Sean Payton Retires From Saints
January 25th, 2022 at 2:08 PM ^
I'm very worried about that one.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:17 PM ^
Payton to UM! Still remember those good ole days!
Could be a trade in the works!
January 25th, 2022 at 2:08 PM ^
I guess we know which is the Harbaugh thread of the day.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:10 PM ^
ITS HAPPENING!!!! wait. are we excited or afraid? which one is it today?
January 25th, 2022 at 2:17 PM ^
The answer is yes.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:11 PM ^
I think he'll be back in a couple of years.
IF they had a QB worth a damn, they would scare me for Harbaugh. No QB = nothing to see here, though. Not to mention: I think they have to shed something like 70 Million off the cap this year. It's gonna be a long rebuild in New Orleans.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:25 PM ^
So you are saying they aren't getting Russ
January 25th, 2022 at 2:34 PM ^
Beat me to it re: cap hell. The Saints are looking at major restructuring and replacement level talent for a couple years. You can coach 'em up, but there will be more losing than winning.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:53 PM ^
They'll soon be back to the Ain'ts.
January 25th, 2022 at 3:13 PM ^
We do know that Jim & Jameis have a connection.
s/
January 25th, 2022 at 4:32 PM ^
Crab Legs!
January 25th, 2022 at 2:12 PM ^
Eric Sleep With Bieniemy in this slot.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:20 PM ^
I agree. The only thing that makes that KC offense go is some quality coaching! Someone snatch up that team's offense coach and you'll have the keys to the kingdom.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:26 PM ^
The fact that Bieniemy hasn't gotten a HC gig yet tells me one of two things:
1) He's comfortable in the position he's in and doesn't want to be a head coach. Or:
2) He does want to be a HC, but he doesn't interview well or the consensus behind the scenes is that Andy Reid, not Bieniemy, is what makes that offense go.
I don't follow him closely enough to know which it is one way or the other, but there are plenty of other guys who, at least on paper, have less qualifications than him but still get head coaching jobs. So the fact that he doesn't have one right now would give me pause before I considered offering him the job. Interview him? For sure, but I don't know about hiring just yet.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:31 PM ^
I heard or read that something in EB's past might be an issue
January 25th, 2022 at 2:37 PM ^
He had some well documented issues with the law when he was at Colorado way back. I'm pretty sure they've all been dealt with long ago, but institutional memory lingers a while.
Didn't seem to affect Matt Patricia (arrested for rape), though...
January 25th, 2022 at 3:14 PM ^
Who wants Matt Patricia for their head coach?
January 25th, 2022 at 4:23 PM ^
It’s kind of all the above with Eric B. His past is somewhat checkered and I think most people agree the KC offense is really Andy Reid
January 25th, 2022 at 4:23 PM ^
It’s kind of all the above with Eric B. His past is somewhat checkered and I think most people agree the KC offense is really Andy Reid
January 25th, 2022 at 5:08 PM ^
So , EB's jacket is equal to MP's jacket? I'm not familiar with the similarities of their past criminal convictions. I would say if they are equal , then there may be another reason for EB not to be given an opportunity.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:56 PM ^
So the fact that he doesn't have one right now would give me pause before I considered offering him the job.
i can't think of a less compelling reason to not hire someone.
January 25th, 2022 at 5:06 PM ^
There's a rather obvious option C.
January 25th, 2022 at 11:08 PM ^
Oh, there's a 3rd option.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:27 PM ^
Andy>>>>Eric.
January 25th, 2022 at 3:27 PM ^
Has to be the OC. Nothing to do with Mahomes, Hill, Kelce etc...
January 25th, 2022 at 3:04 PM ^
Sleep Dirt?
January 25th, 2022 at 2:15 PM ^
Yea. Rumors are swirling here in Chicago due to his ties to the area. I think his best days are behind him, but I'd take him.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:17 PM ^
It’s him or Candace Parker as most esteemed Naperville Central grad
January 25th, 2022 at 2:19 PM ^
But...but...but what about Payton Thorne????
January 25th, 2022 at 3:12 PM ^
BTW. For those who don't know. Sean Payton went to Eastern Illinois. Its a school in the middle of nowhere (Charleston, IL). There is really no discernible qualities about EIU, but it strangely pumps out some good football talent. Tony Romo, Jimmy Garoppolo, Mike Shanahan, etc.
