Sean Payton: Reactions from the Broncos, Cardinals, and Texans Interview Requests

HOUSTON – Three NFL groups are within the working for the Sean Payton Sweepstakes. New Orleans granted Denver, Houston, and Arizona permission to interview the previous Saints head coach. 

Arizona often is the most interesting vacation spot for the venerable coach with Kyler Murray, a younger corps of undeveloped expertise, and a number of draft picks to fulfill the New Orleans entrance workplace.     

BRONCOS

Russell Wilson on Sean Payton

“I have been round Sean, clearly on the Professional Bowl,” Wilson stated. “I’ve been round him throughout the league and I’ve performed towards them fairly a bit. He is one of many world’s finest, clearly, a man who has coached a Corridor of Fame quarterback in Drew Brees, who was one among my closest mates and the man that obtained to know throughout the league and so many different nice gamers. He is aggressive as will be, he is a winner and clearly gained a Tremendous Bowl, after which on the highest stage, I used to be capable of be round him on the Professional Bowl and simply the wizardry that you’d have on the sector was simply magnificent.”

CARDINALS

After Arizona fired former head coach Kliff Kingsbury on the NFL’s Black Monday.  On Tuesday, whereas answering reporters’ questions concerning the Cardinals’ interviewees, Sean Payton’s title grew to become a central matter for Bidwell to deal with. Throughout his reply, he smiled, pondering of Payton! 

“I am not going to get into particulars of any of the candidates we’re reaching out to than to acknowledge that I’ve finished the 2 interviews. One with Adrian, one with Quintin,” Bidwell famous.

Wednesday, New Orleans granted Arizona permission to fulfill with Payton.  Hold this in thoughts, a normal supervisor’s place is out there after Steve Keim stepped down from his position. May Payton request that New Orleans’ assistant normal supervisor Jeff Eire be a part of him in Arizona?     

TEXANS

Houston has first-class amenities, top-notch points of interest, employment alternatives, and inexpensive housing for gamers and employees households within the fourth-largest metropolis in america – however in addition they have dysfunction throughout the Texans.  

CEO Cal McNair and normal supervisor Nick Caserio are on their third-straight “one-and-done” black head coach. Every by no means defined their roles within the failed hirings however will proceed with a Sean Payton interview. Payton already talked about that he would think about the “possession and performance of the entrance workplace” of any group he is contemplating becoming a member of. The Texans are much less enticing than Denver and Arizona in these areas.

Texans beat author Aaron Wilson reviews any Saints-Texans negotiations “require parting with a first-round draft choose to land him, and the Texans have the second general choose and the twelfth general choose of the draft.”

New Orleans has Sean Payton below contract till the top of the 2024 season. Groups can solely meet with candidates in particular person beginning on January 17. Anticipate Payton to be selective and New Orleans to demand, at minimal, a first-round choose and different compensation to launch their former Tremendous Bowl-winning coach.