Payton plays the game and he plays the game better than anyone. His comments on Lamar Jackson reminded me of this. Jackson is nothing he's looking for in a QB, he had a chance to draft him when we were looking at QB's and he didn't. Yet all of a sudden he's intrigued by Lamar Jackson and they'll both be "free agents" at the same time. Bullshirt.
Payton will never say never, he's building up hype. He probably had Duncan write this article as a favor for throwing all that sheet at him over his career. Payton should be forced to come clean up his mess before he's allowed to go play with the other kids but it's not going to happen. He's already tried to leave the team a couple times over the years when we were in much better shape than we currently are. He had all the control and everything he could ask for and still wanted out. Apart from going crazy and offering an ownership stake, we got nothing.