coach promised changes in New Orleans this week after their meltdown against Carolina. He's delivered.NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reports that the team is going to bench talented second-year safety , per a source informed of the team's plans. He's made plenty of big plays this season, and Rapoport notes that he's received "several" game balls. But Vaccaro's overaggre sive style has typified a defense that has lacked discipline and given up a ton of long gains. Kent Emanuel Jersey The benching is especially harsh because the have already lost safeties and for the season. They are already thin at the position. There has been a lot of talk about leadership, and the new-school players how things are done with the team. Perhaps there is more to the Vaccaro story, but his on-field play warranted a change. ProFootballFocus ranks Vaccaro 84th out of 86 safeties.The move away from Vaccaro comes on a day where Payton for "review." Rapoport described the atmosphere as "very tense." The team also waived wide receiver on Tuesday. These are the types of moves usually a sociated with a team way out of the playoff race. 5-8 teams usually are not competing for a division title, but these in the NFC South. This is a last gasp effort by Payton to send a me sage to his team. It's an attempt to gain control of a season that has spiraled lower than anyone expected. The latest Around The NFL Podcast and discu ses the ' return to form. Find more Around The NFL content on . Adam Oller Jersey