I'm failing to understand this...

Am I the only one that thinks Payton is just testing Ryan to see if HE leaks things to the media? The initial report from Schefter made it sound like Ryan was THE hire. Now, he's just A POTENTIAL hire. This could very well be a big smokescreen, with the added benefit of finding out whether or not Ryan feels the need to report everything to the media

Or he is testing others in his own circle.