NFL insider notes: Sizing up Jameis Winston vs. Taysom Hill, latest on Michael Thomas, plus more Saints focus

Here's everything you need to know about the Great Saints QB Debate

BALTIMORE – I have a hard time believing Taysom Hill can be a better NFL quarterback than Jameis Winston. And while one preseason game played without a host of key contributors on offense is hardly the end-all, be-all in the Great Saints QB Debate, when Winston gets in a groove he does things that Hill simply can't. Expect Saints head coach Sean Payton to be noncommittal and calculated as to how he handles this massive decision as to which quarterback will end up being the replacement for retired Hall of Fame-bound Drew Brees – and he was anything but verbose in assessing or comparing their performances Saturday night. But it's hard to watch Winston execute a fairly flawless two-minute drill and produce downfield strike after downfield strike and imagine Hill looking quite as polished. There were rough moments for each in their exhibition debut, but Winston had fewer truly self-induced errors and he struck some high notes that Hill might need Auto-Tune and an amazing set of backup singers to approach. Winston surely lacks some of Hill's athletic dexterity and mobility – Winston nearly tripped over his own feet after handing off the ball for the first time in Saturday night's 17-14 loss the Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium – but he can be so tantalizing when he has time to step into a probing throw downfield, and Payton, going dink-and-dunk in Brees' final years, must be captivated by some of the air yards he saw Winston rack up fairly effortlessly.