re: Saints sign Mike Golic Jr.--not a UDFA

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Payton said when he looked at the Saints the biggest hole was obviously at getting air time, especially on ESPN.

He said he learned of this weakness through a message board called tigerdroppings, specifically the Saints Talk section.

He raved about how at least half of the posters there deserve to be NFL GMs and scouts and he plans on recruiting some of them to the Saints front office.

He specifically pegged Lester Earl as a potential GM and blueslover as a scout for both players and refs, specifically stating Lester Earl could be at least a top 10 GM, better than what Payton called a middle of the road at best GM in Loomis, adding "he's just a bean counter".

This move ensures the Saints get mentioned on the Mike & Mike show, on ESPN, at least 10 minutes every morning, thus filling the team's biggest need.

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