I'm not sure who comes out worse on that really. Depends how much he wanted a ring. I think the Lions are probably used to having shitty teams by now so what do they care that their rosters were gutted.That would be kind of hilarious. The Lions were hamstrung by his salary for basically his entire career so far (first because of the rookie pay scale, and then of their own accord), so it'd amuse me to see him just walk away.
I don't think its that they wanted to get rid of Payton, just that they would entertain offers as it could be beneficial to both parties.I really don't understand the Saints wanting to get rid of Payton.
Well Drew isn't retiring and he has one year left on his contract. Most likely scenario atm is he restructures his final year and signs an extension. I agree Micky Loomis has been the problem, although SP having "NOTHING" to work with can't have all the blame placed on Loomis. I'm sure SP has a lot of say in the draft and the Saints have had total duds several years until last year. There isn't a single player on our roster from our 2014 draft, its questionable we started the season with Josh Hill as a starter at te, sent Travaris Cadet packing and paid Spiller big bucks, all big problems and things I'm sure SP had a lot of say in.He has had NOTHING to work with besides an old Drew Brees. I hate the guy but he is not the problem in New Orleans. Its the idiot GM who went all in three years ago for a super bowl and has been paying the price for it since.
I was being sarcasticI don't think Alex Smith and Megatron would be a good combo.
I'll never forgive them for killing Barry Sanders. NEVER.Way to go Detroit. First Barry Sanders now Megatron. Calvin Johnson apparently mulling retirement.
OMG Yes! He needed to go, badly. Really hope we either promote Koetter or get us a good defensive coach to take over the reigns (and keep Koetter in place)Lovie Smith got canned.
Belicheat had a better record as Head Coach of the Jets then Rex Ryan did. Just sayin....You really have to wonder how good can a head coach be without a franchise QB. Would Bellichek be as good as he is without Brady? (And vice versa of course with how good would the QB have been without that coach.)
Thats what makes me think maybe Payton wouldn't thrive in say, Cleveland or San Francisco, because there wouldn't be a starting QB, let alone one that will go into the HOF like Drew Brees there. That isn't to say that Payton would be terrible, but it does make you wonder how good coaches are if they didn't have a HOF QB behind them.
Thats why I chuckle when people talk about Gruden or Cowher coming back. They played in a league, even if they are 8+ years removed from coaching, where things are stacked even more towards needing a franchise QB to be a perennial winner. For me, I think Gruden or Cowher don't come out of retirement because they don't want to risk tarnishing their legacy of being a good coach by coming back and being on a bad team with a bad QB.
For Payton, my guess is only teams that contacted him didn't have a good QB, so its in his best interest to just stay in NO for another year and see if there comes an opportunity to coach in say, Indy with Luck, Tampa with Winston, Tennessee with Mariota, etc