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Saints News, 1/8/16: Payton says Saints need to avoid Wobbly Couches in Free Agency

From Mike Triplett: Payton’s answer came when he was asked whether the team needs to improve the medical evaluations of free agents after some recent signings have battled injury issues. “That would be one area. It’s something you gotta pay attention to,” Payton said. “My mom’s no longer alive, but she loved Sunday garage sales. That was her hobby. So we had probably 10 couches throughout my childhood. And they’d arrive with great fanfare, and then maybe on Tuesday there’d be a wobble. So we just gotta be careful that we’re excited about it for the full term.”

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