Underhill on Payton

60minutes, would you agree that by next Monday (if not by Friday) we will all know? I cannot imagine Payton skipping the Senior Bowl if he intends to return.

And of course, for Payton to have a productive time in Mobile, he will need to spend substantial time with the college personnel people before Monday. He can't simply spend 30 minutes reading Walterfootball and show up? The line between success and failure in the NFL is absurdly small. A head coach skipping the normal postseason review process (if he did) and attending the Senior Bowl without doing the requisite homework (especially a head coach as involved in the draft as Payton) would be more than unsettling.

He didn't skip it, he postponed it. All it sounds like is Payton decided he wanted a vacation immediately, probably to reset his mind and refresh himself after what had to be the most stressful season of his career. I'm a fan and I'm exhausted, I can't imagine what the players and coaches endured mentally. I also think that he trusts and has high enough confidence in his staff that he isn't concerned at all about delaying things.