Things we learned from Sunday of Week 12 of NFL season

Touchdown Wire’s Pat Yasinskas shares 9 things we learned from Sunday’s Week 12 NFL games.

2. Sean Payton can’t let go

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And that’s a good thing. The New Orleans coach was very instrumental in the offseason rule change on reviewing pass interference. Understandable because the Saints were the victim of a non-call in last season’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship Game. Payton, like many coaches, has remained critical about how the rules are being enforced. He did it again after Sunday’s win against Carolina, saying, “It wasn’t New York’s best game’’. The reference was to a review by the league office in New York, which called pass interference on New Orleans’ Chauncey Gardner-Johnson. Payton’s not going to let this go. He’s going to lead the charge again this offseason to make sure pass-interference reviews get called properly. That’s just Payton’s nature.