New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, who initially claimed to not remember doing it, has apologized for his choking gesture toward Devonta Freeman.
When the Saints met the Falcons recently, it appeared that Sean Payton went the “choker” route on Devonta Freeman. It made all the blogs, news cycles, and so on. However, as the coach was saying he didn't remember doing it, the running back was more than sure it actually happened.
And now here we are, a few weeks later, and Payton is offering an apology.
“Listen, the mistake I made that night was letting, obviously, my emotions get the best of me,” Payton said, via ESPN. “It's the same thing we talk about with our players all the time. And it wasn't good. I felt like, man, as that game went on, it even affected me just in calling plays. I've got to be better that way. It was really more a frustration from some of the officiating. But you learn, even when you've been in this thing as long as I have. It's something that you regret. And you just look back on it and think, ‘What are you doing?'
“It bugged me for the better part of a week. Just know that as the head coach, you're always talking about being composed. And I felt like, at that point in the game, I wasn't.”
So, uh, he lied about not remembering?
Nevertheless, in a sport that has violence built into its foundation, we should want more anarchy like this in it. Let the NFL be more like pro wrestling. A guy shouldn't have to apologize over talking smack.
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