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Saints News, 6/19/15: Saints See Spiller as Perfect for Payton's Playbook

From the Associated Press: "One thing you can see with football players, you can see who probably did not play baseball," Payton said, smiling as he referred to a recent practice drill in which he asked linemen to catch punts. "I kind of have a feeling that when C.J. was running track and field, playing baseball, basketball, he probably did all of those things real well. That's my guess." C. J. Spiller said, "Coach Payton's track record speaks for itself. He uses guys with our type of skill set. So to me, it's very friendly because you can be running the ball and then if you're blessed enough to have great pass catching abilities they're going to find ways to try to get you the ball in space."

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