Yes that's the point I am getting at. It's like Florida under Steve Spurrier. He loved shoving it down your throat. I too hope to hell he is totally on board with winning at all costs and will grind out other games like this (the next 2 games may be very similiar scripts).
Here is something really interesting: Saints prove they can win with defense, running - NFL - Yahoo! Sports Seeing that Buffalo was intent on pulling out all the stops to disrupt the passing game, Payton consulted his offensive line to see what adjustments they had in mind. “Coach he asked us what we wanted to run and we told him we felt like we could run the ball,” center Jonathan Goodwin(notes) said. “He dialed up run plays and we were able to succeed.” DarkHornet hit it on the head, Coach Payton is maturing.