WATCH: Sean Payton cuts a rug in Saints postgame locker room dance-off

New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton joined his players for a dance party in the locker room after sweeping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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This week’s postgame New Orleans Saints locker room party has it all: Jameis Winston “eating a W,” Sean Payton getting in on the dance-off, and Terron Armstead offering some on-the-job experience to Payton as he continues to refine his dance moves.

These sort of celebrations had been a staple of the Saints during recent years, including their consecutive 13-3 finishes in 2018 and 2019. It took a few weeks for them to get back in their groove after an ugly 2-2 start to 2020, but the Saints are now rolling and on top of the NFC South after sweeping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After stomping out Tampa Bay to the tune of 38-3, they’ve earned it.

They’re well on their way to winning 13 games yet again — and maybe more. Only one team left on their schedule currently has a winning record (the 8-1 Kansas City Chiefs). If the Saints can remain focused and keep stacking up wins, Payton could end up taking center stage week in and week out.

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WATCH: Saints party in the locker room after beating Bucs 34-23

The New Orleans Saints defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and celebrated with their signature dance battle amid a locker room party.

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Well that was an exciting one, wasn’t it? The New Orleans Saints players certainly thought so, taking time to celebrate a hard-fought Week 1 win over the upstart Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Saints wideout Emmanuel Sanders shared a look at their postgame antics in the locker room, complete with a D.J. and all the energy fans have gotten used to seeing in recent years.

Sure, it’s not the same as watching Teddy Bridgewater revive “Choppa Style” after decades at the bottom of party playlists. But there’s some real charm in seeing Jameis Winston awkwardly mimic Bridgewater’s signature “bike life” celebration while Alvin Kamara and Craig Robertson are locked in a dance-off.

This is a sign of what is meant when analysts refer to locker room culture; the ease everyone has in sharing camaraderie, and how eager they are to cut loose are leaving it all out on the field. These sort of locker room celebrations have become a staple of Saints postgame activities, and it’s great to see them return for 2020. Maybe next time their music choices will echo a little more cleanly into Sean Payton’s media conference call.

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WATCH: Alabama football players see new locker room for first time

The Crimson Tide football players got to see the new locker room for the first time, and their reactions were priceless.

The Crimson Tide football players got to see the new locker room for the first time, and their reactions were priceless.

The personalized lockers with custom chairs, the logos, the lights, pools, and the logos in the hallway are not only impressive, it’s also next level.

The Crimson Standard, is a 10-year, $600 million fundraising initiative to enhance athletics facilities on the UA campus including Bryant-Denny Stadium, Rhoads Stadium, Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility, and more.

The Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility includes a new athletic dining facility as well as training facilities. One of the major updates to the facility will be the renovation of the locker room, and as you can see in this picture, the Alabama football locker room looks incredible, and quite comfortable as well.

There’s no doubt that when all of the construction is all said and done, Alabama will have one of, if not the nicest, stadium and training facilities in the country.

Bryant-Denny Stadium’s renovation is scheduled to be completed by Alabama’s first home game of the 2020 season.

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LOOK: Alabama’s new locker room is so nice that it’s next level

Wow. That’s really the only way to put it. This might just be the nicest college football locker room.. EVER.

Wow. That’s really the only way to put it. This might just be the nicest college football locker room.. EVER.

The personalized lockers with custom chairs, the logos, the lights, pools, and the logos in the hallway are not only impressive, it’s also next level.

It’s also a great recruiting tool for the Crimson Tide.

Just imagine being a recruit on your official visit seeing this amazing locker room.

The Crimson Standard, is a 10-year, $600 million fundraising initiative to enhance athletics facilities on the UA campus including Bryant-Denny Stadium, Rhoads Stadium, Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility, and more.

The Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility includes a new athletic dining facility as well as training facilities. One of the major updates to the facility will be the renovation of the locker room, and as you can see in this picture, the Alabama football locker room looks incredible, and quite comfortable as well.

There’s no doubt that when all of the construction is all said and done, Alabama will have one of, if not the nicest, stadium and training facilities in the country.

Bryant-Denny Stadium’s renovation is scheduled to be completed by Alabama’s first home game of the 2020 season.

The goals of the renovation of the stadium are to have more luxury seating options, several features designed to enhance the fan experience, larger corner scoreboards, adding a student concourse at the southeast ground level entrance, and more.

Roll Tide Wire will keep you up to date on the very latest!

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WATCH: Alabama football posts locker room sneak peak video

This teaser video posted by the Alabama Football twitter page shows just how amazing the new locker renovations are.

Alabama has the nicest locker room ever. I’m not even kidding.

This teaser video posted by the Alabama Football twitter page shows just how amazing the new locker renovations are.

The Crimson Standard, is a 10-year, $600 million fundraising initiative to enhance athletics facilities on the UA campus including Bryant-Denny Stadium, Rhoads Stadium, Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility, and more.

The Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility includes a new athletic dining facility as well as training facilities. One of the major updates to the facility will be the renovation of the locker room, and as you can see in this picture, the Alabama football locker room looks incredible, and quite comfortable as well.

I mean for real, how nice is this?

