METAIRIE, La. (AP) -Saints coach Sean Payton says his team can’t afford to treat its trip to Carolina like a glorified preseason game, even if the result won’t affect New Orleans’ playoff seeding.
The Saints became locked in as the top seed in the NFC playoffs after Minnesota’s overtime loss at Chicago on Monday night. The result removed any remaining postseason implications from New Orleans’ road game against the Panthers on Sunday.
Still, the Saints have some things they need to fix, having lost two straight games after opening the season with 13 wins.
Payton says he’d like his players to ignore playoff scenarios and work on playing better in what will be their final chance to clean up recent mistakes before the postseason.
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