that is very impressive. And I think his arm talent is remarkable. He can make the throws down the field, but if a play breaks down and he decides to run it or scramble, you know, that's an eight yard game, not a two or three yard game. So when you see him up close and personally realize how big he is and he certainly improved every year. So he's one of the rising stars. He's already risen. He's special. So he's already risen. Does that mean that the best quarterback in the NFL is taking the field on Thursday night? No, I didn't say that. I think one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL will be playing Thursday night, two of them probably. And then I think that AFC West has got some pretty good quarterbacks in it when you look at a division. But Allen is, and look, we'll talk about this roster lineup I have later, my fantasy roster. This is my first time ever playing and I was lucky enough to draft him as my quarterback. So I'm pulling for him. Sean Payton, you can take the football or the guy out of football, but you can't take the football out of the guy. You're now GMing and running a fantasy football team. Absolutely, absolutely. I put it on auto-draft for the last half hour of the draft and ended up with a couple of players. Rookie mistake. I'll help you coach. I'll help you. It was past 11. You mentioned, it's past 11. You mentioned the other quarterback. Let's talk about Matthew Stafford. I fully admit, never a huge believer in Detroit. I had, then I felt like an idiot because he went to Super Bowl and was awesome. The talent was always there. The arm was always there. What is it right now? Was he always this good and I just wasn't seeing it or is it the system, the playmakers around him? Well, I think the one thing at that position, and it happens more often than we'd like at times, good players maybe end up in the wrong environment, might be the wrong team, it might be the wrong system and then find their way to another place and all of a sudden you see success, you see them kind of have a breakout moment. And I think that's the case with Matthew. I think, look, we had a chance to watch and play against him quite a bit at Detroit. So for whatever reason, you don't talk about quarterbacks in that upper echelon unless they're usually in the postseason and he just wasn't exposed to many postseason games. And then all of a sudden, he gets with Sean, he gets with a really good defense and some weapons on offense. And I'm not saying Detroit didn't have any of those things at one point or another. I mean, certainly they've had talented players, but the fit was right and the timing was right and you have a Super Bowl winner. I think it's like you and Drew Brees got together and it's magic. Sometimes at all just sort of clicks at the same time. We'll see if they can do it. He's of course dealing with a bit of an injury and we'll see how that plays out on Thursday. You know, you won a Super Bowl, made the playoffs the next year, Beast Quake happens and we can't quite get over the hump. It doesn't happen, right? Patriots 0-3-0-4 was the last time. I'm in high school. Like what is it gonna take for the Rams to get back and why is it in your opinion so hard to repeat as a Super Bowl champ? I think a couple of reasons. Number one, it's exhausting. You know, when you play in the Super Bowl, win that game and you look back at pre-season, regular season, you count up all the games, 23 or 24 games, however many total you played. It's a long season. It's a full month longer than your opponents. And then number two, I think we have transitioned with so many players, almost close to 28, 29% per roster every year. So those question marks come up and then I think the other challenge is just handling success. After you've won that game, creating that sense of urgency to do it again can sometimes be challenging. It's certainly challenging for a coach and it's challenging for the players themselves. So getting back to that game would be obviously a big accomplishment and it really makes you appreciate what Buffalo did going four years in a row. To me, that's, man, it's unbelievable. Unbelievable. They never got a single win in those four trips. Maybe this is the year. I mean, the Rams want to go back and win, but it's not going to be easy. Might be a little easier to kick off this season. No Trudavius White for the Buffalo Bills. I can't imagine Cooper Cup is not going to have his way on the field. Any predictions? How do you see it going on Thursday night? Look, I think generally speaking, early in the season, defenses are a little ahead of the offense. So I'll see a little lower scoring game and I'll take the home team. The defending champion, I don't know what the record is on these Thursday night openers, but I think it's pretty favorable for the team that gets to host the game and they're going to raise the banner in that stadium and the crowd will be excited. So that's always a tough environment to play in when you're on the road. Hey, Buffalo's going to travel well. McFay has an excellent record when it comes to winning the openers to the season. I want to talk to you about Bucks Cowboys because you're brilliant. And also you have some sort of top secret kryptonite like file to stop Tom Brady to consistently crush the hopes and dreams of the one and only go. You are four in one in the last five games against Tom. How do you do it? Well, I think this, I think we played very good defense in those wins. And if you look at statistically at all four of those games, the pressure percentage was up. I know early in the game, we're able to get to him. If he