The custom lockers for each player, the chairs, the lights, the hallways… INCREDIBLE.

Richard Sherman compares and contrasts Pete Carroll and Kyle Shanahan

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman recently compared and contrasted Pete Carroll and Kyle Shanahan’s coaching philosophies.

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman compared the head coaching styles of Pete Carroll and Kyle Shanahan and explained their differences and similarities to NFL.com journalist Jim Trotter.

He started by comparing the two coaches’ locker room philosophies and how they talk to and treat their players.

“(Carroll) has a way of coaching, a way of talking to his coaches, a way of having his coaches talk to his players. They don’t do the whole rah-rah, curse-you-out style. He would never hire a coach like that,” Sherman said. “Kyle is similar in that he has a philosophy of the best man plays. He doesn’t care about your draft position or any of that. He’s more of a straight shooter than Pete. Pete has a way of making sure everybody feels good, making sure he pushes buttons with certain players and not pushing buttons on other players. Kyle is different. He’s one size fits all.”

Sherman went on about the two coaches’ defining attributes and knowledge of the game of football, citing Shanahan’s offensive prowess and Carroll’s Cover 3 scheme.

“Kyle is one of the best offensive minds we’ve ever had in this game. That comes into it,” Sherman said. “With Pete, it’s the Cover 3 he brought to the league. It seems so simple, but nobody can run it like we ran it. The way both of them implement what they do — they talk to others on a personal level, then have the great coaches around them who believe in their philosophy.”

The Seattle Seahawks-San Francisco 49ers rivalry has been reignited in the past year and Shanahan and Carroll could see more fierce battles in 2020, provided there is even a season.

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Expect the Broncos to continue drafting team captains this year

The Broncos have made an effort to draft high-character players and it’s worked well over the last two years.

The Denver Broncos have drafted 16 players over the last two years. Of those players, 11 were team captains in college. Expect that trend to continue this year.

During his pre-draft Zoom conference call with reporters on Monday, Broncos general manager John Elway explained that the team wasn’t specifically targeting high-character players before 2018.

“We had a couple of misses back there, and I think the misses that we had were people that were character concerns,” Elway said. “I think we’ve kind of focused and turned around a little bit more than we have [in the past].”

Elway explained that in recent seasons, when the team has been losing, some players didn’t set good examples in the locker room. So Denver’s front office made an effort to bring in high-character players to turn around the mentality of the team.

“We have some really good leadership in that locker room now, positive leadership, and guys that want to win football games,” Elway said.

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Take a look inside Texas’ $7 million locker room

Business Insider reminded fans via Twitter this morning just how astounding Texas football’s $7 million locker room actually is.

A few years back, fans were given sneak peeks into Texas’ astounding new $7 million locker room.

Business Insider reminded us just how spectacular the small details actually are via Twitter this morning.

The custom-designed lockers cost roughly $8,700 each. Helmets sit on cooling fans to dry, 37-inch TV’s tower above each locker displaying the athlete’s photos and names, and each player can access their belongings with a pin-pad safe.

The Longhorns run a top-notch program both on and off the field, which is sure to help with recruiting for years to come.

Flu has impacted several Packers players ahead of Seahawks game

The Green Bay Packers have been dealing with a flu outbreak that could affect the team ahead of their game against the Seattle Seahawks.

The Green Bay Packers are apparently dealing with a flu outbreak in their locker room that could impact their play against the Seattle Seahawks in their divisional-round playoff matchup Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field.

Packers cornerback Josh Jackson was added to the list of questionable Green Bay players after Saturday’s practice. Six Packers were noted on Friday’s final injury report with an illness.

Late in the regular season, Seattle was also hit with the flu bug, which quickly spread throughout the locker room.

The Seahawks have also suffered their share of absences in the form of injuries, but this recent development in Green Bay may make the challenge of facing the Packers at Lambeau Field a little easier for Seattle, especially if players like Jackson are ultimately ruled out on gameday.

The inactives list for Sunday’s divisional-round matchup will be released 90 minutes prior to kickoff, which is scheduled for 3:40 p.m. PT.

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WATCH: Bill O’Brien addresses Texans’ locker room after 23-20 win over the Buccaneers

Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien had an encouraging message for the team after their 23-20 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Saturday.

Winning a division title in the NFL is not easy, even if the Houston Texans captured their fourth AFC South crown in five seasons with their 23-20 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Saturday afternoon at Raymond James Stadium.

Coach Bill O’Brien addressed the team following the victory and held a newly minted Texans division champs ball cap commemorating the achievement.

“It’s not always easy, right? This league is not easy, and that was the sign of a very resilient team,” O’Brien said. “Defensively, you guys did a hell of a job. Offensively we did what we had to do, and I thought special teams came through big for us today. Congratulations on AFC South champs! Congratulations.

“You guys have earned this. You earned it. You’re a resilient bunch of guys — resilient bunch of guys who have come to work every day. Congratulations on that win right there.”

The Texans will go home to host the Tennessee Titans for Week 17 at NRG Stadium. A win for the Texans would hardly improve their playoff positioning as they are trapped in wild-card weekend, the same entry point they have started from in all five of their previous postseason berths.