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Sean Payton walked away from the Saints and came back to the Broncos and now he reveals why he left his longtime coaching gig.
By Tim Crean - Clutchpoints
In a wide-ranging ESPN profile by Seth Wickersham, Sean Payton talks about his time with the Saints, which included a Super Bowl win and a year-long suspension for Bountygate. Payton told Wickersham that in his final four years with the Saints, his team was one of the three most penalized teams each season.
For that, he blames NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, saying, “I think it starts with Roger.” Overall, though, the coach was just burnt out after a decade and a half at the helm of the same franchise.
“I got tired,” Payton says. “There was a feeling, I would say on my part, of losing the jump balls in this game. You know? Success or lack of success with the Saints is a blip on the NFL.”...
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