gets time and you let the receivers give them access into your defense, it's going to be difficult. So somehow you got to disrupt the timing of the passing game and it's easier said than done. But I would say in each case, we played very well defensively. And then offensively, there were different scenarios like the Sunday night game, everything went well. That was two years ago. And we scored a lot of points on the road. The more recent win was last year I had COVID. I watched it on TV with you. And that was a real low scoring game. But ultimately I think we handled the turnovers. And I think most importantly, you got to somehow affect that spot behind the center where he wants to climb up in the pocket. You have to occupy that spot about three yards right behind the center. I don't think you were going to give me that much info on how to do that. Now does Dennis Allen, who ran the defense of course, now the head coach, does he have that file? Does he have the secrets? And he had a stint with Oakland. It was relatively quiet. What do we need to know about Dennis Allen and how he can handle this this year? I think, listen, I think DA is extremely bright. He's been a head coach. I think that it's a great situation that he's coming into. I think he said that already. There's a lot of continuity there. Mickey Loomis has been the GM there for shoot the whole time I was. And they've got a veteran team. They've got a team that I think wins the South this year, not Tampa. And I think defensively you'll see one of the better defenses in our league this year. Peter King just has them. Yesterday he said he has them. I think it's the one seed out of the NFC. I don't know if you saw that. Oh, does he really? Yeah, he claimed them as the one seed. What are your thoughts on that? You think they win the division and I love to hear it. Yeah, I think they win the division. Here's the thing. Tampa, it's going to be those two teams. And I haven't paid a lot of attention to what's going on in Tampa Bay's training camp. But I do think that any time those two teams play New Orleans knows they can win that game. And I think that that's pretty powerful when you have that confidence. So I'm sure it'll be a close race and we'll follow it closely. I didn't know that Peter picked them to be the one seed though. That's pretty impressive. It's risky if everything breaks right, but you're not there. I love Dennis Allen. I'm championing him. You're not there. James Loom's large. Alvin Camaro, that's a dark cloud. Michael Thomas, I of course, have faith he'll return to form, but James is such a wild card in this, right? And that's the way he's always played. We've seen him put up a 5,000 yard season. We've also seen him be a little reckless out there when it comes to turning the ball over. But I did see last year before that injury, you really got him to start turning a corner before any of that happened. How do you balance that out to sort of make sure that you're not compromising the talents while you're trying to get him to be more responsible with the football? I think it's a great question. You know, it's picking and choosing the opportunities where you want to be aggressive. Sometimes you can help him with that with play calls. Sometimes it's the one thing that I found with him, which was really encouraging is he began to understand what won each week. And that might change a little bit. But he was playing very well before his injury. And I think from all indications, he's healthy now, he's worked his tail off, and he's gonna take advantage of that opportunity. I think Camara is gonna be fine this season. I don't think we're gonna see anything on that front until the off season probably heading into next year. Of course, there's some turnover. You have a new head coach, but Pete Carmichael has been the offensive coordinator. He was for me for 16 years, and he's called place. He's called place in the 11th season, and he called all of 12 season when I was gone. So although there's turnover, that change will be minimal compared to the other staffs that completely flipped. So the Saints have your support. They are taking the South, not the Buccaneers who face the Cowboys. Now the Cowboys, lots of talent, offensive line drama, of course, with injuries. What's holding them back? Yeah, well, look, they had a great season last year, and it's just, it's always disappointing when you put together what they did statistically. Both sides of the ball, they improved so much defensively under Dan Quinn, and then you don't win that first playoff game. So that kind of overshadows all the things that went on that were really positive. So look, I think it'll be interesting. I like Dallas in this game. I think Dallas' defense is improved again. I think Dan does a great job. Those guys play with great speed to the football. They'll turn it over. I like them winning this game. Tampa's got a tough stretch here in the first three weeks. I think they go at Dallas, at New Orleans, and then at home versus Green Bay. So that's gonna be a big challenge for them. I'm sure if they could get two of those three, they'd be pretty happy. You know the schedules for the teams. Sean Payton, you were ready to go. Fox lucky to you. Hey, I'm totally prepared. What did you think you were getting this morning, huh? Well, I don't know. What have you been up to? I feel like you seem very calm and at peace with not being on the football field, but I can't imagine that in two nights you're watching this game in LA that itch doesn't start doing its thing, right? Yeah. No, I'm up here in Gaza Ranch, Idaho. So golf course behind