Payton Expects Ravens To Stiff Test

New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton knows that Sunday's match-up against the Baltimore Ravesn will be a tough one for his team. Mike Triplett, of the Times-Picayune, has the story, below.

Head coach Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints looks on during the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Louisiana Superdome on October 31, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Courtesy---Mike Triplett/Times-Picayune

The New Orleans Saints will likely enter Sunday's game at Baltimore as underdogs for the first time all season - depending on how the Ravens perform tonight at Houston. But Saints Coach Sean Payton insisted that he won't use the "underdog" edge as motivation for his team.

"We know we're playing a good team, a team with a lot of the same things at stake as we have," Payton said of the 8-4 Ravens, who are chasing the 10-3 Pittsburgh Steelers for the AFC North crown.

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