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Hello and welcome. It's our number one. Our number one of the podcast, a football power hour as the New Orleans Saints.

Sean Payton on a mediator, a faux media tour virtually, making his rounds on television

and radio stations, campaigning, pumping up James Winston, but sending mixed messages, I'll explain why in this somewhat compelling

Malar monologue here in hour number one.

Here it is.

Sending mixed messages.

Welcome in.

It is another hour of the Ben Maler's show.

We are in the air everywhere as we have a stream of consciousness, coast to coast, border to border, and beyond.

On the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from very deep inside the magic radio box.

Our lady this hour comes from the bayou.

I tried to find something in the Super Bowl that caught my attention.

There was nothing that is worthy of the full Malar monologue treatment.

So we'll try again another day.

But this story involves the precarious quarterback situation for the Saints.

Now, Drew Brees is expected to officially announce his retirement from the NFL shortly after the Super Bowl.

It's all but a fate of complete that that is going to happen.

Now, the burning question, it's on fire.

It's so hot.

Is who's next for the New Orleans football team?

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