Does anyone feel bad for Sean Payton??

Joodas Avila said

I dont really care, but i voted yes anyways. Watching the Denver games, it further adds validity to the notion that “it’s not the coach, IT’S THE QB” that dictates wins & losses in this league. Time & time again, Russ simply failed to see the open guy. Or he’d panic & throw a yolo balls to his receivers.

Straight up, Russell Wilson is tattered husk of his of his formal self. He was never a high IQ QB. Wilson was just a random big play improviser. I mean, this is pretty much what killed him in SEA. He’s never been a who functions well within a structured O. That’s not exactly on Sean Payton.

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Right, but if Payton is the guru that I thought he was, he should have seen that in Wilson and possibly not taken the job. Of course, he could just be playing out the string so they can jettison Russ and draft or sign a replacement.... In my opinion Sean's hubris led him to believe he could fix Russ.....and maybe he can't. A system coach like CSP who is supposed to be the most clever guy in the room should have seen the possible landmine in a QB who "cooks" up fly by the seat of your pants offense and considered it. He didn't. Drew was the pinnacle of a guy who ran an offense the way it should be ran, there will never be another Drew.

Denver is locked in on Sean and I don't think he could go 0-16 and have it cost him his job. I love Payton and there's no doubt he helped change the fortunes of the Saints. He and Drew (and many others) breathed life back into Saints football when more than a few folks wrote them off.

Again, I love Sean but I am excited for a future without him. Allen may not be the long term answer, but now that he's had an off-season to work on that D and get a pretty good quarterback for the offense he's not quite looking like who we thought he was either. Dennis Allen is now a little more loose and can operate with a bit more edge and it will get better if they continue to win. If the offense just starts clicking a little bit - this D could take us to a Superbowl. Under Allen. Jeez....talk about Pigs flying...