Because with 1 yard to go , the offense usually converts. With just over a minute and 2 timeouts, he gave us another very valuable timeout at the time. 99% of the time , you will not see a defense call a timeout, giving the offense extra ammunition to score before half. Payton knew we couldn't gain 1 freaking yard on them and that is disrespect imo, which this Bills team deserved at that time..
I personally don't recall EVER seeing this in another NFL game.. so I guess it was kind of shocking more than anything, that it was N.O that called a timeout..