me, it's a little chilly. And I'll be making the trip back and forth on the weekends and watching just like everyone else Thursday night. It's kind of hard to believe it's already here. It really is. It seems like that time has gone by real fast. Yeah. How much is a membership at Gaza Ranch, Google? I'm not even gonna look because I don't know what that is, but I can't imagine. I got it three years ago. It was very affordable. And I don't know that it is anymore. Okay, we'll talk about that. Do you get any surprises or like things that you're looking at from your offensive mind that we need to be paying attention to underrated guys or storylines or just some guys who you are really excited to see for the season storylines? I'm excited to see Baltimore. I did the pre-season game and I think that's gonna be a team that I'd pick to be playing in Arizona at the end of the year. I like the way that team looked. I'm a big fan of John Harbaugh's. We've worked together before. That's who I think comes out of the AFC in plays. I'm still trying to figure out the NFC, but that was an impressive roster. And I think there are a lot healthier. Their training camp's gone a lot better. Last year they were banged up, I know quite a bit. That would be one team. I think the Chargers are another team that have to show progress. Like we need to see forward steps from them. The quarterback's too talented. They're skilled people. I know they've made some off-season acquisitions and are trying to beef up their pass rush. But that's a team that I think has got some pressure on them and I think in a tough division. And I still don't get it. I still can't get past or overlook Andy's team in Kansas City. I think they're still the team to beat in that division. I think they're the best on both sides of the team though. Justin Herbert, you want to see improvement. He threw 38 touchdowns of 5,000 yards last year and he's still developing. He's just getting started. Yeah, I want to see a little bit more from the win column and I want to see a team that gets into the post-season. In other words, statistically speaking, he was magnificent but we just had that talk about quarterbacks in the post-season and all the other things that come with it and it's time for that to happen with him. Yeah, I'm with you on the Ravens. I've been going very far but the Lamar thing, should I be worried about that? I mean, is he going to flackle it and get paid after a great season? Yeah, I don't know. Gosh, it's unusual without the agent and everything. So I think, look, those things generally play out. I know those guys in Baltimore will do a great job communicating with he and the people in his circle. John will be real smart and handle that certainly in a delicate fashion but handle it the right way. Coach, Gaza Ranch looks like it's painted. Like Pete, like Bob Ross painted it. This is an insane place that you're at. I'm gonna need photos. We're gonna take a short break. I'm gonna pull up your fantasy team if you can send it to me and I'm going to relentlessly make fun of it. Is that okay? Yeah, you're gonna make fun of my team. Yeah, I am. You know real football, I know fantasy football. We'll be back up in Adams after this. All right. First ever show, outstanding coach, Peyton says, hey, hey, I convinced the Saints winning the division. Ravens aren't beating the Bills though. We'll see, all right. We've got Fox NFL analyst, Sean Peyton joining us. Fox NFL analyst and Gaza Ranch bougie member and fantasy football owner for the very first time. As you can see one NFL kickoff every Sunday at 11 a.m. Eastern on Fox but let's bring up this fantasy team. Josh Allen, what pick did you take him first? No, we didn't take quarterback first here. A little help from my son. First overall was the runner, Jonathan Taylor. Josh Allen, I think I selected, I wanna say third. So he's listed first on that depth chart that we're looking at. Was this a six team league, sir? This is like a nine team league. No, Sean, Sean. Listen to my, I'm just getting in the water cave. I'm not gonna just jump into the deep end. I'm just learning how to play. You have the best quarterback and the best running back in fantasy football. So you scored there. So I have a good draft. You did a great draft. You auto drafted after the 10th round. I don't even know what to say about it. No, I auto drafted the kicker and as I'm sitting here looking at it. Yeah. A little concerned that, look, is he gonna get the opportunities? I mean, I don't know. The kicker was auto drafted. So I can't take credit for that pitch. What are you saying about kickers that you auto drafted one? It was just past my bedtime. And I just, I went to the little auto draft section and it just went to sleep. Now, if we go to the division that you were a part of for 16 years, 15 seasons, you have, you do, you were pretty objective and grabbing Kyle Pitts, who I happen to think. And we'll talk fantasy football here in a little bit. I think he's gonna be the best tight end in fantasy football this year. What did you see? You sound up close and personal. I just see a guy, they're gonna have to target. You know, there's X amount of weapons with each team. And I would say Atlantis, as they're trying to build, they're gonna have to get him the ball. And I think they'll find, I think they'll find a ton of ways to do that. He's someone who's long and I think naturally has good hands. And I think he'll have a, I agree with you. You're gonna see a little jump in his statistics this upcoming season. I don't think there are a lot of weapons on that offense. You know, and so ultimately