And it's also the site of the very first Jimmy John's sandwich shop (who the the founder who went to EIU)
January 25th, 2022 at 9:19 PM ^
EIU does pump out all that football talent ........ but they aren't even really good at the level they play at! Their all-time record is basically .500 (a handful of games above), and they're 4-16 all-time in FCS playoff games, never having once made it to the semifinals.
They're one of 7 schools that have produced multiple Super Bowl winning coaches. Arkansas (JJ & Switzer) is the only one of the 7 that is a Power school. The other 6 are EIU, BYU, Dayton, Miami University (cradle of coaches!), Pacific and San Jose State.
I didn't know the Jimmy John's stat - that is interesting. I DO know that EIU and Charleston is a bustling metropolis in comparison to WIU and Macomb. Macomb is on the far ends of the earth.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:22 PM ^
Who's their QB? Right now they don't have one, and they are in the literal definition of salary cap hell. I think that's at least part of why Payton is moving on. There is no immediate future there that involves real winning.
I'm not sure we have too much to worry about from Harbaugh on this one. New Orleans has a lot of talented pieces for sure, but there is no one under center they can rely on to lead the team to the playoffs, and they have no money to be able to go out and get someone that they'd need to get to fill that void.
They're going to end up having to dump some of those pieces just to get under the cap, and that really limits their ceiling as a team next year.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:26 PM ^
Maybe some content, OP, to provide our readers with more than only a snowflaky question?
January 25th, 2022 at 3:02 PM ^
Please continue to yell at OP's that provide zero context or commentary on their posts. So many are just a title and a link and maybe "thoughts?". Especially annoying when it isn't breaking news and there isn't a race to post first.
January 25th, 2022 at 3:09 PM ^
CONTENT OR BAN
January 25th, 2022 at 4:06 PM ^
Much more likely that I instead start going 'content or delete' when I notice a deficient OP early enough (before it gets numerous comments).
Could you imagine any of our front page staff posting content-free content?
January 25th, 2022 at 4:11 PM ^
Could you imagine any of our front page staff posting content-free content?
Do you not visit the site in the offseason or something?
January 25th, 2022 at 5:23 PM ^
Could you imagine any of our front page staff posting content-free content?
Draftageddon anyone?That is like negative content.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:32 PM ^
I saw something stating Dennis Allen (current DC) is the likely choice.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:35 PM ^
Jerruh wants Payton to be a Cowboy. If he goes anywhere, they'll have to beat that sweet, sweet Dallas moolah.
January 25th, 2022 at 2:57 PM ^
I'm confused. Is this a retire, as in move to a beach hut and drink mai tais all day? Or is it a Urban Meyer "retire" where he looks around for the next good opportunity since NO is in cap trouble?
January 25th, 2022 at 3:08 PM ^
Hot take incoming: Payton wasted a full decade with one of the all-time great QBs.
January 25th, 2022 at 3:28 PM ^
The Saints won a Super Bowl under Payton, something most teams can't say they accomplished.
January 25th, 2022 at 4:18 PM ^
Yeah, agreed -- I mean, the Saints...won the Super Bowl?
I grew up in the mid-70s/early 80s, and still remember just how putrid the franchise was. And then, in the late 80s/early 90s, they found some measure of success, only to totally blow it in the first round of the playoffs -- and thus began another VERY LONG losing streak, that lasted until 2006, when Payton came in. Their record in 2005 was 3-13. And it was 10-6 in 2006, with a division championship.
Dude was a solid coach. I know that the 2006 season also came with the signing of Drew Brees, but still.
January 25th, 2022 at 8:00 PM ^
Of course. My comment referred to the decade that followed, where they managed to reach the NFCCG once.
Maybe it's worth noting that I live in Seattle, where I'm forced to watch the whole Pete Carroll-Russell Wilson saga.
January 25th, 2022 at 3:26 PM ^
Best of luck to Payton after a long and successful tenure in New Orleans - a city that is certainly blessed with a bounty of Old World charm.
January 26th, 2022 at 12:01 AM ^
What an interesting city. I could people watch on Bourbon street for weeks. But you could never convince me to live there, that humidity is something else.
January 25th, 2022 at 4:12 PM ^
Ah. We'll always have Bountygate.
January 25th, 2022 at 4:34 PM ^
Wait, I thought he was going to turn Taysom Hill into a starting-level QB.
January 25th, 2022 at 5:33 PM ^
IMO, not worried about this opening at all. They are so screwed with their cap space
https://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space/
Negative $74M in cap space....good luck there Saints. With no QB either. I cant believe they are paying Lattimore $27M...oof.