Sean Payton Ate Ice Cream, 'Watched Netflix for 3 Straight Days' After Rams Loss

New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton reacts to heartbreaking losses in a way most fans can relate to.

Payton told reporters Wednesday he basically went into hiding after the Saints' 26-23 overtime defeat to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship Game.

"What is it now, a week and a half? It feels like it's been longer than that," Payton said. "I would say honestly after the game for two to three days, much like normal people, I sat and probably didn't come out of my room, ate Jeni's ice cream and watched Netflix for three straight days."

Wednesday marked Payton's first public comments since his postgame press conference following the NFC Championship Game.

Payton noted he spoke to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent about the controversial no-call on Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman late in the fourth quarter.

"My discussions briefly on Monday and Tuesday with the commissioner and Troy were relative to—not any type of reversal or anything like that—just the play and any statement," he said.

Payton also called Al Riveron, the NFL's head of officials, "fantastic" and "brutally honest" for acknowledging right after the Rams' victory that the officials missed penalties for pass interference and a helmet-to-helmet hit from Robey-Coleman on Saints wide receiver Tommylee Lewis.

The Saints' loss ended an otherwise incredible 2018 season. With a 13-3 record, they won the NFC South for the second straight year and advanced to the NFC Championship Game for the first time since 2009.