Sean Payton didnt call plays week 1.

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Saints OC Pete Carmichael called the team's plays in Week 1. The Saints piled up 507 yards and 34 points on a supposedly improved Raiders defense, though somehow lost the game. Coach Sean Payton left the door open for his lieutenant to continue calling plays. "It is a week-to-week thing," Payton said. "I will still be very much involved in a handful of those calls and so it is an operation for us, this is year 10 or 11 now that we will just handle week to week." Payton has dabbled with surrendering play-calling in the past, but never given it up full time. Carmichael's Week 1 work likely earned him an extended audition.

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