Alvin Kamara calls out NFL Network reporter over Sean Payton story

The New Orleans Saints entered Sunday with just one win in their last five games, and one reporter hinted this week that former head coach Sean Payton may have played a role in the lone blowout victory. That apparently was not the case.

Peter Schrager of NFL Network claimed on “The Bill Simmons Podcast” this week that Payton was in New Orleans for the Saints’ 24-0 win over the Las Vegas in Week 8. The way Schrager framed it, the Saints got a spark from Payton and then could not recreate it once their former coach left town.

“Sean Payton popped in because he had something to do in New Orleans, and like gave them a pep talk that week, they won 24-0,” Schrager said, as transcribed by John Sigler of Saints Wire. “And then Sean Payton leaves, and it’s like, maybe the worst thing he could have done was give them a taste of the Sean Payton magic. Because they won 24-nothing once he lit a fire under their asses, he called out the defense, then he goes back to L.A. where he’s living in Manhattan Beach or wherever, they’re back to not being able to stop or score any points, you know?”

Only part of what Schrager reported was true, and it was not the juicy portion. Alvin Kamara called Schrager out on Twitter for the “fake news.”