Former Saints Scout Sees Broncos’ Pat Bryant as Versatile Fit in Sean Payton’s Offense: ‘He’s a Dog’

Former Saints scout sees Broncos’ Pat Bryant as versatile fit in Sean Payton’s offense: ‘He’s a dog’

His time in Champaign was long done, yet Pat Bryant kept hanging around in the rain at Illinois this spring, just wanting to watch some ball. In January, Mike Neu — once a scout and quarterbacks coach for Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints — took a senior offensive assistant job at Illinois. And he got to know Bryant well enough in snippets, even as the receiver was in the middle of NFL draft prep. He loved football enough, Neu reflected, to…

How Sean Payton built haven for undrafted rookies with Saints, Broncos: ‘He likes the underdog story’ - West Hawaii Today

DENVER — You are living a life, as longtime NFL scout Dwaune Jones tells it, of Jimmy John’s. Of Marriott points — maybe Hilton, if the city calls for it. Of long drives and sterile sheets, trapped in tiny spaces with your thoughts. Drive around schools, return to the hotel, work out, type up reports, call family, sleep. Rinse. Repeat.

How Sean Payton built haven for undrafted rookies with Saints, Broncos - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

DENVER — You are living a life, as longtime NFL scout Dwaune Jones tells it, of Jimmy John’s. Of Marriott points — maybe Hilton, if the city calls for it. Of long drives and sterile sheets, trapped in tiny spaces with your thoughts. Drive around schools, return to the hotel, work out, type up reports, call family, sleep. Rinse. Repeat.