someone's gotta get the ball. And you take the Saints defense, tell me about that. Yeah, they take the ball away. I like that. And I also like their return game, their special teams. I think Darren Rizzi is one of the better special team coordinators in the NFL. You got the threat of one of the best punt and kick returners in the NFL, Deontay. So I like that. That was easy for me. Cause at some point, and I think that was, we got into the defenses and special teams probably around that fourth or fifth round. But I felt good about that pick. And now you have the waiver wire. You understand how it works? Not quite yet. I'm gonna, I'll be up to speed on it. I like this, this receiver from Dallas, obviously. What don't you like about this roster? I don't, I'm, I was joking. I hadn't really seen it. I saw you got Josh Allen and Jonathan Taylor and I just figured it was a, like a 16 league. Or you were in a league with people who were trying to make another Netflix. Maybe it's like Kevin James and he's letting you do what you want because he wants to play you again in round two of a Netflix film. I don't know. This is a make Sean Payton feel good league. I don't know. I can't believe, I mean, Mike Williams is an absolute stud. He's gonna be a thousand yard receiver. Justin Herbert's gonna throw all of the time. Miles Sanders as a flex. I don't know what you make of the Eagles. I like them quite a bit, but never trust their run game. And I've never been able to trust him unfortunately. I love him. I don't know. I guess your kicker needs work. Yeah. I looked the runner for Philly Sanders. That was one, you know, he didn't put up, they run the ball as well as anyone in the league, but they do it in so many different ways. It's a little bit like, you know, it could be the points can get spread around. Here's, go ahead. No, we were a hard team though, that when teams have a lot of different weapons and good design, I don't know that that lends itself to consistent fantasy predictions. And I think we were on our office. I was about to say, I was about to say, the reason that I'm worried about you, and I hope this isn't some big money league or like you have to get a tattoo of, I don't even know, an Atlanta Falcons logo or something if you lose. I've hit you up in the years past, full disclosure. Like, sir, do you think it's more of like an Alvin Camara game or a Michael Thomas game? And you are always kind and always, but you're always wrong. You've never been right. You've literally never led me in the right direction, not once. And you know it too. I'm awful at trying to predict those things. And the only constant in 16 years was that Breeze was gonna play well or play well for fantasy. There were so many different players that the ball could go to. And he was one of those equal opportunity distributors that I know that can become difficult then in predicting scores and touchdowns. But my son's first exposure to fantasy, he was 10 years old. He played with some older kids from the beach. They had their draft. I said to Connor, this was in 2009. I said, hey, in the late rounds, grab this Mike Bell. He was a free agent running back, we signed, but I knew he was gonna be, you know, in our short yardage goal line package. And so Connor goes ahead and he's all excited. He's playing with these older kids. He drafts Mike Bell late. And that weekend was still preseason. Mike Bell had 170 yards rushing, I think in a preseason game. So I'm not sure if they threw Connor out of the league for insider trading. That's the only time I've been right, I think. You're never right. And you're always feeding Colston. I'm like, can we not give Colston the ball for like one minute? You're always doing the thing that I didn't think he would do. But that's what you'll realize if you're a good coach and you're an offensive mastermind and you're, you know, like Bellacheck's backfield, you can never play any of these guys or count on them because he mixes it up just like you did and just like you will at some point when you come back to the NFL because that's a safe bet I would make on the Fandle app or Fandle.com or whatever that we will be seeing you back in the league at some point. But for now you are on Fox 11 a.m. Eastern and we can't wait to see you and cheer you on. I can't wait to be back on your show and appreciate, I appreciate being the first one. I mean, I'm honored. I wouldn't have anybody else coach. You're the best. And go enjoy some what like golf and like massages this morning. I mean, what even happens in Gaza rent? I don't even know a nature. No, it's gonna breakfast club this morning. So that'll be just a round table of a bunch of us just chatting and then golf in the afternoon and then out on the lake on the boat. Who's on who's at that table? It's a pretty important table. A lot of hockey players, former hockey players. The great Gretzky is usually holding court there Let's see, Pat Burrell, former baseball player. Do you wanna trade lines with me? Yeah. Well, I'm terrible at fantasy. I would fan do a wanna hire me. Because you're Sean Payton and you're at breakfast club with Wayne. You know some important people Wayne Gretzky, whatever. You're insane. You're got a movie made about you coach. You're the best. You took a lot of time from you today and I really appreciate it. Thank you. Hey, thank you. Thank you very much. Thanks for having me on. Coach had it right. We got to talk some fantasy. We got more. I've been gone forever. I was in Africa. I was on like a Kayawaskha finding myself. Who knows? But I've got to set the table. Season starts in two days. We'll be back.