Jeff Duncan on Sean Payton 2023

RJ in Lafayette said

It's over. He is not coming back. He left largely because he believed he could no longer contend for a championship with the Saints and he did not want to be part of a rebuilding project. If anything, the past five months have shown the team is even less competitive than he thought. And then there are the draft picks we traded to the Eagles. It's a mess, and he is not coming back.

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Not true. The possibility of Sean Payton coming back to the Saints just as good as him going to another team. Maybe it even better based on some of the information that coming out about how the Chargers bass being very conservative when it comes to running and controlling their football operations. And also Payton even said that the Saints gave him everything that he wanted. So why would he not want to come back.

Remember Drew Brees wasn't with the Saints when they hired Payton back in 2006. Also, the chances of Brees coming back from his injury was not good. Tony Romo or Mat Leinart names were being thrown around to bring in. Wherever he goes it won't be a good situation and everything will be set.

And the saints can still make some moves thru free agency to fix the quarterback situation. Drafting a QB can be something can be developed maybe a few years down the road. Who knows.

And he left because he wanted to try something else, which is broadcasting and that what he's doing. Someone said it that football head coaching takes 10 years off your life. So don't write off Sean Payton coming back.