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Footballguy
I think it's a valid point. Player safety my ..."You know, Thursday night games are one thing, but to play on a Sunday night game and then come back and play on a Thursday ... you can't really [complain publicly] because first off, it's not an excuse for your players, you don't want it to be. But I would say it's crazy. It's silly, all right? It shouldn't happen," Payton said.
Later, he added: "It's foolish. You got three guys that are hurt in there right now. To play a Sunday night and travel is foolish."
According to Elias Sports Bureau, only four times in the last 20 years had an NFL team been forced to play a Thursday road game following a Sunday night contest. Only one team, Miami in 2003, had won both.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11795016/sean-payton-new-orleans-saints-critical-sunday-night-thursday-night-turnaround