Jeff Duncan on Sean Payton 2023
I always thought the Payton to Dallas thing was more national media driven. You can be good friends with people but that doesn't always mean you want to work for them. If Payton can be retained by the Saints, then this whole thing becomes rather unique. Do you pull for the Chargers to win so they don't fire their coach or do you pull for them to lose because if they fire their coach and secure Payton via trade, you get a better draft pick?
I'm not a believer in the Cardinals job. They just gave Murray a ridiculous contract that will hamstring any future coach. They may fire Kingsbury but that job got a whole lot worse with the Murray injury on Monday night. Murray will not be back until mid season next year. Jameis still wasn't himself before he suffered a foot injury in training camp, the ACL injury from Halloween 2021 was still affecting him a little bit in July, he began working off the side at camp.
There is gonna be a darkhorse somewhere, everyone that has a coaching vacancy is gonna approach Payton.