"Ever since I played mighty mite football," he told me. "Every level, every year, the beginning of every season I hear it: how do you play football, you're too small, you can't play this sport. Actually, when I went and tried out for my high school team, the coach looked at me like, 'Are you really trying out for football or are you trying out for water boy?' ".Did you notice? Several Saints coaches entered the playing field during the chaos that followed the onside kick, as officials tried to determine who recovered the fumble near the Saints bench. Some of the coaches hovered so close to the action that they were signaling the Saints had recovered. For a league that has fined players for removing their helmets on the field and docked some for excessive celebrations and uniform violations, that referee Scott Green's crew didn't flag the Saints bench is a contradiction.

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