Sean Payton

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(12-19-2016, 12:14 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: LaCanfora (yeah I know I butchered the spelling) says that the Saints are open to trading Payton in the off-season. Are you interested? Obviously he's a SB winner and an offensive guru. The Saints have been mediocre for awhile now, but I believe that's at least partially because they've been hamstrung by Brees' massive contracts.

So what say you? Bring in Payton and let him fill his staff? Or pass? Fwiw, no...I don't think Mike Brown would ever allow a successful HC with a backbone anywhere near his money machine, but it's fun to talk about.

Sean Payton would be an amazing offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals -- but I don't want him as head coach.  Coaching in the pass-happy NFC South is one-dimensional:  All offense all the time -- sort of like the NBA.  Sean is not the man to be a head coach in the AFC North where defense still matters.  

The Saints are not hamstrung because of Drew Brees' contracts; they are hamstrung because Drew Brees has to put up a zillion points per game because their defense has been historically bad.  They Saints once hired Rob Ryan and got worse.

Cincinnati needs a new head coach but not one who isn't defensively smart.  Sean Payton would be Bruce Coslet 2.0, unfortunately.