Sean Payton to Cardinals ‘Unlikely’ According to NFL Insider

The Arizona Cardinals as soon as have been regarded as robust contenders to land Sean Payton. 

After firing Kliff Kingsbury final week, the Cardinals at present have their fourth opening within the final decade at head coach. Payton was initially one in every of 4 candidates to both be aligned for interviews or have requests in to interview, becoming a member of the likes of Vance Joseph, Brian Flores and DeMeco Ryans, 

Payton to Arizona made sense: He has a superb relationship with possession and wished to go to a spot with a franchise quarterback already set. The roster – although not fairly Tremendous Bowl prepared – might rapidly be turned again right into a playoff contender sooner fairly than later. 

Nonetheless, there have been questions on either side.

Payton’s presence would require important draft capital and a wage of $20 million along with his fingerprints closely concerned in organizational management. The Cardinals hoped to rent a basic supervisor previous to discovering a head coach, and Monti Ossenfort’s arrival to the desert could have put a damper on these hoping Payton would quickly arrive after. 

NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero says: “Arizona was a chance too they usually have permission to talk with him. However as soon as they employed Monti Ossenfort as the final supervisor, that made it appear fairly unlikely. Sean goes to need to set a program his method and having the GM employed first and operating the teaching search might be not precisely how he would draw it up himself.”

The Cardinals have acquired permission to interview Payton however have not organized an interview that’s identified at the moment. 

After Ossenfort was formally introduced as the brand new basic supervisor on Tuesday, Arizona reportedly interviewed Frank Reich and put a request in for Ejiro Evero. 

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