It’s been nearly three years since Rex Ryan locked up in a chessmatch with Sean Payton. Both men — the defensive genius and the offensive mastermind — will surely recall that game while devising their game plans this week for Sunday’s battle of unbeatens at the Superdome.

On Oct. 29, 2006, the 4-2 Baltimore Ravens met up with the 5-1 New Orleans Saints down in the Gulf Coast two months ba… More