Jeff Duncan on Sean Payton 2023

FWIW, way back when this was news, I had a great chat with someone who covers the Saints (not Duncan) who said that SP just needed a break and really wanted to come back to NO. Apparently He and Loomis discussed several scenarios, one of which was for DA to be a one year interim. Ultimately, for SP it came down to not wanting to disrespect DA. At the time, the whole idea made no sense to me and still doesn't. But I was told that Sean and Micky are very close friends and had a great working relationship. You probably heard all this before but there may have been some truth to it.